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■ B \ I i. 7 1 Cannes, with M. ”<>‘LrapLed to a protocol. At:-**:•■m’ience. be Fe.'.v. .T'.'.so-S'avia. n.ingary - / \ / ■ j J expectation for 1935. ‘‘The Economist” points that, although the road is not yw clear for any further rapid advancß latest indications are moderately eiß eouragingi Britain, in company witlj most countries, has suffered from a slowing down of the rate of recovery since the middle of 1934, and has merelv held the ground gained in the last months. but international trade has recently tended to rise again. _

Wool Substitutes NEW GERMAN FABRICS. CRITICISED IN ENGLAND. (Received December 30 at 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, December A. “Germany cannot do without despite Herr Hitler’s assertion. The world may laugh, when the Germans say that they can make themselves V indpendent of it and of.other fundamental raw materials within two ■ years,” writes Professor Eber Midg- 1 ley, of Bradford Technical College. ’ After his first analysis of the German synthetic fibres, he says that A the principal fibre of vistra contains I rayon, and also a fixed quantity of / pure wool. The fibre of wellstra con- . sists of fifty per cent, of firgin wIM and fifty per cent, of vistra. He •adds that the clothes produced from them are ver v deficient as compared with wool fabrics. France’s Plan for economic independence. LONDON. December 29. The “Daily ffitpresfe’s” Paris correspondent says: M. Rollin. French Colonial Minister, in a special interview, described a five year plan wh’eh is being prepared to make the French Fmpire economically independent. Her wool will bp obtained from the highlands of Northern Africa, her coal from Indo-China and Morocco, and her long staple wool from Algeria.