A BOYCOTT OF GERMANY.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14145, 24 July 1916, Page 2

A BOYCOTT OF GERMANY.

- ■ -,-_—...,.,», .; - . As an instance of how the war has affected the- views of some pacificists and" ■ freetraders, a pamphlet recently written , by Mr R. Sefton-Jones on <'Gorman , Crimes aucl Our Remedy," is of interest . Mr Sefton-"Jones7who describes ■ himself as "a pacificist and freetrader,," summarises his viows as follows: — '"Repatriation immediately after- tho war of all interned Germans throughout the British Empire. Unless this is earned out' with relentless and systematic precision (1) the concealed war in our 'territory against the national welfare will he resumed by every underhand means- which the poiverttd ingenuity of the foe can devise; (2) the thousands of interned Germans will compete with our returning soldiers for situations. Further the simultaneous return of oil Germans to their Fatherland will transfer to that rountry the problem of their support,/'a,nd thereby add further to the effectiveness *>f the international interdict. All ports of the allies closed to •German seamen, and to ships owned by Germans or sailing under the German flag. All German investments, piatent's; royalties, copyrights, and goodwill of every- kind should, during the embargo, be held for the benefit of the. State, colony or dominion in which, they accrue, in liquidation of the war indemnities. Imposition of a differencial tariff on all goods of German origin, amounting-, to ' at least 2-5 per cent, ad valorem over and above any"taxation- imposed on such goods imported from elsewhere"