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Show COMMERCIAL WAR HAS BEEN PLANNED Loudon March 3, Additional details de-tails of the proposed trade pact of the allies, which aims prlmarl to shako German credit during the war and prevent successful German commercial com-mercial competition after war, aDnear in the London morning papers One v the most interesting features fea-tures is the statement that the nro posals for a trade alliance came originally or-iginally from France some time aco and have only Just received the acmji-esance acmji-esance of Great Britain. ' The Times says: "We are on the eve of Important developments de-velopments on the economic side of the war. Tho military pact of the al-lies al-lies shortly will bo supplemented by a commercial agreement There is a prospect that within, the next few .tgoeks Great Brttaln, -F-raac, Russia and Jtaly will sign a declaration by which none of them shall make commercial com-mercial agreements -with Germany end Austria without the consent of the others. "It is understood that the French government some time ago took the initiative in advocating an unsparing commercial war against Germany. It is only within the present week that the British government have given their adhesion to the proposal. Their attitude may be described as a general gen-eral willingness to make a commercial commer-cial alliance of an offensive and defensive de-fensive character with tholr alllos against the German powers. "P;rt of the British cabinet is willing will-ing to go further than this and de-creo de-creo absolute prohibition against trade with Germany for a specified DBrlod." |