THE GERMAN OCTOPUS
STARTLING REVELATION OF ITS POWER. (Received August 15, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, 12th August. The Globe quotes from Hansard the Hon. W. M. Hughes's speech on the Enemy Contracts Act, and declares it a startling revelation of the extent the German octopus, often under the cloak of British nationality, has dominated the world's base metal output. "What is Britain doing to break down this dangerous monopoly, which has already robbed us of much-needed sinews of war?" asks the Globe. "The whole Australian metal market has been held up, benefiting the enemy negatively, during the war and positively the moment peace returns. It is an absurd situation, and the Common> wealth Government has set an excellent example to the Imperial authorities by taking it in hand. Now is the time to lay plans for the war of commerce at the conclusion of the war of fire and steel ; to abolish the farce of companies posing a* British merely by registration ; to strike off the shackles on British enterprise and enable it to expaned."
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 38, 13 August 1915, Page 7
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