ot DEATH PAYS A DIVIDEND Tistory of our company. ‘Total sles up to June go are thee times as great as thowe for any single preceding Year. Avery fratijing fearure of this exellent sales record is the im. Portant part chat bas been played by the export part of our Dausines: To those of you who have contributed to this mar velous reeoed ste extend our sincere appreciation and fgatulations. We know it as taken a Tot of hard work to get, thik busines, but it bas paid dividends. “With conditions of tntest a8 they are today throushout he word, you have a real opportuity Vefore you if you will tly get back of this thing and push the Federal program, "© ‘The Disrmanient Conference was sting during perhaps the ‘most active period ofthese operations, with the declared tim bringing about an all-round reduction in armaments, ‘The only snlatral actions taken were the introduction of the “licence” Stem in Britain for the esport of arms Sad the fnal US. fmbaego. The Britsh Heence regulations wer, of course, ful (of holes: licences applied only to exports fom the Urited ‘Kingeom—thus Gres with foreign plants (Viekers and LC. fo instance) were nt subject to licence in that repect; they did not cover the export of planes; they dil not cover the export of chemical substances (ach as thore used fr gas); information a8 tothe character ofthe export and the place of destination was published only after the arms had left United Kingdom ports, 4nd since no names were demanded, was quite inadequate ‘The actual dseusions on the siggestion of an embargo were ‘not begun until 1099, and ve have seen in this chapter some thing of ‘the contribution rade towards the success by the armaments manfuctrers in thei day-to-day busines. Tt vas obviously ridiculous to disewse a Bolivia, or Colombia, oF Para fguay embargo in 1933 when Betish and Amerie stacsis show that the South American belligerente had alecdy bea filly ‘emitted by the Merchants. of Death long before any effective fontrol on the trafic could be imposed. Te vas not until October St» 1994, that Sir John Simon announced in the Howe of (Commons thatthe erage had “at late been put into operation”. "Ne Heating Pat, abi OKYO CUSTOMER ‘ere Jayne murderers were without 3 ever. the te Thien xz many page ofsuch harrowing descrpsons of wat in dhe Far Eas in On HJ. ‘Tnpesty' book What War Meas Putit was not nil 1930 at ths book was published, and China fad born the happy hunting-tround of dhe Merchants of Death for maay years bee the people Britain apd Ampedea were five. fel view ofthe sulin nd rom deste by this Seite, The people of China Tete peopl of Mr. Chamber Tints Grechdovaliy “live very ar away”, and it an unortc atl ne ig tye of ae Se Be ee ok Serle ners in te happenings wih whieh they were not “irely concerned. Some there were in that period, who publely {Teplored the aetvtes of tee armament combines wich were ‘sting the Fat Easier sitoation fo hes own pr, but es Sree dvtesngly few and had eat to n0 sich, Everything that ib iaclded in this chapter most be read dh this aed Bete always in mind ofa yardevastated county with a hte nf Cn, As Seley (CaN,