Evening star., 1933-12-10
FORCES
. AHEAD IN REICH;
PARIS CRISIS NEAR
Berlin Government Exerting
Every Effort to Avoid
Winter LuII.
FRENCH MUST DECIDE
MAJOR POLICIES SOON
Present Cabinet Held Powerless /;
British Continue to Rush
Trade Reorganizations.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

cpecial DlSpatcn 10 Inc star.
NEW YORK, December 9.-Cables
and wireless dispatches to Business
Week give the following survey of busi-
ness abroad for the week ending today:
BERLIN-Busines revival, which has
been consistently evident since Decem-
Der OF last year, continues. With the
approach Of Winter and the period
wnen unemployment usually increases
because OF the slackening of outside ac-
uVity, the government Is exerting eyery
enort to start more public works. There
Is also q drive among the industries to
start their repair programs during the
Winter months. As q special induces
ment, delinquent taxpayers are mar.
doned If they use the arrears for re-
placements and repairs in their facto-
ries. Punctual payers are disgruntled,
though they recognize the advantages
Of the plan.
The steel and coal industries regis
tered new gains in recent weeks, but
the machinery and consumers goods
lines are still tagging Rail receipts for
October, last available month. were 2
per cent above the total for that month
last year. Machinery exports are up.
Christmas shopping is tagging.
The main stimulus to employment is
from the building trades. KEYNOTE of
the steady, but slow, improvement is es-
sentially from better home demand.
Foreigners, watching the progress
charts, are inclined to disbelieve the
progress because they do not share in
1t. but that is largely because of the
increasing effort at self -sufiiciency in
Germany.
British Gains Continue.
LONDON-Britain's industrial prog
ress continues and Britain's mood re-
mains cheerful, but two factors in the
background are still potent. The next
step IN the monetary policy of the
united States and the next step In Gen.
tral Europe battle all prophets. and
there Is consequent uncertainty, This
Is most markedly reflected in the stock
markets. where the quantity of busi-
ness Is small but the tone is firm. The
unemployment OF $1,000 this month
pushes the number Of workers back on
their Jobs to 597 1000 above the total at
this time last year.
Britain is undergoing certain indus
trial reorganizations which are not al
together unlike the developments in the
United States.
Since the great strike in 1926. Brit
the markets which they lost at that
time. Various plans have been pro-
posed for the naturalization of the
country's coal industry, the main idea
being to centralize and cut out ruinous
competition In production and sales.
Some time ago, the Yorkshire coal
owners submitted a scheme of their
own for the coordination of all sales.
AS long as the depression lasted, it
seemed likely that the plan would be
carried out without further govern.
ment pressure.
Government Forces Issue.
Recent recovery, however, has
brought to light sufficient new opposi-
tion so that the government has again
exercised its fullest powers in forcing
partial amalgamation within the in
dustry.
The result is significant. Steel has
been in position not unlike the coal
industry. When tariffs were estab-
lished, the steel industry was granted
protection, but only q short-term basis,
the proposition Of the government be-
ing that If the industry got busy and
worked out a naturalization scheme by
itself, and carried it out to the salts
faction OF an unbiased government
board, the tariffs would be continued
so long as protection was necessary.
In the recent recovery spurt, GER
tain members have suddenly formed
themselves into an opposition to the
warned that they will tolerate no de-
lays now. If the opposition is not
broken, it Is entirely possible that the
government will take a hand in the
naturalization. The procedure is not
unlike the N. r. A. system in the
United States. Results may be the
same.
Paris Nears Crisis.
PARIS-France is rapidly approach-
ing a crisis. Its seriousness depends ON
the determination with which imme-
diate problems are faced in the next
few weeks.
The present government will not be
able to solve the problem. It is COM
posed Of heterogeneous group formed
sufnctent support to pass q few minor
regulations. On no major policy-and
France must decide on major policy
very quickly-can they stand.
Meanwhile, economic conditions show
no improvement. The heavy indus
tries are suffering o rather severe slump,
but the general business trend, other
wise, Is little changed. Unemployment
has increased slightly.
It Is known in Paris that representa-
-tives Of Citroen, the country's major
automobile producer, are in the United
States surveying the machine tool field.
More than $4,000 900 Of American ma
chine tools are likely to be ordered
within the next few weeks, taking adj
vantage Of the favorable franc-dollar
exchange rate.