INTERNATIONAL TRADE

New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24275, 16 May 1942, Page 4

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Sir,—l have so far refrained from replying to G. Henry's repeated attacKs on the Reconstruction Pamphlets published bv the New Zealand . Institute of International Affairs in W hopes that those who paid attention to his ftilminations would read m pamphlets for themselves. They wouw then discover how seriously he has misrepresented the position of the various authors. , v „ la _ In congratulating Professor Woriej on a recent address," your correspondent returns to the fray, and follo««J common device of lifting a passage fiom its context and using this « ** basis of an abusive attack. He quotea passage from Professor Sewell* pamphlet! which reads: "The ideal of free trade was as dead as the aoa«, and describes this as a MffljagJ travesty of fact. He then affirms ttt» "the ideal of free trade was never w strong in the history of the Wtorid * it is to-day," and supports this on tM slender evidence of statementsi by 3&* ■ ■ Anthony Eden and Mr. Cordell Hull. Surely it is vour correspondent_w» is guilty of making a *f v £X eett fact," for the trend of.events! between the two wars was «»™^ffifc£s direction of increasing »"ff/""-ds with international trade. In theMjgJ of Professor Sewell, "economic nation alism became the policy ot airo . every country of. the world. quires something more than spre by political leaden, ho«T" fl"?! to demonstrate that the ideal ot nj trade has gained, in strength so "it was never so strong as.it » s ■ da in"case G. Henry is again wM bv his zeal for the cause to use an balanced selection of quotations, [ assure him that if he examines nj own publications in a det.J chjj .. judicial manner, he will discover 1 deplore as much as he does w strictions on and interferences «»* ternational trade of "^jjjjw, Editor, Reconstruction. J* N.Z. Institute of International An*