Another factor which retards the progress of British trade is the appointment of German agents for British manufacturers. It hasn't been generally understood that. German firms only meant ty sell British goods until they could replace them with materials made in their own country. Again, there is little incentive to push th: trade of a rival country.
There are at least a hundred agencies of British companies the hands of German firms—including that of the British naval contractors—Armstrong, Whitworth Ca. We have no right to blame the Germans if they do not push—the sale of British goods in China—except when it suits them, Insurance companies, and special manufactures need a good deal of hard part work before they age established in a new market; and in China it is certainly absurd to ask Germans to do the pioneer work for British companies, It is notorious that ith some very rare exceptions German manufacturers do not give their agencies in China to British 'A thorough readjustment of the whole position is urgently _necessary, in the interests of British ade; and if Britis ers at home and British firms in China do not take advantage of the present situation they may be letting slip an opportunity which will probably never come again.
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