London, Nov. 29.
The newly-announced Allied export control measures to be enforced against Germany next Monday will disrupt some Rin. 2,200,000,000 worth of German export trade, which is the amount the Reich carried on last year, British observers emphasized last night.
The money thus obtained from the sale of German goods abroad was utilized both to purchase war materials which the Reich itself does not possess and to finance propaganda in neutral countries Now this source of sorely-needed foreign currency will be cut off; these observers pointed out. Furthermore, they said, suspension of Germany's export trade by "dumi methods should please neutrals since it will give them a chance to combat the unfair commercial means that the Reich has used to date.
British observers concluded in stressing that goods seized by the Allied control warships will be fully protected in accordance with the terms of the Order-in-Council.
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