TRADE AFTER THE WAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16205, 15 April 1916, Page 7

TRADE AFTER THE WAR.

BOYCOTT OF GERMANY,' CRITICISM OF MR. HUGHES, (Received April 14, 7.13 p.m.) London, April 13. The Westminster Gazette is continuing its campaign against Mr. W. M. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia. The journal gives prominence to an interview with a. leading Canadian manufacturer who says that Canada would certainly not allow its own position to be prejudiced by any alterations of the tariff intended to handicap or hoycott Germany. Canada wants the world's business and must remain untrammelled. ' The paper adds thr 1 , many colonials regard the lionising of Mr. Hughes as supremely ridiculous. He comes to England and speaks with easy confidence upon subjects toe vast for comprehension ly ordi-r,?y mortals, and these untested assertions are hailed as tfta highest wisdom, while a healthy press criticism is almost wholly absent. A British trade policy antagonistic to Germany may create friction endangering the integrity of the Empire. The Cologne Gazette, in a semiofficial article, attacks the decision to send Mr. Hughes to the Paris Conference. The newspaper says it is another manifestation of a desire to have a protective tariff over the Empire, and adds: "It is a fresh sign that Germany's enemies, unable to win, are determined to push her to thj wall economically."