Helsingfors, July 8.
The Finnish capital to-day resumed its normal aspect with the orderly departure of the 20,000 anti-Communist peasant adherers of the so-called Lappa-movement whose Londob, July 7.
In the House of Commons to-day the Rev. R. Sorensen, Labour member igr West Leyton, suggested the extension of the Exports Credits Scheme to cover the export of and the Ar. G. N. Gillett, head of the Joint secretariat of the Foreign Office and Board of Trade, replied that the decision to-exclude textiles from the Exports Credits Scheme so far as certain Eastern and Far Eastern markets were concerned was made at the request of the Manchester and Bradford Chambers of Commerce and after consulting the banks engaged in Eastern trade, In the absence of any information that the views of these bodies had changed, Mr. Gillett said that the Government did not propose to modify' the existing arrangements.
Replying to a question asked by Mr. H. Day, Labour member for Central Southwark, with regard to the measures which were being adopted for the purpose of assist ing British firms to participate fully in the revival of trade with China, Mr. Gillett said that, Desides the Economic Mission to the Far East which he announced to the House on June 30, the permanent Commercial Staff in China was being strengthened—Reuter,
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