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Germany's trade methods in countries outside the British Empire, particularly

GERMANY AS MIDDLEMAN,

Empire, was by the practical control of the exparts of hides to Germany and her ally reached an enormous total, and there the export trude in raw hides..

is every reason for thinking that during this period India was unconsciously sup plying the enemy with the raw material for boots and other equipment for the coming war. It need hardly be added that since the outbreak of war steps have been taken to put an end to the activities of these firms and to place the trade

The Indo-Russian trade shows Germany to perfection in the capacity of middle It was the general belief that man. India's trade with Russia was very small and that it was mainly confined to ten At an outside estimate the value of exports was thought to be about two millions sterling. In actual fact their value was neatly mix millions, the bajanze

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in the Near East, which enabled her being accounted for by a variety of Lack of organisation was the under sernetimes to obtain virtually a trade articles consigned to Germany monopcly and always to accute profit of re-exported. Among the commodities profit as she did at India's, expense, and thus obtained by Russia were jute.only the mont thorough organisation some kind at the expense of other coun- Kangoon rice bought in Hamburg, will be effective in preventing a revival trics, are (says the January number of Indian kips which came from Leipzig of this state of things after the war The British Trade Review) a matter Bussia's demand for Indian goode was on Germany was only able to set ne of common knowledge. It is not so well the increase before the war, and Germany middleman because of the ignorance of known, however, as it ought to be that profited by it, and, but for the war. India theo with whom she was dealing. Once would probably be still in ignorance of replace that ignorance by the knowledge there are countries within the Empire the existence of this market for her proof the best markets' and of the sources of which have act escaped the process of duce. Another and an equally interest supply of raw materials and Germany's "peaceful penetration in one form oring instance of Germany's Initiativei opportunity is gone. This, then, is one another, True, the methods have been that be the proper term-is to be found remedy as far as India is concerned. India is and in this connection reference must be in the reverse. process.

·less obvious; if that had not been the importer of cobalt on a large scale, and made to what must be regarded as a first case, Germany would have failed in her this she took from Germany before the step in the process of preparing for purpose, and it does not need a long war, though its place of origia was India's post-war trade, the recent, inquity When the war broke out the by two Trade Commissioners as to the acquaintance with the German, trade Canada..

system to realise that inadaptability is Indian manufacturers were at their wits' prospects of increased trade with Russia, ends, as they were under the impression France and Italy. It is welcome as an not one of its shortcomings. But they that they would be unable to obtain their attempt to find cut market requirements have been move the less successful unusual supplies, and it was not very long at. frat band, and also as an indication that account. A particularly interesting since they replised that their source of the abandonment of a policy of laisser example of this is afforded by the case of supply was within the Empire. Comaire as far as trade in ccnearned. As to ment on this seems almost superfluou the hides trade, it must be aufficient to As to the second way in which Germany say that it is to be hoped that the present India, whose exports of raw materials to Germany were targely utilised by the profited by India's trade, it is only control of the trade will be extended so latter for supplying the wants of cther necessary to point out that for some thirty as to enable British traders to consolidate years before the war the expert trade in their position and to recover lost, ground- countries. In other words, Germany hides was largely in the hands of German Provided that is done, there need be no contrived to set as a middleman and firma who formed a combine and worked fear that this trade will be allowed to took a middleman's profit, and this, too, direct with Germany through an associa. slip back into German hands, to an extent only faintly grasped watil the tion there. The result of this was that English-tanners had to go elsewbere for

war intervened to throw a strong light their hides, while hices from India were

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