GERMANY'S TRADE DEVICES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 December 1938, Page 5

GERMANY'S TRADE DEVICES.

ADVANTAGES AT EXPENSE OF HER OWN PEOPLE. ORGANISATION ONLY REPLY (British Official Wireless.) Received Thursday, 7.5 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. 30. An important reference to the conditions of economic competition in Europe was made by the secretary of the De partment of Overseas Trade, Mr. Hudson, in a speech at the end of the House of Commons debate on a private member's motion on the development or' export trade.

Mr. Hudson, dealing with the question why Brifain did not follow the example of the United States in refusing most favoured nation treatment to German goods, said there was no discrimination against British goods in Germany as it was stated was the eas? with certain United States goods. The British complaint against Germany was not that, but that by her methods she was destroying trade throughout the world.

According to information he possessed in his department, it appeared thai in countries of central and south-eastern Europe Germany was trading on a basis of paying to producers in mose countries much more than the world pays If she was going to do that it was obviously at the expense of the German people. Germany was obtaining an economic stranglehold on some of thes.. j countries by raising the cost of living to her own people and exporting goods at less than the cost price. In order to meet this competition the only method was to organise British industries so the}' woulci be able to speak as units with industries in Germany.

Britain was stronger financially than many other countries, certainly strong er than any of the totalitarian States, and thus had an advantage which would result in her winning a fight. His department was doing its best to see more and more industries were organised on this basis.

BRITAIN WILL BUILD AN ADEQUATE AIR FORCE PRIME MINISTER'S DECLARATION (British Official Wireless.) Received Thursday, 7.30 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. 30. Replying to a House of Commons question on air parity with Germany and international air limitation, Mr. Seville Chamberlain said the policy ot the British Government, us explained by the Secretary .for Air, was, without withdrawing any previous declaration, to build up an air force adequate to ensure the protection of Britain and the preservation of her trade routes and the defence of her territories overseas as well as to fulfil her international responsibilities and co-operate in. ttie defence of the territories of lier allies in the event of war.

"I AM SORRY HE IS DEAD" GRLNSZPAN IN COURT. Received Friday, 1 a.m. PARIS, Dec. 1. "I did not intend to kill Dr, vo-i Ratli. lam sorry he is dead," Herscluu Grynszpan, the 17-year-old Polish Jew. told the Examining Magistrate, "but he called me 'Jewish filth.' I fired blindly. It was the first time I had ever used a revolver." Accused said hejiad been particularly upset by articles in Herr Julius Streieher's Dei\ Stuermer.