MR HUGHES.
"SHIRTSLEEVE POLITICIAN." Bj Telegraph—Press Association— Copyricht(Received Juno 21, 2.5 p.m.) LONDON. Juno 20. The "Cologne Gazette" calLs Mr Hughes "Australia's shirt-sleeve politician, who admits that the reason for the war is to eliminate tho German competitor. What this backwoodsman meant in addressing members of Chambers of Commerce was that Britons aro lazy and incapable compared' with the Germans, and the world had to bo set ablaze to choko their rivals to death."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11730, 21 June 1916, Page 6
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