NOT WANTED IN LONDON.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3465, 20 April 1920, Page 7

NOT WANTED IN LONDON.

GERMAN TRAVELLERS Rl'}'l‘UßN WITHOUT ORDERS.

GENEVA.

During the l:\st‘two months hundreds of German commercial tl-avellm-5 with regular passports 11zT\'e returned to Switzerland witljmut having I‘cc.eivod. any orders. The majority belong to large firms, which before the war did an extemivo business with Pal‘is and London houses, where, however, they have now been politely sllown thv door wifh sxrclx. expressions :z.~‘:——-

“Wait until your Government has fulfilled the Treaty.” “Wait until the German guilty officcrs and the I\'.*liscr have been lla.nde(l over.’ or “None of our cll.\'tomors will buy Gm-mzm

g'oo(ls."’ . German comlnel‘ci:ll tl'u\=ellers also Complain in the Swiss newspapel's that they are unable to find. lodgings in Allied hotels and pensions, except in Italy, where busines I'el:ltions are progressing. Owing to the lowness of the mark German firms are losing llC‘2lVll_V. but. as‘ 9. Cologne ’r1':1v(~.lle1' explzlinecl. to me, Germany must reinstate the (lumping sysfom in order not to lose her former trzule entirely. '

Owing to the expense, only a "few Germans have ventured to go to Amer‘ica, foal'illg simil:ll' cold I*ecep’rions. In the meantime German facturies are working 10 to 12 hours ‘:1 day produ<:ing and accumulating stocks for better times, but they have (lenerted their former Alliés because thes nexchange

afford them very little profit. They frankly admit. that if the Allies boycott their goods their only hope is 'in Russia and Eastern countriés. Many large factories in the principal towns of Germany are working at a loss, and cannot hold on after this year on protsent conditions.