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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 5, 1940

BRITAIN CUTS INTO GERMAN COMMERCE IN TURKEY

THE BRITISH AND Turkish Governments have now concluded arrangements which they hope will bring about a considerable in- crease in trade through commercial ex- changes between Turkey and the British Empire.

During the validity of the arrangements provision is made that payments between Tur- key and the sterling area shall be effected at. the existing rate of exchange between ster- ling and the Turkish pound and that special accounts be created in order to facilitate.com- imercial and other payments between the two

countries.

The present arrangement · រំង 'complementary to the trade and payments agreement signed London on Feb. 3.

in

Router's diplomatic.correa. pondent writes that the now agreement is not only of com- mercial but also of political significance, and is in fact a challenge by the British Govi ernment to German economic domination in the Balkans..

It is believed possible that Ger-

BRITISH

BLOCKADE

TOO TIGHT

many may put forward a tempt- The chances of Ger- ing commercial proposition Turkey but the agreement should the British blockade are to many breaking through prevent Germany ever getting

RICE PETITION

TO GOVERNMENT ADVOCATED

At a meeting yes- terday of the Hong Kong Chinese Gener- al Chamber of Com- merce, it was decided to approach the Chin-

ese

Representatives on the Legislative: Council to petition Government to re- lease some of the, stocks of rice, stored under Gov- ernment regulations, for sale in the open market.

It was suggested that Government should adopt this method to temporori- ly remedy the present acute situation.

her old economic predominance very slight, declared the CRUSHING

in Turkish economics.

official "Central Daily

Whole Field News" in a leading arti DEFEAT OF The agreement is a result, of cle in Chungking yester-

long discussions between the day.

British and Turkish Governments "During

the last European'

and covers the whole field of war, before United States en-

JAPANESE

Turkish financial and commer-try, Germany controlled a larger A crushing defeat, involving cial relations with the United territory in Europe than she over 20,000 casualties, was -in- Kingdom and the British Em- does to-day.

pire.

"On_land Germany's only out. flicted on Japanese troops who The agreement will facilitate let will be to push through the carried out an attack in northern the purchase of Turkish and, Balkans. other agricultural products the

"It is true British shipping Hupeh province, in central Ching, disposal of which is necessary losses to-day are extremely last week, according to an official for the Turkish national economy, serious but Britain can pur-despatch received yesterday by the

chase ships from the United Chinese. Embassy in London. Purchases will run into mil- States, and in addition Britain's Ilons sterling.

construction capacity must beThe despatch adds Chinese considerable.

troops captured Chennankwam, in The agreement will also enable

One cannot say it is impos- Kwangtung, last Saturday, the Turkish Government and sible for Germany .to break Iccal importers to import from through the British blockade but "Enemy elements withdrew into the United Kingdom and

the chances must be very slight Tongking, Indo-China," it con- British Empire not only goods indeed."-Reuter.

Icludes-Reuter.

required for Government in-. stitutions but also other comma- dities such as woollens requir ed by the producer.

Nazis Challenged

Full use will be made of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation, which was primari- ly, founded to facilitate trade be- "tween the United Kingdom and the Far East and which has cori- siderably extended its spheres since it was founded in April.

Hitherto geographic and Economic relations have 'ro- sulted in Turkey ponducting. about 60 per cent of her total foreign trade with Germany, | while the United Kingdom has less than 10 per cent.

There is no doubt that in fu- ture the economic domination of Germany, with its desirable po- litical implications, will be effec- tively challenged. Reuter

PRINTERS' SABOTAGE

A gambling house advertise- ment in yesterday's Issue of the "Central China Daily News," Wang Ching-wei's mouthpiece in Shanghai, containing the slogan "Down with the Traitor, Wang Ching-wel" is believed to be a plece of sabotage by the printers, says a Shanghai dispatch...

The editorial staff did not dis- cover the Joke until the after- noon. When investigation wass made, they found the printers had disappeared. Contral News.

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