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Show The "Arsenal" At Work? It is somewhat surprising to us, at least, to learn that during ihe month of January, the actual export of arms, ammunition and .mplements of war to Great Brit-a.n Brit-a.n amounted to only S18,fUb',-213.60. S18,fUb',-213.60. in vicv of the billions of dollars dol-lars that the British are reported report-ed to have expended in tnis country, one would expect that actual exports, after eighteen months of war, would run into larger figures. Despite the "arsenal of democracy" democ-racy" idea, the United States iurnished comparatively a small portion of the war materials tna; ne democracies need. In addition to the exports to Great Britain, we shipped to Canada munitions to the value of $3,352,UJ2; South Africa, $413,-oti'J; $413,-oti'J; Australia, $236,783; The Straits Settlement, $1,286,150; the Gold Coast, $6,722,197; The Netherlands Indies, $607,216, and to China, $634,289. The total of actual exports dur-ng dur-ng January amounted to only sJU.711,949.41. The reader should not confuse these figures with those relating to licenses issued for the future export of arms, ammunition and .mplements of war. In January, for example, the State Department issued licenses to a total value of $163,878,940.30. Great Britain was by far the largest customer, taking $118,-119,154.27, $118,-119,154.27, of iwhich about $110,-000,000 $110,-000,000 was for commercial and military planes. In addition, Canadian Ca-nadian licenses were valued at $3,008,896, South Africa at $9,-602.055 $9,-602.055 and Australia, $3,979,904. Other countries receiving export ex-port licenses during the month included Egypt at $7,853,854, the Gold Coast at $13,025,269, the Straits Settlement at $283,335, The Netherlands Indies at $2,549,-312, $2,549,-312, Kenya at $3,750,321, China at $253,274 and Greece at $542,-500. $542,-500. Greece and China secured ammunition and explosives, but the other export licenses were .argely for airplanes. |
