GERMAN PRESS AND MR. HUGHES
"AUSTRALIA'S SHIRT-SLEEVE
POLITICIAN."
ißeceived. June 21, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, 20th June. The Cologne Gazette says: "Mr. Hughes, Australia's 'shirt-sleeve poliitcian,'' admits that the reason for the war is to eliminate the German competitor. What this backwoodsman meant when addressing the Chambers of Commerce was that Britons are lazy and incapable compared with Germans, . and they would have to be obliged to choke their rivals to death."
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 146, 21 June 1916, Page 8
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