17 JUNE 1922, Page 3

The British official contribution is £35,000 and Mr. Lionel Rothschild's

Committee has guaranteed a further £25,000. In other words, we are devoting considerably less than France, Belgium and Italy, while the United States contribution is more than seven times ours. We are not making any appeal to the Government ; we are appealing only to British producers and traders, who are always telling us that they desire nothing more than to be left alone by the Government and to be allowed to find their own markets. The exhibition might be quite enter- taining as well as commercially profitable, as the Republic of Brazil has decided to hold international sports. Competitors will be. the guests of Brazil from September 3rd, a week before the opening of the sports, until October 17th.