Show r British Trade Activity I f REPORTS from various parts of Europe South America and th ther the r Orient indicate that Great Britain has not been an and is not ilow at REPORTS I-REPORTS Hosing 1 osing n any ny time in p patching up ils J its trade trade lanes and nd highways s t temporarily tem p fallen into disuse as a r result sult of th the war i Jn In n fact fact the reports of these thes trade operations operations' and negotiations negotiation's mr are S so pers persistent ste as s to give ri rise eto to the h b belief that in this hi wr work i tI the Britons are displaying a feverish activity that is not not at all in keeping V-keeping with the the slow stow and m methodical hodic l methods with which which th they y yaye aye been credited d. d t throughout t much of their history fete Reference previously has been made t to the fact that pr practically Y sJ incident n with the s signing gning of the armistice English IEnglish trade emissaries i varied Vadea Germany and various central European co countries Thus Thu gland England got away to a a. flying flying- st start rf in foreign trade resumption j vind hd to such an extent that even some Frenchmen complained when developed that En England land was as was buying machinery in in- inGer Ger Germany nany an and elling it at a good p profit fit to to the fre French h while the latter were sti still l busily engaged in extricating aling themselves s from the mass ass of war ar arI I debris 8 It lt will be remembered d too too that soon soo after the signing of f fe the he e armistice British manufacturers manufacturers- and ba bankers kers op opened ned chambers of f commerce commerce mer e and branch b banks in several German cities s with the It result result t. t that the they now have hav some of the G Germans working for themo themon them o on n the material materia and credits the Britons supply In conne connection tion with the reports of British trade activities there Is rs little or no n news ws of any efforts effort on the part of the Britons fome to fo Ameliorate me meliorate the condition of the more more unfortunate in the central l E European countries and nd t thus us the inference possibly is s justifiable t our ur British cousins cousins are re restricting g their operations to b buying ying v find and selling and not giving In this c connection on too the thc question n naturally might arise as s l. l fo 19 whether a portion portion- of the te ten teli 1 billions pf of dollars loaned by byr by Y merka to h her r allies and th the great p proportion op of which we went 1 to Ii r igland g land a d is is' not qt ben being g utilized d b by th the Brit J ns in their successful efforts fot to to obtain a sure trade footing ahead of f all p other ther countries pc While we may take off our hats to the Britons for their hustling hus hus- ling tsing qualities in their trade activities probably it would be just astell as tell I for for us us to take take takeoff off our coats roll up o our r s' s sleeves eves and display rais much U vim and vigor in a trade contest with England as we didn did bin n the struggle for world lI liberty erty i r |