THE GERMAN CONSUL-GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 415, 26 January 1909, Page 9

THE GERMAN CONSUL-GENERAL.

ondef'ence: and land ■■., ;'.-:;A ; "^;;; : '-; : >:sE^poNi?;:;v:^:. i ;-;:, - ■. 'pditEEs'roN'pg^.i;,... '•-• ;; U--;4 i,'.:Aubk!and;';January-25. : ;; '■'-. .Among '.■ tlio'/passengers;by I ;the 's\s; VicArrived.; from :.Sydhey -last; even-'. .iiigj';.wfis.- ; Dr : i.lrtterY,.& ' for Australasia,'ahu CdfinriiSsioiler for the Qefniaii possessions'ju-the Pacific. '■■-.. Dr; Itirief! has his, headquarters in-Sydney, where he'lias beeri,:stationed,for':;tha:past eighteen: iiiotitJiSi.'aiia';is-how Staking,a : round of. visits' to Kllie" .'Gefiriah, Consuls in. New,. 1 Zealand. "It:is!also .his'desirejlh'o says, to.payjiis re- : . spects'te the -Gfiveffior arid the Ministry, of. the Dominion. - f 'Friendly .as aro,the relations already existing between Germany arid-New Zealand,, he is desirous of; seeing them: still further. has had a wide', experience .m.ilie: diplomatic' service.. private..counsellor;: iii tho- Foreign Office .at the. time whoa, I'ririee ..vtiii Bulowj ; how ;. Gerhian . Chancellor', \ ; was Secretary of • !State, arid lie has always had the'closest re-' Nations' "with : tlid GUalidellar'.v Front 1893' to .1897. he was Governor of- tMMarslliill 'te: it was dtifiiig portion of that time that Matadfa, who-claimed : the Kingship of --Samda'j was^tpgetKeftyitllS/lUllfiberofother Sariioan--chiefs,-:exiled ,to the Marshallsi. Sub- : sequently lie .was' Gerinaii; Cohstil'for. Italy. .T'.'Speakliigte'ari interviewer, He said: '.'Both 'Australia: and'',New.'. Zealand,-.want. people. There'should be. ho...waste:,;places, ,and : .the ■sooner; you- fill thciii Up tlib .'better.; J Get. ! people,'- arid never mind, about "getting .'ships.. A big population is your most solid means or defence. . If ;you-want ,tt: keep your lands" put men pri.them.";/;., ._:. ;New.Zealand,'he went,:on'.to-say, should be capable of Carrying, aipopuiatioh of.thirty hiillion sbiils, :ahd Australia mSiiy more.- . He advised the.. Gflyefnriteilts : o.f . both _ countries id adopt a vigorous policy ef: aciv'ertisitig with a view ■to promoting' irivmigtatidii.. • With tho :great ; ' natural .resources that:.. they -had- it 'only needed :adye'rtisihg ; to bring thousands' ,-: of - dcsirable'-'dolbnists-to..these 'shores;:' ! , ."!'■:;-::'-:"./ v ; -!f ;/'•' '■'''.''.,