GERMAN MERCHANTS AND WAR
NOaSnE OP THEIK SHHKEBT&. LETTER TO CHRISTCHURCH FIRM. (Special to Times.) CHRISTCHURCH. September 22. An interesting letter, showing that at least some of the German merchants deplore the war. has been received by a Christchurch firm from a German merchant who was at Colombo when the war broke out- It runs as follows: ■ “On my way to New Zealand I have been stopped here by this unfortunate war, but I shall resume my trip immediately hostilities are over. I do not know lor the moment whether the goods you kindly ordered from me could b© shipped before the war broke out. If so, I beg to appeal to your sense of fairness and justice to ask you for the favour of taking delivery and meeting the bill. I need hardly assure you that the German merchants have neither part nor guilt in this unhappy conflict, and 1 feel confident that you will not let us suffer for the deeds of others. In common with most other business men we deeply deplore Ibis terrible war, and would give everything to sec it ended quickly.”
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Southland Times, Issue 17763, 23 September 1914, Page 6
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