Canadian Interests Sacrificed
Contract Taken Away From Us and Gicen to German Interests
A WHITER in Canada (London) opens up what it terms a case of “bureaucratic ineptitude” by which Canada lost a promising shipping enterprise. That the contract for refitting a fleet of interned German ships should have been taken away from a Canadian concern and given to German interests provides ample justification for a protest. The story is reprinted as it suggests that the Canadian Government must be prepared to watch and fight for our interests overseas. Canada says :
The apparent sacrifice by the British Ministry of Shipping of the interests of Canada and a Canadian shipping enterprise has been disclosed by the information just made public that the contract for the repair of some forty German vessels interned in South American waters has been granted to German interests.