The Archive · 1914

British Trade Returns for October

A MILLION UNEMPLOYED IN GERMANY

Peking, Nov. 11.

The following official telegram from the Foreign Office has been handed to Reuter's agent in Pek-

London, Nov. 9.

Trade statistics show that British imports for October have increased £8,500,000 compared with September. Exports and reexvorts have each increased £2,000.000. The September figures showed a corres-ending compared with August.

Copenhagen gives the unemployment statistics of Germany for August, the average percentage of unemployment being 21.3 in each of fifty-two trade unions as against 2.8 of August 1913. There are now approximately 1,000,000 unemployed in Germany of which Berlin's share is 100,000.

The German unprotected cruiser Geier hae been interned by the Uoited States authorities at Hono-Indu.

A Bervian official communique reports that the enemy has been re-Pulsed with great losses in the south and south-east of Shabatz.

The Emirs of the northern provinees of Nigeria have placed £38,000 at the disposal of the Governor'Genersl as a contribution from the Native Administration towards war expenses.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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