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Show British to Fight for Trade Early this month a prominent B'.itish official revealed that the Government was encouraging British Brit-ish industry to organize to meet German trade com. etition through out the world and warned Gerav .;ny that the British were ready and able to meet her at the game of selling below world prices. That this was not idle talk is seen in the step of the Government to provide a fund cf $60,000,000 ta guaiantee British export trade, .act on commercial grounds but on the basis of 'national interest.'" In other words, the British have apparently ap-parently made up their minds to protect British trade interests upon ohe oniy basis that it can be projected, pro-jected, by meeting the competition of other powers, including Nazi-oontrolled Nazi-oontrolled Germany. While we are not familiar with the ramifications cf foreign trade .hroughcut the United States, it might be .ossible for this country, with its vast gold hoaod. to. Uay ;he saxe game and protect Ameri-r.on Ameri-r.on trade throughout the world. ! Germany will proceed with her barter bar-ter system as long as there are profits to be obtained but the minute min-ute that the other nations take action ac-tion to make it a losir.g game, the Germans will be re dy to proceed -long conventional lines. |