The past week has been a moment-Li ous one for the silver market, though she pressure of other events has distracted interest from this compara-dyely minor subject, states "The 4 Economist" of May 18.
On Friday wartime, and "N.V." earnings are cut, it shareholders in the British company would suffer. But if it is held that the link has been broken by force majeure, British holders in Lever The Brothers and Unilever, Limited, might regard their well-covered 10 per cent. dividend with assurance.
The link between "Shell" Transport and the Royal Dutch Company through Bataafsche Petroleum (which centrale Shell Union) and Anglo-Saxon Petro-lenin is of somewhat analogous character, since Royal Dutch holds 60 per cent. of the capital of these two panies, while the remainder is Yield by "Shell." Whether the invasion of Holland itself will jeopardize the world-wide interests of the Royal physical properties are largely on the American continent.
Qne of ihe leading concerns with Belgian interests known to the British "nvestor is Imperial Continental Gas. In recent years the company has shown great ability in realizing interests in vulnerable areas of the Continent and increasing its home investments, It is possible that some steps had been, taken in anticipation of the Belgian invasion. In March last year, however, the Belgian and French interests accounted for 73 per cent of the company's assets, and the Belgian holdings yielded £315,000 towards a total revenue of £610,000.
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