"PATRIOTIC" PLUNDER

Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 303, 20 December 1922, Page 9

" PATRIOTIC" PLUNDER

Facts Which the Capitalist Press Does Not Publish

Do you know when, during the late war, th-e Seamen were fighting to uphold the traditions of the British Empire the Union S.S. Coy. were exploiting the people under the cloak o£ Patriotism? " '.. If not, here are the facts: The time the ■ Seamen of Australia and. New Zealand were running the risk of getting torpedoed by German submarines, th© Patriotic Union S.S. Coy. charged the New Zealand Government for the hire of the undermentioned vessels for THE PERIOD OF TWELVE MONTHS as follows: S.S. Maheno 38,325 12 0 S.S. Marama ... 56,001 18 0 ' S.S. Maigauul .. 65,821 13 0 S.S.. Tahiti ..... 67,726 8 0 . S.S. WiillochPa .. 50,346 2 0 S.S. Tofua 42,075 6 0 S.S.. Moikofla" ... 33,163 19 0 Total -. £359,460 18 0 WILL THE CAPITALIST PRESS KINDLY INFORM .THE PEOPLE THAT THE! NEjW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PAID THE UNION S.S. COMPANY DURING THE WAR PERIOD UNTIL THE 31st MARCH, 1917, £2,393,000 FOR WAR SERVICES RENDERED?" .. The Seamen's share of this "amount has been a bee! on the bottom of the ocean. Oh! "Pati'ioth'.m," what crimes are committed fa thy name!