§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that, as a condition of granting subsidies to German shipping in the past, the German Government required that the ships should not import into Germany, Holland, on Belgium any foreign manufactures which would compete with those produced in Germany?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI understand that, as a condition of granting subsidies to certain shipping companies, the German Government took power to prohibit the importation into German, Dutch, or Belgian ports of agricultural products competing with similar products of914W German agriculture, but I cannot ascertain that a similar condition was imposed with regard to foreign manufactures.