WHY RUSSIA SHOULD AVOID WAR. (Dunedin Star )

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1989, 7 April 1885, Page 4

WHY RUSSIA SHOULD AVOID WAR. (Dunedin Star )

We t are indebted to the "History of British Commeiee," by Looni Levi, for \ery interesting particulars as to the effect on trade and finance of the wat doel.ued by England against Russia ou Mtrch 2Sth, 18.14 (the Ciimcan War.) Mr Le\i states that comparatively little of British manufactures and produce is exported to Russia ; but the imports from that country into the United Kingdom of grain, tallow, seed, hemp, flax, wool, and timber are of the greatest importance to Russian commerce. Connected with these imports are cir eumstances which, on the declaration of war, seriously affected British traders. The produce comes from distant province, and is brought to the shipping poitsm the depth of winter, when snow gi\es facilities for, or, it miijht be said, in many instances renders transport possible It is then ready for shipment in the open season in the Baltic and White seas, which is from May to November. In older to get the produce forwaid in time the London houses are under the necessity of making large advances in cash to native dealers to enable them to pioceed into the interior, perhaps thousands of miles, with the means of purchase and of fulfilling their contracts These advances are made in cash in St. Petersburg, and are provided on the spot cither by remittances fiom London or by drafts from St. Petersburg by the English agents there of the London houses. About seven millions of capital and many British vessels were thus engaged in the Russian trade when friendly relations betweeen the two countries were broken off; and had not the actual outbreak of hostilities been deferred by negotiations until .is a fact the produce was able to be shipped, enormous losse* must be sustained by English houses. As might have been expected, all articles of Russian produce, on the declaration of war, went up enormously in value. Tallow usually at 3'>s to 38s, rose to 645; hemp lrom f3O to £47; linseed, from 4is to 54s per quarter. The large imports from other count! les failed to materially relieve tho market. In regard to the public funds (rightly considered the pulse of th» nation), it is to be especially noted that whilst in April, 18.">3, consols stood at 101 on Match 30th, 1854, 48 hours after the formal declaration of war, they fell to 8.5 J. The present quotation — 97] — although a somew hat considerable fall w ithin a few weeks, cannot therefore be taken to afford any reasonable ground for alarm. It is, on the contrary, so high as in oui mind, unmiatakeably to indicate that little apprehension of war is felt on the London Stock Exchange. In conclusion, we may quote a few figures significant as to the material effect of the Crimean War on the trade and commerce of Russia. In the year 18.13, theexpoits of Russia (in Europe) amount ed in value to £22,000,000; in 15.14 they fell to £5,776,000, and in 18.1.1 to £4,618,000. The import-) in 18.13 were in value £14,26.'>,000; in 1834 only £8,609,000. The progress towards financial and commercial ruin was rapid. Russia sniely will not be in a hurry to repeat such expeiiences.

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