GERMANY’S TRADE POSITION

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 288, 5 September 1928, Page 10

GERMANY’S TRADE POSITION

SEEKING BROADER FIELDS Dominion Special Service. Auckland, September 4. “Germany lias no gold, and so it is bv trade and by trade only that we can make our reparation payments under the Dawes plan. This plan was accepted by Germany. Me will be burdened by an additional one and a half milliard marks next year, and therefore we are making every effort to widen our trade relations with the rest of thee world.” The above statement was made by Mr. H. R. Hemnien, acting-German Consul-General for Australia, who arrived at Auckland by the Ulimaroa this morning. The visitor said that German trade with Australia and New Zealand was developing rapidly, but he contended that as yet the trade, balance was against Germany owing to the large amount of Australian and New Zealand primary products which were shipped there. He had been attached to the German Embassy in London and the Foreign Office at Berlin for a number of years, he has attended ineetings at Geneva, and was thoroughly acquainted with the international situation. He sai dhe would like the public both iu New Zealand and Australia to know how the feeling between Germany and England had altered. There was a genuine feeling of friendship between the two nations, but he realised that in these far-flung portions of the British Empire that the “more friendly” attitude was not so pronounced on account of distance, but he noticed in Australia that it was being gradually consummated. The Locarno Fact and the Kellogg Pact evidenced the feeling he was endeavouring to explain and emphasise. Dr. Hemmen, who is accompanied by Mrs. Hemmen, intends to make a tour of New Zealand. He said that he had heard of the scenic beauties of the Dominion, and was anxious to see how they compared with the attractions of Switzerland and Iceland.