Jubilantly the Nazi press announced last week that Germany's July export figures set a new high for the Hitler regime530,000,000 marks ($213,219,000), 10% better than last month, 34% better than July 1936. Nearly all exports were finished goodsiron products, machines, chemicals, textiles, automobiles. Imports last month amounted to 499,700,000 marks ($201,029,310), nearly equal to the record high of the preceding month. Germany thus showed an export balance of 30,300,000 marks ($12,189,690).
These paper figures were no index of the true state of Germany's trade troubles. Faced with the cost of providing Germany with a million fully-equipped troops, faced with the expense...