CO129-414 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [10-11] — Page 277

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Oopy of an article sent to a Singapore Newspaper.

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A NOTE OF WARNINGS.

(From our special correspondent in Kanila)

It is a notable fact that ever since the beginning of

It

the war, German merchants and bankers throughout the whole British Empire have been allowed to peaceably continue their ordinary business pursuits without restraint, while France, immediately following the declaration of war, placed prohibitive

restrictions on all German business within her territories.

shows the difference of view-point of the two allied nations.

With us the fight is purely against military despotism, without

taking account of the fact that in Germany militaris and commerce

go hand in hand. France on the other hand realises that every

German merchant and banker is a factor in the fight against her,

and she takes her precautions accordingly.

The attitude of Germany is clearly defined in her

seisure and retention of the Asiatic Petroleum Company's stock

and properties in Tsingtau.

To show how dangerous is our tolerance, we have a clear

example in the recent happenings in Manila where one of the

principal German firms, which is connected with a large firm of

the same name now doing business in Singapore, has been the

medium through which coal and provisions to the value of about

one million pesos have been purchased for the use of the German

cruisers which are running loose in oriental waters. This firm

managed to ship out of this port, between the 8th of August and

4th of September, fourteen thousand, six hundred tons of coal

and a large quantity of provisions; and six German steamers with

a total of eighteen thousand, eight hundred tons of coal and a

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