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action of the Poles, the situation is becoming more and more favorable to the Czechs, a state of things which is acknowledged by the members of the Plebiscite Commission. It seems that the Poles have at last realised how harmful their policy of terrorism is to their own intererests, and they have therefore agreed to the Czechs proposal to issue an appeal to the population for tranquillitry, tfter both the Plebiscite Commission and Dr. Beneš, the Czechoslovak Minister for Foreign Affairs, had asked the Allies for military reinforcements. By recalling Deputy Zamorski, who by his imflammatory utterances ondy added to the feeling of unrest, the Government at Warsaw has taken the step which is likely to lead to a more peaceful development of the plebiscite in the Teschen district. Whether this also signifies a turning point in Polish policy, only the future can decide. The Czechs do not abandon their conviction that in order to strengthen peace and to secure good relations between the two kindred peoples, it is only necessary to pursue a loyal policy such as is being maintained by the Czechoslovak Government. The foremost condition for this is that the plebiscite to which the Czechoslovak nation agreed in order to show their good will, should be carried out in a thoroughly just and honorable manner without drawing upon the store of intrigues in the possession of the former Central Powers.

Readers interested in the export or import of goods from and to Czechoslovakia should acquaint themselves with the following regulations in force. It is a general outline, which, in due course, will be amplified with the necessary details.

The new regulations governing the export and import of goods apply to the whole territory of Czechoslovakia, and all previous decrees, laws etc. on the subject are thereby made null and void.

In place of the hitherto existing Czechoslovak Export and Import Commission a Commission for dealing with Foreign Commerce has been established. It comprises a board of directors, a board of experts, with sub- departments, and an administrative committee.

The board of directors is nominated by the Ministry of Commerce which also sees to the representation of the interested groups.

The board of experts consists of representatives of agricultural, industrial, commercial and trade corporations, with an admixture of the labor element. The corporations to be represented on this board are nominated by the administrative committee. Their representatives are appointed by the Ministry of Commerce. Officials of the respective branches and experts may be appointed to the sub-departments with the consent of the administrative committee.

The administrative committee is composed of representatives of Commerce, Finance, National Defence, of the Foreign and Home Offices, of the Ministries of Public Sustenance, Public Works, Agriculture, Railways, Post and Telegraph, Social Relief, Justice and Health; of a representative of the Banking Department at the Ministry of Finance and of the leading members of the Commission of Foreign Commerce. President of the Administrative Committee is a representative of the Ministry of Commerce.

The sphere of Commission of Foreign Commerce comprises:

1. The granting of licenses for export and import; the granting of permission for the transit of any kind of goods; the attestation of applications for the export and import of goods in cases in which no permission is required.

With certain restrictions these rights of the commission may be transferred to local branches whose functions are defined by the Administrative Committee.

The Commission on Foreign Commerce is not competent with regard to