EMBARGO ON EXPORTS

Northern Advocate, 18 October 1935, Page 5

EMBARGO ON EXPORTS

VICTORIOUS LEADER

LIST OF COMMODITIES NEARING FINALITY A DELICATE TASK. I United Press Association-By Electric telegraph.—Copyright.! (Received Ip.m.) .GENEVA, October 17. rpHE Economic Sub-committee agreed to a list of key products for inclusion in the embargo on exports to Italy from League members. . Its final form, for submission to the Drafting Committee, includes nickel and aluminium, the former being due to a suggestion from Canada, which controls 80 per cent. of the world’s nickel output. When the sub-committee resumed for consideration of Mr Eden’s boycott of imports proposal,, M. Stuck!, announced that there was little possij bility of. Switzerland agreeing. She I 'would.not; vote against Mr Eden’s proposal, but would npt support. it. M., Kormahicki submitted a reservation from Poland. He said Italy was under contract to deliver a ship, believedly a warship, to Poland, suspen-. sion or cancellation of which would impose hardship on Poland. M. de Graaf (Holland) asked M. Stuck! if he had anything to propose instead of Mr Eden’s resolution, but M. Stucki remained silent. It was agreed that if Switzerland had any 1 alternative to propose she may do so tomorrow, when the British proposal is expected to be carried, France’s support is expected. Comprehensive Scope. The following is a list of commodities proposed to be banned to Italy.— Iron, scrap iron, ferro-alloys, vanadium, tin, tin ores, nickel, aluminium, bauxite, manganese, molybdenum, tungsten, chromium, chromium pres. The following will be further studied—Pig iron, magnesite,, crude steel, coal, copper, petrol, cotton. The following have not yet been studied.—Pack animals, ships, wool, machine tools, rubber, nitric acid and nitrates. The question of fulfilment of existing contracts if the export of key commodities to Italy is forbidden is proving a delicate task for the Economic Sub-committee, owing to the varying distance of suppliers from Italy. The Dominions and others have been asked to estimate their contractual obligations to furnish Italy with goods included in the categories it is proposed to forbid, but which are not yet in transit. Wool has. not yet been considered, because its export is controlled by League members, whereas the immediate concern is in materials obtainable from nommenibers. A small committee is likely to remain to deal with specific cases.