GENERAL CABLES

Taihape Daily Times, 21 February 1918, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

GERMAN TRADE GUSH. "

DR. SOLF'S BLUFFING MISSION

Received 10.5

AMSTERDAM, Feb 20

The Hamburg Newspaper, "Nachrichten," urges preparations for an economic offensive after the war. German manufacturers in the past three years have accumulated' large reserves of finished products—chemicals, dyes, machinery, toys, scientific appliances—which should be launched on the world's markets at The moment peace is concluded. This would help pay for raw materials. Threats of an economic boycott was only British bluff. The world is needing Germanmade goods, and will turn a deaf ear to any attempts to continue a trade war. Brazil has a million tons of coffee, which only Germany can take; Argentine will readily sell Germany her vast surpluses of wool; Central South American markets are so enormous that German buyers are in no danger of being shut out, even for American cotton, copper and rubber, and Australian spelter will be at Germany's disposal. Dr. Solf, who retains the title of Colonial Secretary, travels frequently to Hmaburg to hearten the people with orations about the magnificent prospects opening after the war in Africa, in the South Seas and 'Australian waters He says: "We shall possess our old colonies, rounded off to suit new conditions. . Despite London bragging about the fate of our colonies, they depend on Hindenburg and Ludendorff, not on English politicians. SEQUEL TO BOLO AFFAIR. ________ Received 10.20. PARIS, Feb 20. The charge against Humbert is altered from "trading with the enemy' to "intelligence with the enemy." A grave charge, equivalent to treason and punishable by death. The police visited the bank and opened Humbert's safe. THE JAPANESE ARMY. READY AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE. Received 11.50. NEW YORK, February 20. The New York Times' Mexico City correspondent states that a thousand Japanese have sailed for Japan, foreshadowing Japan's more active participation in the war. Count Iyenga, in a speech in New York, said Japan was ready to send an army to Russia at a moment's notice, and merely awaits the Allies signal.