The Archive · 1938

Germany Makes Demarche

London, Dec. 1 Germany has made a demarche to the British Embassy in Berlin, over the speech by Mr..R. S. Hudson, Secretary for Overseas Trade, in the House of Commons yesterday, Parliamentary circles declared today.

The German demarche drew the British Government's attention to the necessity for Germany to find vital space" and to extend markets for her manufactured goods.

Mr. Hudson's statements yesterday have aroused great interest in Parliamentary quarters which claim that a careful British' inquiry revealed that in many cases, tenders for big jobs made by British concerns were known in advance by the rival German firms, who could therefore place their goods on the market under more favourable conditions.

Informed circles believe that the Barcelona Raided Barcelona, Dec. 2.

The smallest casualty list ever recorded resulted from six Nationalist air raids on Barcelona last night and early this morning. One person was killed and one wounded.—Reuter, Overseas Trade Secretary spoke in the hope that his-frankness would facilitate the conclusion of an accord with Germany, but at the same time, wishing to make it known that if no modification of the situation was brought about, Britain would take measures to change the disadvantageous position of her exporters.—Havas.

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