Made in Germany

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 September 1915, Page 2

Made in Germany

An open letter to business Inouds abroad on "Great Britain and. tlie War" has emanated from a well-known London source. It states that it luu> been frequently alleged in German and neutral press'that jealousy ol German progress in trade, commerce, whipping and linancu is the real cause of Great Britain joining tho Allies 111 ope a turns 'which wore deliberately calculated to cripple that expansion, and that this country ii alone to blame for the present position by which neutral traders, from 110 fault of their own, aro so seriously prejudiced.

The facts (the writer urges) do dot justify this minister (suggestion. Whatever else may he said about the origin ol the war of our share m it, no 0110 here has looked upon it as a business lines. Beiore tho war, statistics show that the trade between the British Empire and Germany, in imports and exports combined, reached a total oi* i'2OS,OUU,(J(X) per annum j Germany was Great -Britain's best customer next to India, and to a very large extent tho business done was largely mutually advantageous, because each was in a position to provide what was lacking in fie economic requirements of the other.— •'The Incorporated Accountants' Journal."