DEFENCE OF TRADE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 26 January 1939, Page 11

DEFENCE OF TRADE

—»— WARNING BY BRITAIN GERMAN POINT Or VIEW fU.P.A.— By Electric Telegraph— ■Cpoyneht i LONDON. 21st January. A further warning that the British Government would protect its export trade at all costs, and the German views in that connection, were features of the annual 'dinner of the German Chamber of Commerce for the United Kingdom. Dr Wichl, Commercial Dircetoi of the German Foreign Office, said that the exchange controls and the clear- 1 ings payment agreements had been forced on Germany by her creditors.]

.creating the present difficulties. ! He considered that the recent changes iin English and German trade did not | justify alarm in Britain. He thought • that the situation could be settled by arrangement. | The British Under-Secretary for Forjeign Affairs, Mr H. A. Butler, said: “1 disagree regarding the cause of Gerj many’s economic difficulties. They are due to the development of an Internal (market under the stress of the re-arma-i | ment tour-year plan. - 1 “1 believe that a settlement of interi national difficulties by peaceful nego- • j tiation would be overwhelmingly sup- ■ j ported in Britain and I think we are en- • j titled to expect a friendly gesture in j return ” ! He added that an active export policy ; ] was a vital national interest which j Britain would defend to the limit, but i j she did not desire to achieve this to the . | detriment of others.