London, Mar. 18.
Herr Adolf Hitler's conscription bombshell has thrown the London markets out of gear but there are no signs of a panic and prices were marked down purely as a precautionary measure while. the City awaited a lead from to-day's state. ment in the House of Commons.
Excited dealings were witnessed on the foreign exchange market. The! Continent turned heavy buyer of gola currencies as a result of the Franco-
Belgian agreement to defend the gold standard, while British control made '2 small intervention to support ster-
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