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where, although fish is not so plentiful, 

 the close proximity of East Prussia with a 

 big demand for herrings affords opportunity 

 for profitable fishing. Konigsberg and 

 Stettin, besides being centres for import 

 from the Scottish and English fisheries, 

 take close on 300,000 worth out of the 

 Baltic. 



Before the war the poorer people of 

 Germany consumed enormous quantities 

 of herrings, most of which came from the 

 Scottish and English fleets. If, when 

 peace comes, we follow the policy outlined 

 by the Paris Economic Conference, we 

 shall no doubt cause a lot of temporary 

 difficulties and hardships to Germany, arid 

 perhaps inflict quite as much harm on our 

 own industry. Let us see what is likely 

 to happen if we follow this policy. 



In the absence of the huge quantities of 

 herrings which used to be imported from 

 Britain, the market price of the remaining 

 production coming from Norway, Sweden, 

 and Denmark will greatly rise and stimulate 

 those countries to increased activities in 

 fishing, and thus create rivalry with us on 

 the fishing grounds. Also the German 



