London. Oct. 14.
Strong dissatisfaction with the manner in which British news is presented in South America, with corresponding detrimental effects on British trade, was voiced at a meeting of the Associated British rs of Commerce at Manchester to-day.
The subject was introduced with an array of facts and Ggures by Mr.
S. Cruickshank, representing the irish Chamber of Commerce in zil, who pointed out that "British pital invested in South America aunted to no less than £1,000,- '000.
was unnecessary, he declared, to well upon the vital need for Great Britain to preserve and expand her trade in South America. National the competition for contracts.
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"There can be no doubt" Mr. Cruickshank said, "that Britain has poor press in South America—not use of any fundamental bias on the part of the people in the countries concerned but because their news-pers are more or less forced to law their news from biased sources.
Authentic Service Need "To restore and maintain, British prestige and influence and trade interests in South American countries is essential. There should be ritish representation of British an authentic British news EL rvice giving regular genuine British ws of the right sort at prices that the papers can afford to pay."
A resolution in this sense, submitted by Mr. Cruickshank on behalf of the British Chambers in Brazil, Argentine, Uruguay and Chile and seconded by jor W. A. McCallum. of the British ber of Commerce in Argentine Was adopted unanimously.
In discussion, it was observed that an obvious channel for the trans-Mission of British news to South America lay ready to hand in Reuters, which was described by one speaker As "a great agency, unparalleled throughout the world for the reli-Ability and accuracy of its news."—Reuter.
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