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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 29, 1989

Germany Short Of Labour

And Raw

Raw Materials

Little Help From New Territories

Germany's difficulties in the attempt to achieve the maximum of self-sufficiency, and the hindrances created by the shortage of labour and raw materials, are emphasised by the spring re- view of the economic position issued by the Insti- tute for Industrial Research.

Although the 20,000,000 workers who were em- ployed in Germany excluding Austria or other more recent acquisitions in the spring of 1938 represented a 7 per cent. increase over the previous record for the number of employed, 1,300,000 more persons are working this spring.

This is due to a radical combing-out of "super- fluous" independent manual workers, small shop-

MOSCOW

HAGGLING

TO CONTINUE

Paris, To-day Following a meeting between M. Georges Bonnet (French For- eign Minister) and Sir Eric. Phipps (British Ambassador), it is stated in authoritative French circles that the French and Bri tish Governments have reached agreement on fresh instructions to be sent to Moscow.

Sir William Seeds (British Am- bassador in Moscow), Mr. William. 'Strang (Foreign Office expert)' and M. Paul Naggiar (French Am- bassador) are expected to see M Molotov (Soviet Foreign Com- missar) in Moscow to-day--Reu

tor.

MOSCOW TALKS: CHAMBERLAIN RETICENT

LONDON, TO-DAY. THE DESPATCH OF NEW INSTRUCTIONS TO THE BRI- TISH AMBASSADOR IN MOS- COW WAS CONFIRMED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN.

Mr. Chamberlain, however, de- |clined to impart any information regarding the present stage of the negotiations.

In reply to a question the Pre- mier denied that the British Gov-、 ernment was in touch with the

SOVIET DIPLOMAT se contact was being maintain

RECALLED

Moscow. To-day.

ed with Paris.

Mr. Chamberlain refused to say anything on the process of the financial talks with Poland, which are continuing. Trans- Ocean.

keepers and others who were hitherto not “em- ployees" within the meaning of the labour statistics.

In spite of this, the lack of 160,000 tons, compared with 19,000. labour in all branches of industry in 1932.

Good harvests last and agriculture is as acute as

M. Smetanin, the Soviet Charge season in- ever. Austria and other acquisi- creased stores of bread grain dur-d'Affaires in Tokyo, has been retall- tions have proved of little assisting the year ended March, 1939, by ed to Moscow, for no reason, it is on, and learn the latest views of ance, the speeding up of industry 4,000,000 tons. The 1938 spring insisted, but foreign observers be- the Government regarding, Far Eas- there having absorbed all available fruit crop, was destroyed by frost, lieve that he is returning to report tern affairs.-Reuter. local labour..

and the shortage was not made

Since last autumn industrial good by adequate imports, presum- production in the "Old Reich" has ably because sufficient foreign increased by a further 9.7 per currency was not allotted for the cent, giving Germany 13.3 per purpose. cent of the world's production, compared with 8.8 per cent.. in 1982, the year before the Nazi regime began.

"

INCREASED PRODUCTION Production of German iron ore has increased in two years by two- thirds, and almost enough zinc ore is now produced to meet the whole of the national demand. Produc- tion of aluminium last year was

OFF THE RECORD

Here's Luck

A large number of industrial. enterprises, the review states, are now working at more than their optimal capacity. The use of Ger- man raw materials in place of for- eign, however, is hampered by the fact that although such commodi ties as iron ore and coal are pre- sent in large quantities, the right sort for particular purposes is not

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Pattons? Two fights

By ED REED.”

EWO BEER

Empire Press And Relations

With Government

LONDON, TO-DAY. THE EMPIRE PRESS UNION CONFERENCE YESTERDAY ADOPTED A COMPREHENSIVE RESOLUTION EMBODY- ING SUGGESTIONS MADE DURING A DEBATE ON RE- LATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE

- PRESS.

The resolution urged that the De- partment of Information directed by Lord Perth should concentrate

on the dissemination of facts and NO REPLY FROM

on their interpretation where neces- sary, leaving organs of public in- formation to draw their own con- clusions.

JAPAN ON

Complementary to this Depart TINKLER PROTEST

ment, regular contacts between re- presentative journalists, and Minis- ters should be maintained and deve- loped.

OFFICIAL" WIRELESS

London, To-day.

Mr. R. A. Butler. Under-Secre- tary for Foreign Affairs, said in the House of Commons yesterday

been

that urgent instructions had our

The British Official Wireless news should not be expanded beyond its present volume and should be con- fined to dissemination of informa- sent to Sir Robert Craigie, tion of national Importance. Ambasador in Tokyo, to press for -an carly reply to the British protest in regard to the death of Mr. R. M. Tinkler.

Measures should be adopted in co-operation with the Colonial Office to make its service available to newspapers where, owing to geogra- phical or other causes, no general news service is available,—Router.

always available, New. using unsaleable

coal are being tried.

thods

German.......... exports. for the quarter of

1989,

nounced, were 0.

the

Mr. Tinkler was done to danth by Japanese military in Shanghai.

Philip Noel-Baker (Labour) Governm to consider casures stop

Brith

erritory,

this

“present-