TRADE WITH GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1920, Page 5

TRADE WITH GERMANY.

BOYCOTT NOT FAVORED. ' ' THE POLITICAL ASPECT. ftunedin, Sept. 8. | The question of a trade boycott of v'Sij England's late enemies, and p&rtlcuJariy J of Germany, was raised at the of the Overseas Club on Saturday WW* :j !ivg, during the discussion at ilia of Archdeacon Woodtliorpe'a lecture oi»' "British Imperial Problems.," MiV £• S. ■ \i Black referred to certain classes 01, Bri-"tish-born people who, by their trade, 4 had helped Germany to aoemajtoU ipflj wealth. The speaker'said lie toped 'M ing of tlwt kind would haupfn Mtl*,;'# Another member of the club Questioned .J, 1 whether this was a sensible vievf to. ■.l take, and suggested that if it vi* tSfcv'|j our advantage to trade wiih OwttMUF/JJfi we should be well advised tb do 69. H# si] appealed to the archdeacon far ion on the subject. Archdeacon Woodthrope dnclarri once that he had no sympathy wjtjl tIHI, V-is boycotting business at all. TIH», principle of international tridt •''•Wrajj mutual service. Germany was tre of an economic system number of, people that deppndei ,upQt'*va her effort, and any refusal to >tr»Je; m|jtu| her was only going to perpetuit*' fHBI misery of Central Europe and MT|wMHj| ate bad feelinjt for many year# to cottfcjljfj He believed himßelf that the attempt boycott German commodities would saJ9j| a mistake, but he left it to tile men on the political side, at from the economic side, to protect OwMvv Britain against any unjust by Germany, as she had carried Qjrt iSfi'H the past for political purposed. It TO Hi only in that sense that he would ejtpw|t v the statesmen of the Empire to be #4, ;ij their guard.. f( ; M The archdeacon's remark! were CM*, . dially applauded.