THE RELEASED GERMANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 April 1920, Page 3

THE RELEASED GERMANS.

LIBERTY TO TRADE. RETURNED MKVS COMPLAINT. . The question of Germans released from jnlerninent being allowed to trade where' hey like was brought before the c.vwutne of the Auckland Returned Soldiers' Association by a letter from the Tajnape Association. This stated that a German who had been released from internment had «- commenced business i„ a King Counter town in opposition to a returned soldier vho had been assisted by tiie Repair la ion Department. The matter had been Attans wllo h , rep , ied tQ that Germans interned during the war were not necessarily dangerous „\?me of peace that it would not be prac'"abb:_ to deport all Germans who bad be'., ! mte „ed as some of them were married o JwghJ, women, and that it would «ot be consistent with the terms o Sin d f eVel,t tI,OSC GcnM »» -m ' remained from carrying nn trade j n . "umes were then made by tlie Taihape vie n, ■'l™™,, in I" 08150 ' 1 ha <l a I \Mto and lamily still residing in Germany, and that he had re-entered business with his pre-war stocks of ewellery, etc., and was able to sell them at a owor rate than the returned '. "oMiflr could purchase goods for, an d , that the soldier had no chance of re- r establishing himself unless the German was removed. This information lZ , been forwarded to the Minister for Tn- ' nal_ Affairs, who had replied that -■ -n in the special circumstances the Government had no power to act as the Association desired. It was decided to communicate with (he headquarters of the association, supporting he view of the Taihape AssociL , tion, and asking it to announce a poHcv ' in regard to Germans in trade. It was stated that the Government * lin \? hl ' d t c \ the co ""n»nieation rom the Mayor of Auckland, convevin" the resolutions on the subject of Gcr" C mans and German trade passed at a ■ rSa ™ a " ff Win tl,e Town H ' l!l on