THROUGH AUSTRALIAN EYES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2524, 27 July 1915, Page 6

THROUGH AUSTRALIAN EYES

UNITED STATES AND THE WAR. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, July 2G. Mr. J. C. Watson, ox-Prime Minister of Australia,, was a through passenger from Vancouver to Sydney by tho Makura. He says' lie learned from business people in America that trado ■was suffering considerably as a result of the war. The extra tra<le resulting from the manufacture of munitions was negatived by a falling-oif in general industry. While cotton was being mopped' up by the war, tho clothing factories had less employment than in ordinary times. The only manufactures . that seemed to be fully engaged were tlioso used for engineering purposes, or those containing plants which, could be turned to account for the manufacture of ivar munitions. Ho was not directly awaro of the movement to. bring pressure on Britain to. purgliase the surplus cotton crop, which had developed after he -loft Canada,

Mr. Watson said that among Now York business men there was simply ono hope—that the war would end in favour of the Allies, and that it would terminate early. Ho thought the pro-German attitude had associated with it more noise than numbers, noise being mado through German newspapers. Private individuals in America thought tho time had gono by for the exchange of international Notes between tho United States and Germany; it was felt that definite action should be taken. On tho whole, Mr. Watson thought the Germans were receiving a very poor hearing in America.