New Britain herald., 1919-01-13
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Capt. Tupper Wants Americans to Boycott Everything German

New York, Jan. 1&.--Captain Ed- ward Tupucr. national organizer of the British Seamen'a union, recently arrived on the Mauretania and has come 10 this country for the purpose Of helping the campaign of the Amer ican Defense society to boycott Ger man made goods. He is now on a lecture tour throughout the country under the auspices of the Defense so- c:etv. His organ ization represents eleven million pledged British votes to a boycott on German-made goods,
 Tho merchant marine officers and mem ber3 of the British Seam en s union in Septem Der, 1917," says Cap tain Tupper, had agreed not to salute the German flag. not to employ Ger mans on ships and not to touch or un- load q cargo of German goods for d period of two years and that the boy colt be extended one m Onth for every atrocity the Germans committed on the seas from then on. The boycott now extends for seven years and over 17,o0O seamen have been murdered by the J-boat commanders. These sea-
 
 bat. but the murders have taken place when the men have been in small life boats I have come to the United States to bring before the American people the facts of unrestricted U-boat warfare and the dastardly outrage and murders perpetrated upon our men when in open boats.
 "The British seamen demand the I9ri% 0f Germans which the British govern ment has recently stated it will do. l The Seamen's organization has also challenged all candidates at the pres ent parliament reelection in Great l Britain that unless they sign the boy l colt pledge their seat would be con- l tested.
 We demand that the kaiser be l handed over to an international tri- ] bunal, together with his comrades In | crime. There is no hatred in our | hearts, as hatred is akin to fear, and the allied seamen have never showed fear, but we do demand justice and reparation.
 The United States does not under stand the true horror of the subma- rine warfare, but I feel confident that when the truth becomes known the American people will demand the same reparation and justice that is demanded by the people of Great Britain. The seamen's boycott has extended considerably; the French, Norwegian and Danish have declared their loyal cooperation. l am sure that the American people will stand back of i the American Defense society in it's 1 work, and the audiences I have ad- dressed have shown that they will not help Germany regain the worlds trade by buying her goods
 When I came over on the Maure- aania, the first ship to come back with American soldiers. all the men on l board joined in a resolution that they would not buy German-made goods ! for seven years"
 Below is the pledge of the Am erican Defense society: 1 Defend America by refusing to 1 buy German made goods because of 1 these reasons:
 F1rst-To protect American labor 1 from the competition of German cheap labor, so that our returning ! soldiers will not walk the streets looking for jobs while our stores are 1 flooded with German, goods. i Second-To protect our manufac- l turers by following the principle laid down by Lloyd George when he said: We will permit no unfair competi- l ton of the selling of German goods ] below the actual cost of production"
 Third-For self defense. No sign l of repentance or change of heart has come from Germany, Enduring a | military defeat, Germany turns to l economic war for world domination. | The date of Germany's next War on | the world depends only upon her eco- ! homie strength. As long as an Allied l boycott keeps Germany weak, she l cannot go to war.
 F1ourth--To keep out Gernan espf- onage which is promoted by Germans in foreign trade.
 F'ifth--To keep out German propa- ! ganda which is in part part financed l by German firms in foreign trade. 1 Sixth--To show our loathing for 1 the erin, nals of Germany and our repul:5ion for their blood-stained ! goods.