'To Increase Home Market for Soya Bean: Recognition' of New State: Apparently No Agreement From Ova Oww Conassroxonrr Mukden, Dec. 12.
The German Economic Mission headed by Dr. Oto C. Kiep of the Economic Section of the Berlin Foreign Office, and including Dr. Karl Knoll of' the same section and Mr, Gustav Rosenbruch of the German Federal Bank, have just com-Pleied a tour of inspection of Manchoukuo, They arrived here on. November 90, by train through Korea, accompanied by Dr. Wilheum Hass, "Commercial Secretary of the: German Embassy in Tokyo. During. their visit the Mission have conterrea with the leading German—business, men in this section and with Japaese and Mancnoukuoan ollicials.
They were met at the frontier by Mr. H, Kato of the Bureau of Commerce of the Hsinking Foreign Ontice aid have been weiconied by tne ranking Manchoukuo officials In all the principal centres, Dr. Kiep outlined the objects of the Mission upon his arrival, -Emhasizing the shrinkage of " inter hhational trade during recent year pointing out Germany's pecul dulliculties through ne lack of Lor. feign exchange, Dr. Kiep stated that tone of the Wsks assigned to this Disswn was tue expiation and me terpretation of the recent German legislation which had been designed to regulate the transaction of busiesg with foreign countries and te working of the new plan for the foreign that Germany in the ast had been one of the chief con-fumers of the Manchurian soya bean, which Gormang valued highly as a Source OF oil and Loader. He described the reducuon in' German purchases during the last two years as regrettable, and assigned as the cause, the shrinkage of Germany's exchange caused. wands of her foreign announced the inten lion of the Mission to devote particular attention to the study of this problem and to try to devise means maintaining and, if possible, increasing the Germin market for the soya bean in the future, Visit To Fushun Atter a round of call, entertain-tala and conferences at the capital me Mission paid a visit to. Harbin Feturung to Mukden on December 8 Atier a large Chinese dinner" given "Stayer. C. Wang, the Melon fenton day in vising" Pushun, with it famous open cut' mine and Hie equally famous. shale all blent, and on. the following. day, broke their Journey to Dairen, at Anshan, Where the plant of the Showa Stes Works was inspected.
They Inspected the old fortiteations at Pore Arthur and were given diemer "by "the South 'Manchuria oilway. 'The Mission devoted the following day' to calls at the. head otter of the Sati That evening they" wore. the quests ata dinner tven by the Staple Products Asso-Slatin, and devoted December 14 to exchange. of views "with the Staple Products Association, It was fannotnced that whether the Mission tetumed" to. Hsinking on about the {Sth or lett for Japan would depend fon the outcome of their dicusnions the" Staple Products Association The vill-of the German Mission has been packed with a. round. of Conferences and. banquets "nor. the "cpportunty_ been overlooked suggest to the members of the Bs-Som that they should on thelt return to "Germany report on condllons in Manchouleuo to those authority who might bein elation to bring sbout Closer "relations between" the two founirles, In other "words, despite the Mission's exploit "snnotnsement that the questions assigned to. them Were purely economic, broad. hints Were. given' them to. the effect that format recognition of the new state Germany would not hinder Litnlment of "the object of taels Bilston.
They' were reminded that Japan buys from five to six times as much from Germany, as she sli to that nation, while Germany buys) four timer as mush from Manchoulud as She sells in that eoumtry, and the Suggestion wag made that" Manche kkvo might take German goods to 20 extent which would ofteet that. ade verse Valance, which "exists against in her'German trade, though vise frankly acknowledged. that Banchoukew i not likely to purchase souls from. Germany, if she can elain them St the sine. price for that Manchoukuo is almost entirely Jdependent on Japan for her financial statis, and that it is impossible for her to buy largely in an inde pendent fashion.
Harry Long one of the best known fur buyers operating through-ut the Far East, ig now making his Fegular seasonal' purchase of furs end skins in this' market. On this trip he ig accompanied by his son, Henry, who is to. take over the business which his father has built up during the uncertain years since {he fall of the Ching Dynasty in 'Mr, Long pointed out that though there was no apparent lack of cargo, and though the demand for urs in foreign countries, in common with'
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