TRADE WITH GERMANY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15319, 15 September 1920, Page 3

TRADE WITH GERMANY.

The question of a trade boycott of England's late enemies, ahd particularly Germany, was raised at the gathering of the Overseas Club, Dunedin. During the discussion at th_ close_of Archdeacon Woodthorpe's impressive lecture on "British Imperial Problems," Mr. R. S. Black referred to certain classes of British born people who by their trade* had helped Germany to. accumulate wealth, Tlie speaker said he hoped nothing oi that kind wottld happen again. Another member of the, club questioned whether . this was . a sensible view to talce, and suggested that if it was to our advantago to trade with Germany, we should be well advised to do so! He appealed to the Archdeacon for his opinion on the subject. Archdeacon Woodthprpe declared at once that ho "had no sympathy with the boycotting business at all." The first principle of international trade was mutual service. Germany was the centre of an economic system of many millions of people that depended iipon her effort, and any refusal to trade with ber was going, to" perpetuate the misery of Central Europe and perpetuate bad feeling for many years to come. lie • believed himself that the attempt tc boycott German eonmiodit*es would be a mistake. _but he left it to the statesmen on the political side as distinct from tlie economic side to protect Great Britain against any unjust penetration, by Germany, as she did m the past for political purposes. It was only m that sense that he would expect the statesmen ol the Empire to be on the guard.