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Show STABILIZING ENGLISH CURRENCY By NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN British Statesman. I FULLY realize all the difficulties diffi-culties which arise from the constant fluctuations of exchange, ex-change, and I think It Is not nt all unnatural that those who are faced with difficulties of that kind should show some Impatience at the long delay In arriving nt a settlement set-tlement which. If It could be made on satisfactory lines, would so greatly benefit every country In the world. But exchange rates cannot be controlled without reference to other oth-er economic factors. Exchange rates are the outcome of the exchange ex-change of goods and of capital transfers; and Just as It is no use to try to anchor a ship If the anchorage an-chorage Is always shifting, so It seems to me It would be futile to attempt to bring about stabilization In that way until we can see some prospect of stability of conditions after that stabilization lias been effected. |