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THE STATESMAN S YEAR-BOOK, 1921

FINLAND.

AVi/> British l r i:ii*ter.— E. A. Rennie, Esq., has been appointed British Minister in place of George ) idston (May, 1921)

FRANCE.

Debt on March 1, 1921 (p. 853\— The internal debt stood at 218,303 millions of francs. and the external debt at 83,241 millions of francs ; total on March 1, 1921, 301,550 million francs. The foreign debt was made up of 50,590 million francs of fixed debt. 2<>,9t>9 million fivmcs of floating debt, and 2.6S2 million francs of bank credits.

GEORGIA.

.Soviet Rule (]>]> 914 and 1,224).— Tn May, 1921, Georgia was occupied by Soviet troops. the Soviet form of Government » as established, and the Constitutional Government fled.

GERMANY.

Xew German Cabinet (May 10, 1921).— A new German Cabnet was formed on May It, 1921. as follows:—

Chancellor. — Dr. Joseph Wirth (Centre).

Vice-CHancellor and Minister of (he Treasury. — Gustav Bauer (Majority Socialist).

Minister of Foreign Affairs. — Dr. Friedrich Rosen.

Minister of the Interior. — Herr Oradenauer (Majority Socialist).

Minister of Finance. — The Chancellor.

Minister of Justice. — Herr Schiffer (Democrat).

Minixter of Labour. — Dr. Heinrich Brauns (Centrp).

Minister of Posts. — Johann Qiesberts (Centre).

Minister of Railways. — WilheJm Oroener.

Minister of Economics. — Robert Schmidt (Majority Socialist).

Minister of Defence. — Dr. Otto Oessler ( Democrat).

Minister of Food. — Dr. Andreas Hermes (Centre).

Minister of Reconstruction.— Dr. Walther Rathenau.

Foreign trade for second and third quarters o/1920. — From official returns of different countries the following figures have been compiled showing the foreign trade of Germany during the second and third quarters of 1920 compared with the quarterly average of 1913; the values have Veil converted to pounds sterling at approximate pre-war rates : —

Imports.

Exports.

Countries.

Quarterl)

avrase

1913

April to June, 1920

July to

September, 1920

Quarterly

average,

1913

April to June, 1920

July to September.

l'.c-O

United Kingdom Belgium .... France

ItMlV

United States. .

India

South Africa. . . Canada

£

20,103,000

7,618,000

10,688,000

6,127,000

1,745,000

9,694.000

1,798.000

841.000

7o.\ouo

£

7,773,000

7.754,000

23,574,000

7,275,000

167,000

4,116,000

42,000

133,000

51,000

£

8,751,000

9,380,000

33,057,000

6,469,000

845,000

6,798,000

120,000

381,000

82,000

£

10,169,000

9.404,000

8,668,000

3,434,000

335,000

18,33C,000

4,542,000

603,000

184,000

£

6,021,000

11,777,000

9,666,000

1,986,000

20,000

13,337,000

294,000

£

■

13,297,000

7,612,000

3,760,000

45,000

14,011,000

1,200,000

32.000

173,000

1921.

PORTUGAL. Itemization of the Ministry (p. 1194'.- The Macha:lo Ministry resigned on May 21,

FEDERATION OF CRN TRAli AMERICA.

Ratification of Treaty.— On January 19, 1921, th< re was signed at San Jose, Costa Rica, a Treaty by Representatives of the Republics of Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras and Co«ta Uica for the purpose of establishing the Federal Republic of Central America. The Treaty became effective on April 8, 1921, when Guatemala was the third State to- ratify the Tieaty.

ERRATA.

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