Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-02-02
British Plan to Reduce
German Hold on Trade
House of Commons Discusses Economic and Financial
Plans After War-Would Not Want Germany
Reduced to Poverty.
, The Christian Science Monitor from Its European eureau.

life. Her stocks of raw materials are CIV
ing out. Economic pressure, possibly bet
ter than amy other means will ultimately
persuade Germany of the fruitlessness OF
continuing .he struggle.
We can stand the strain longer than
Germany. continued MIR. Runciman, and
If we husband our resources. the disaster
that will fall upon her will be alnost lr'
reparable. We must make it clear. now
ever. that when peace comes we Will not
permit the outbreak of the economic war
which Germany would wage against our
selves and our allies.
Discussing the proposal of free trade
within the British empire. Mr.. Runciman
remarked that the dominionS of Great
Britain We're not likely to alter their
methods or their attitude toward the
mother country. The colonies We're deter
mined to raise the revenue and to foster
their industries in their own way and he
was afraid the idea of free trade within
the empire must be dismissed.
i feel the same way on the proposal OF
a Zollverein to include all the allies; but
II such an arrangement proves essential
to end the war successfully we shall nave
1t, for there are no arrangements that TIE
allies are not repaired to make TO that
end.
He declared that the British empire
would recover after the war faster than
any other country.
Then it will be our duty, he added. to
aid as far as we can France. Russia. Italy
and our other allies. I would even add
Germany at the bottom of the list for no
man would wish to see a period of pro-
longed poverty in Germany.
But we have the right to demand that
in the rccuperation of Germany nothing
be done which will make Italy, France.
Russia or Great Britain suffer.
Moreover ] am not prepared to wait for
the end of the war to take steps to deal
with this war. 1t has been all along the
policy of the British board of trade to
capture German trade while the war is
still on. In the case of South America
we have since he wal began developed
a trade which I hope will continue long
after the cessation of hostilitfes.
British traders, despite the handicap of
the war have worked wonders in trade
development. We have completely. broken
down the German monopol!es in optical
glass, dyes, electrical apparatus and GER
tain chemicals. and these monopollcs Will
not again be renewed. The policy of the
board OF trade is that there shall be no
Essential articles either for the arts of
peace or war that We cannot produce
within either Great Britain or the EN-
pirc.
l fully appreciate that one of the first
necessities is the Improvement of our re-
search methods. and the technical cduca~
ton of the rising generation. There is
also need for helping young. growing
firms. need for putting the matter of pat
cnts and copyrights on a different basis.
The board of trade is looking ahead.
We must ask the cooperation of our do
minions; we must sec that control of the
metals of the empire passes entirely from
German hands: VIC must keep control OF
the worlds coal: We must secure control
of the supply of oil.
AS regards shipping. we must see thai
foreign subsidized shipping shall not have
free run of our ports to the disadvan-
tage of our ships. While the wal is on We
must do everything in our power to de-
lStroy German 1inal-a. credit and trade.