The Washington herald., 1920-12-28
FOREIGN PRESS INDICATES
IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS
Reconstruction Idea Uppermost- OF
New Bills Lend Material Aid

Neue Freie Presse-The concen-
markable in Germany has also
showed itself in Austria. The
two important wagon factories
the Simmeringer and the Crazer-
wagonfabrik - have formed an
agreement with regard to the sale
Of their products, and in the min
ing industry a union has been
formed between the Oberdorfer
Magnesituerke and the Magnesit-
lndustrus u. Bergbau. A>G.
The new Hungarian customs
tariff is being prepared based on
proposals by interested corpora
tions. 1t will contain four sets Of
tariffs; One for goods free of
duty such as foodstuffs, wood,
coal. Two-Goods on which mod
crate duties will be levied such as
raw materials, semimanufactur-
ed articles. Three-Luxuries, on
which the tariff will correspond
TO the gold parity. Four-Arti-
cles on which a still higher tariff
will be applied. Under the pres
ent tariff receipts from customs
amount to 10o,00o,000 kronen
monthly, chiefly on textiles, iron,
paper and leather goods, most of
which are imported from Austria.
Financier - The minister of
finance Of Czecho Slovakia has
authorized savings banks to ac-
quire foreign currencies.
The ministry of commerce is
preparing commercial treaties
with Great Britain and Italy; 9TH
ers are to be completed with
Spain, Chile, and Siam.
Neue Freie Presse-The propos-
al for the naturalization Of the
Kaschan Oderberg Railway will
be submitted to the national as
sembly shortly. The profits which
other private railways make will
largely determine whether SINH
lar action will be taken with re-
gard to them.
The transport question is re-
ceiving much attention in Czecho-
Slovakia. Direct communication
will be established between Paris
and Bratislava, and traffic BIZ
tween the Elbe and the Danube
will be improved. 1t has been
stated that the Orient express
will resume its run Hamburg.
Prague. Bratislava, Budapest,
Nish, Constantinople - in May.
1921.
Economist-The first measures
for putting into practice the Pol
ish agrarian reform bill are now
being taken. The bill will prob
ably revolutionize the agrarian
condition in Poland. Instead of
the large estates, which occupy in
Paenania SO per cent. in the for
mer Congress Poland 81 per cent.
in Galicia % per cent. of the
whole cultivated land, now small
farms of 1923 hectares will
spring up. A special agrarian
board has been instituted with
the right of appropriation from
great landowners. The maximum
size Of these estates is fixed at
so hectares for estates situated
in Industrial districts, at 400 hec-
tares for Possnia, Podolia, Nolhy-
mia, etc. and at $50 hectares for
the other parts OF the Polish re-
public. The landowners Will re-
ceive an indemnity amounting 10
so per cent of the market value
of their land in any given dis
trict. 1t is expected that this re-
form will contribute 20 the prog
ress of Polish agriculture.
Economist-Before the war all
cotton imports for Poland came
through Bremen. Since the ar
mistice Danzig has taken posses
sion of this trade. Actually great
quantities are lying in the port,
and the official authorities are
making strenuous efforts to trans
form Danzig into a big cotton
market.