BRITAIN'S EXPORTS IN WAR TIME

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2666, 11 January 1916, Page 5

BRITAIN'S EXPORTS IN WAR TIME

THE STORY OF STATISTICS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Untion, January 9. Sir Leo Chiozza Money, in the "Daily Mail," says:—The export of British produce for the year was £385,000,000, compared with the boom year of 1913, when it was £525,000,000. Ho adds: "In 1914 tho exports, despite the loss of £54,000,000 of normal exports to the enemy, were greater than for 1909. In the fifth month of the war (December, 1914) the exports were valued at £26,000,000; in the seventeenth month (December, 1915), £35,000.000. Prices certainly had risen, but tho increased export values balance the increased import values. It is remarkable that the vote for tho personnel of the Army and Navy rose from 1,500,000 men in December, 1914, to 3,000,000 men in December, 1915. Yet, despite the withdrawal of 1,500,000 able-bodied men from. trade and industry, the exports had risen .30 per cent. The explanation will probably bo found that in peace time many able-bodied men were engaged in unproductive work." THE KAISER'S ILLNESS REPORTED CANCER OF THE LARYNX. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ("Timos" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Rec. January 10, 5.20 p.m.) London, January 9. The "Daily News" correspondent at Now York states that one of ,the leading surgeons in Baltimore has received a letter from a doctor in Berlin stating that the Kaiser is suffering from cancer. of the larynx, and that the growth lias spread. An operation will le necessary in order to remove the larynx and substitute tubes. STORY OF A ZEPPELIN FLIGHT AND THE KAISER'S NARROW ESCAPE. (Rec. January 10, 11.5 p.m.) Petrograd, January 10. The "Bourse Gazette" publishes a story which relates a narrow escape for the Kaiser while on a Zeppelin flight over Warsaw. One of the screws of the airship broke, and tore a great hole in the envelope. The Zeppelin listed heavily, and a parachute was prepared for the Kaiser's use in the event of the machine collapsing. The country-side was roused, and motor patrols were hurried out. Everything weighty, including the officers' swords, were jettisoned, but the Zeppelin continued to fall till her anchor caught in a tree. Tho machine then grounded without serious damage, and the Kaiser rewarded everyone on board.