"THE ANTI-GERMAN LEAGUE"

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2819, 10 July 1916, Page 6

"THE ANTI-GERMAN LEAGUE"

HOW GERMAN GOODS SHOULD, BE • KEPT OUT. Sir,—Surely you—as all trim patriotic Britishers—must agree villi nil the aims and objects of the above league, ana aumiro their efforts in striving to recover our lost trade and commerce which the cunning and crafty and dishonest Germans liave stolen from Great Britain. But what is the harvest likely to be? Surely all men of ivide experience and knowledge of the British public gained in the different por<:ons o!' the Empire, will find no difficulty in answering this question. No matter how widely, or powerfully, the league inoy address tlio British public, exporijnee has taught us that mere talking will have no good result. As long iicr the mc-i chant and the retailer can 'jain a lit lie more profit on German-made goods tlvui thev can upon the British, rli.'y will ccntinur to import and push tlie <!en>:an goods; and as long as the unpatriotic British public can obtain Gcnfian goods a farthing cheaper than rhoi? of Great Britain they will. continue to purchase the German goods. All the talking and writing possible wili not l«ve the smallest eft'ect, notwithstanding their pcsitivi, knowledge of the I'iict vliat by pii-chasing German go.uls they are luiir.n; British industries, .slai'Ving our working people, and throwing - tens of thousand* ; out of employment. '/here is olij the one way of recovering our stolen trade and commerce, and that, >o tasten to do away with that suicidal polity of free trade which the self-interested and unpatriotic Liberal Govcrnm-mts stick to eo tenaciously, which has placed something like one hundred millions per annum of Brilish gold in German pockets for many years past, and lirule Germany sufficiently rich and powerful to prosciyite this awful war. To tin's extent our Liberal Govornmeuts and the British public are responsible for this disgraceful-war, hav-

ing placed in Germany's hands tbe very sinews of war. This must be put a stop to, and a prohibitive duty placed upou all German j*oods; their ships denied entrance to our ports and harbonrs thrqughout the Umpire; to employ commercial detectives to watch and report iii all neutral countries, also throughout the Umpire; to ruinously line all merchants and retailers found with German goods on .their premises, and to destroy all such goods; to pr.nt lists of all goods hitherto imported fion; Germany, with the names of all firms and retailers dealing in such goods, and directions how to detect such goods, and sow these free and broadcast throughout the Empire. By these means -,vo may succeed in keeping German goods out cl the Empire, but all the talking iHissible wwl never accomplish it. One other thing is pcsll.'uly necessary, viz., to canccl nationalisation of Germans, Austrian.;, Turks, and Bulgarians, but especially all German .Tews. German goods havo been imported •' inic every British country throughout this war, and ■ are still being imported by sneaking, dishonest, underhand methods. How many warehouses and shops a T e there to-day in this Dominion free fr m German goods? "Imported before the war." Oh, indeed; of course. All those new importing such are traitors to the country. Since the British Liberal Government refuses to prevent the importation of German goods, then we may l>e excused for wondering whether they aro directly or indirectly interested in the sale of German goods. If we would prevent Germany plunging Europe into another brutal war, we must act, not talk, we must kill her commerce with' the whole British I'impii'C.—l am, etc. A JOHN BULL.