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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 12, 1937.

AMAZING STEEL FAMINE

Sensational Disclosures OfExhaustion

IRON GUARD LEADERS KILLED IN SPAIN

Remains Honoured In Rumania

Bucharest, To-day.

The remains of Dr. Matza and Dr. Marin, leaders of the Guard" who were killed in

"Iron the Spanish civil war while serving. with the rebel forces, were brought here yesterday.

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At the Rumanian frontier train carrying the two coffins was met by a detachment of the Iron Guard and a large crowd, while other crowds thronged the stations through which the train passed on its way to the capital.

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When the train reached Buchar

Influenza's Toll In Britain

London, To-day.

For the first time since its outbreak there has been a de- Crease in the toll of deaths from the influenza epidemic.

Deaths for the week ending February 6 totalled 976, as compared with 1,155. on Jan- uary 30. The largest decrease has been noted in London. Reuter.

HONEYMOONERS IN VIENNA

Princess Juliana And Her Husband

Vienna, To-day. Princess Juliana of the Nether-

est young peasants dressed in their lands and her consort, Prince Bern

INDUSTRY NOT ABLE TO KEEP

PACE WITH RE-ARMAMENTS

London, To-day. With the nations of the world indulging in unprecedented expenditure on armaments, sudden and a serious shortage of steel is revealed in al- most every country.

So great has been demand for steel supplies by the armies and navies of the great Powers that

picturesque native costume carried hard, arrived here by motor-car the coffins to a catafalque which from Budapest yesterday afternoon civilian contractors are being "rationed" as in war had been erected outside the sta- and are staying at the Hotel Bris-time.

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In Britain the demand has only just been met and fears are expressed that the acceleration of the defence programme may be held up this year owing to the acute shortage of the vital metal.

IN THE UNITED STATES THE NAVY DEPARTMENT IS SERIOUSLY CONCERNED OVER. CONSTRUCTION OF ITS NEW GIANT BATTLESHIPS, WHILE IN GERMANY GOVERN MENT ARMAMENT ORDERS TAKE PRIORITY OVER ALL CIVILIAN ENGINEERING DEMANDS, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR IMPORTANCE.

Similar action has been taken by that last month's output of steel Signor Mussolini, while in France was 5,000,000 tons.

all reserves of steel have long been! Never before has production exhausted.

reached so high a figure in the "Even the Far East has not escap month of January and many pro- ed the effect of the shortage, and ducers have completely sold out Shanghai merchants have been for the next three-months. faced with the embarrassing possi- The Navy is finding it difficult to bility of having to cancel contracts.obtain steel for the projected new Delivery of steel products in battleships. Shanghai, it is reported, may be de-

layed twelve or eighteen months.

ARMAMENT PRIORITY

The unprecedented demand for In Germany all civilian demands steel (says Reuter) has been grow- are being strictly rationed, arma- Similar ing more and more marked during ments taking priority. the past six months and now conditions exist in Italy. threatens a world-wide famine.

In France all reserves of steel

Every country, owing to the sud-have long been exhausted and steel den revival in heavy industries, producers say that they have never especially railways, electrical known so large and so sudden a equipment and enormous arma-demand. ments, is clamouring for the pro- duet.

RECORDS NOT ENOUGH

were

Some indication of the extent of. the demand for crude steel can be obtained from the fact that world Great Britain's production of production totals about 98,000,000 steer last year was a record one, tons a year. nevertheless requirements

Of this amount the United only just satisfied by a considerable States produces about 35,000,000 increase in the quota imports. tons; Germany 16,000,000 tons; The Iron and Steel Federation Soviet Russia 12,400,000 tons; calculates that this year at least Great Britain 10,200,000 tons; 2,000,000 extra tons of scrap will France 6,200,000 tons and Japan be needed, and the problem is 5,000,000 tons. where to obtain it.

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WEEKS BEHIND Steel producers have notified ship-builders of their intention to withdraw discounts granted during the slump years, while motor manu- facturers are many weeks behind hand in orders placed last Autumn. Application has been made to the Import Duties Advisory Committee to place certain qualities of iron and steel on the free list but Bel- gium has ceased exporting and her own production has decreased, ow ing to the difficulty in obtaining

coke.

FAMOUS AVIATRIX FORCED DOWN

Escapes Injury: Ran Out Of Fuel

Budapest, To-day. The well-known German aviatrix, Elli Rosemeyer-Bein gd her husband, had to make a forced fand-

west of

Luxembourg, another steel manu-ing about 12-miles to

but facturing centre, has also ceased Budapest yesterday afternoon,

both escaped injured. Shortage of exporting

fuel is believed to have been the

NEW YORK POSITION From New York comes a report cause.—Trans-Ocean.