1 AUGUST 1925, Page 26

GERMANY AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.

No small amount of interest has been taken in the recent announcement to the effect that Germany has become a member of the International Chamber of Commerce. That Chamber, which was formed in 1920, has throughout been in the closest touch with the League of Nations and has also rendered valuable services. By this admission of Germany, the International Chamber of Commerce can now be considered as representing all the great commercial nations of the world; for although the British Dominions have yet to -take their place, Australia was unofficially represented at the recent Congress in Brussels, and it is believed that before long she will apply for admission. The Chamber attaches particular importance to the entry of Germany, by reason of the extent to which the Chamber is devoting its energies to a consideration of the Reparations problem on the basis of the reports laid before it and the discussions at Brussels.