Munich, Apr, 18, Addressing a congress of the Bavarian retail traders here to-day, Dr, Schacht spoke of the problem of Germany's raw material supplies and declared that for a certain time it was necessary to withdraw certain raw materials from general consumption because they were needed for rearmament.
'This period of enforced timitation had now passed its peak. In the near fulure a certain relaxation would be made, "As for provisioning of Germany' with foodstuffs, experience had shown that Germany would not be able to make herself absolutely Independent of foreign countries for considerable time to come. That, concluded Dr. Schacht, was the reason why so much emphasis was being laid on" the colonial question—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,
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