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COMMENT IN COMMONS (GERMAN TRADE METHODS ATTITUDE OF BRITAIN (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Dec. 2. A member of the German Embassy in London called at the Foreign Office to-day and inquired regarding the significance of the speech made in the House Of Commons by the Parliamentary Secretary of the Department Of Overseas Trade, Mr. R. S. Hudson. It was explained that the reference to the situation' in South-Eastern Europe was cited as offering an example of the effects of competition subsidised by the German Government. It was not intended to indicate any modification of the British attitude as stated by the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, and the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Oliver Stanley, on November 1.
On that occasion Mr. Chamberlain said: “Do not let us suppose that there necessarily must be economic warfare between Germany and ourselves. There must be' some competition. Competition is the thing that we have thrived 1 on' in the past. It is not in our interest to see any part of the world remain poor. If by means of international trade between Germany and these countries the economic position of these countries is improved, you may be quite certain we shall get our share of the trade.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19803, 3 December 1938, Page 6
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