EFFECT OF CHINA'S ACTION.
— -i - I MUNITIONS AND LABOURERS. '"" ' VANCOUVER, ■ March M. '.:■■ -A message "from Washington says 'that, .^- v China's action is expected to have a far-! reaching effect. ,' German trade; which be- j fore the war had: become a most danger-; ota competitor to British and Japanese' business in China, amounted to about 20 /:"",• par cent, of Japan's trade. This phase ./'.:: of -.the commercial situation -was widely discussed at the Paris Economic Conference, when plans to drive Germany out of /the" Far , Eastern market were . adopted. ...■-.■■ This had an ! immediate effect on China, : /;•//where -an immense munitions trade has tern built up. China also has six large; ;■;;■ ansenals which, .with mines, . will add ■■' '„.> „, largely to the resources against Germany, J : /China has already sent 100,000 coolies to f France/and Russia,-* and can increase the number, almost without limit. So far the ' ;■'/ men; have gone under private .auspices as/ ■- • • labourers.:- A result of the severance of : relations -probably, will be a nreatly :in-/ :•'..- creased output of munitions for; Russia./": - China is Japan's source of iron, and has I ■•••• provided much raw material for munition' work. ' . - - t /
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16499, 27 March 1917, Page 6
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