New York, Nov. 12.
Tt is estimated that half a million Belgian soldiers are under arms out of a total population of 8,500,000, the "New York Herald-Tribune" correspondent at Brussels estimated yesterday, He said this would cost the Bel-at least Frs. 300,000 that monthly in addition to the disruption activity as 18,000 miners out of 103,000 are mobilized at present.
Coal output is an important factor in economy, but in addition own forces "being organized in appre-|Fraánce. Further difficulty, he said, are was found in the reduction of miners" enforced in January, 1927, n which would con-which means that the daily producph of injustice would tion of coal in Belgium is 760 kilo-precarious grams miner, compared with 1,170 and 1,500 in Germany.
Effect on Heavy Industry "Belgium, the correspondent continued, is primarily dependent on manufacturing imported raw materials [such as copper and other ores and p in Belgium has dropped from 235,000 in mid-Septem-Belgium's Biggest worry, the cor-195,000 at present, he said.
lo rise in prices. An index of wholesale sales prices beginning October of this year showed per cent. increase compared Tes per cent. rise in Switzerland Belgian iron and steel production
the crisis month of September, 1933.
er DURS the level than durin;
Blast furnaces in action dropped from 45 in August to $8-in September, but September's slowing down was partly Med since the Beginning of October, he said. Iron and steel Lord Gort and
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