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ATTACK ON THE LEGATIONS. NO MONEY AVAILABLE FOR RELIEF,

Political jockeying" is the charge made by the Chinese international Famine Relief Commission authorities. against the International Commission. which was appointed to control the distribution of the "Customs Surtax for famine relief, which went into opération on November first,

In the latest edition of its Bulletin, the China International Famine Refier Commission makes the following criticism of what has happened in regard to the

'Burtas; th

In the early part of the summer of 1924 China was visited by one of the worst floods of several uecades. "In order to obtain sufficient funds to care for the unfortunate victims of the disaster the C.I.F.R.C. riquested the Government and the foreign Powers to impose a surtax on the Maritime Customs. This the Chinese Government immediately asantesi to, and all the Powers agreed except France, whose consent was delayed for almost a year due to the failure to 'obtain the settlement of the Gold-Franc case which she desired.

"In the summer er 1925, after most of the distress from the foods was past and after the most unfortunate of the sufferers has probably perished, Kut the surtax was finally "agreed to the recommendations of the C... Ci with reference to the administration of the funds was not followed by the Powers, and a special Commission was formed composed of ten Chinese members ap pointed by the Chinese Government, and ten foreigners each representing one of the foreign legations.

"This new Commission has been in- structed by the Chinese authorities with reference to the administration of the funds, but the foreign members contend that the Commission is not subject to the dictates of the Chinese Government; each foreigner taking directions paly from his own Legation.

Repeated meetings of the Commis

sion have been held and although the " surtax has been collected since November 1st and a loan could have been obtained even prior to that date not a cent has been made available for relief purposes. Innocent, victims are perishing while the jockeying for political advantage goes on.

"The C.I.F.R.C., after years experience and with fall facts concern- ing the 1921 "surtax in its possession, in- dicated the way to get the money spent tha honestly and effectively to famine sufferers.

of

"Hadits original proposals been accepted in toto all this precious time and unnecessary talk could have been avoided to the advantage of those now. actually facing death. Our present hopes are that the Finance Commission will soon 'reach an agreement in order that those who are suffering from this year's famine may still be saved.

THE DAWES PLAN: THE FIRST YEAR'S WORK. PROPHECIES COMING HOME TO ROOST.

The British public has now before it the results of the first year's working of the Dawes Scheme in Germany. From the German standpoint they seem satis factory enough, says the Daily Mail. The German mark has been stabilised; German payments to the Allies have been enormously scaled down (though we in this country are saddled with the payment of £1,000,000,000 to the United States for loans to our Allies in the war); and practically the whole German national debt has been wiped out. The German Government in the first year raised in

only £384,000,000, taxes against an amount raised here in taxese of about £700,000,000,

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From the British standpoint the re- sults are not so cheerful. The British people were assured by certain mis guided politicians and financiara that a Mon. new golden age for this country would

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to roost with a vengeance. There is no sign of that golden age.

Thus on July 24th, 1924, we pointed Thur. 28 out that while German industry free from debts and mortgages, British companies were anddled with heavy de- Satur. 80m 11 43 benture costs and bank loans. We warn-

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In such circumstances we showed that German competition would become in creasingly dangerous to ourselver, and this at a time when the markets of the world had shrunk, owing to poverty brought by the war, so that German trade expansion would take place at our expense.

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German trade is expanding precisely

1 is very significant that while Ger. as the Daily Mait foretold. The cur rent number of the Economist, in a man exports have thus been moving up. striking article, on German businesa British exports have been stationary er conditions, states that the prospects of declining No 60 per cent, increases for

an average of over Weather

Rain export trade are favourable if recent them! Frod developments continue." And it prints 268,000,000 in 1924 they have come down

Elighest a table showing the monthly average for to £60,977,000 last month. Such are German exports. According to the figures some of the first consequences of putting which it gives, the average was in 1912, Germany on her legs (before the war) £45,700,000 a month. We share to the full the hopes with In 1924, when the Dawes Scheme was which the Locardo Treaty is regarded by put into force by foolish people, the the British nation. But from the trad average was 297,800,000 In October of ing standpoint there is no doubt that the present year it had risen to it will further stimulate Germany's 242,500,000, and had almost regained the recovery at British expense, and there, pre-war record an increase of 60 per fore, increase the strein on our indus cent. If the present rate of growth is trice, We shall have to work much maintained, then the pre-war Aguren harder and be prepared for special mes may be passed this month,

aures of every kind to meet this ever- (Continued al foot of next Uolumn.) growing comptition.

The armi-official version of the mur ders of Communist officials at Bobruisk is that they were committed by banditry and have no political significance, says a Moscow cable.

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