Indispensable in View of Economic Relations Brussels, Oct. 10.
It is announced that the Belgian Government decided that Belgium will officially participate in the New York International exhibition of 1939.
It is generally considered here that this participation is indispensable in view of Belgium's economc relations with the United States. Since the economic agreement concluded in 1935 between the two countries Belgium's export trade with the United States has increased fourfold. Whereas previous to the conclusion of the agreement the value of the Belgium exports to the United States averaged 500,000,000 Francs, their value in 1936 rose to approximately 2,000,000,000. Francs.—Trans-Ocean. the attitude of the Valencia representative to Geneva, who in his speech excluded, by his specious pretext, any possibility of evacuation of volunteers enrolled in his Government's armed forces."
The communique issued by the Spanish Embassy yesterday declared that "Senor de Azcarate (the Valencia delegate to Geneva) asserted, in his speech, that foreign volunteers in the Government forces were under the Orders of the Spanish Government, with a result that these volunteers may be withdrawn at any time by—the legitimate Spanish Government."—Havas.
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