BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1045, 7 February 1911, Page 5

BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

INTERCHANGE OF VISITS. SPEECH BY KING GEORGE. (By Telegraph—Press Association Copyright' (Rec. February G, 9.15 p.m.) London, February 6. The King, at Buckingham Palace, received an Anglo-German deputation, including Professor Adolpli Harmack; which presented a souvenir of tho visits of English churchmen to Germany and German pastors to England in 1909. Tho King made a speech expressing tho hopo that the beneficent efforts in Britain and Germany to promote an understanding between tho two nations would bo productive of good fruit. "A REAL SENSE OF BROTHERHOOD." After the conclusion of tho visit of English clergy to Germany, tho Bishop of Southwark, in tho Upper House, submitted a resolution expressing an earnest desire for tho preservation and strengthening of tho bonds between tho two peoples, and "trusts that tho recent, intercourse and future friendly dealings between thoso who represent tho Christian faith in tho two lands may mako an appreciable and ever-increasing contribution to this happy result." Tho Bishop of Salisbury, in supporting tho resolution, said tho party who went to Germany were joined together by a real ssnse of brotherhood. Ho wished to 4mphasiso tho extraordinary courtesy, kindness, and generosity with which they wbro received in Germany. They recognised, that thero was a real kinship between tho two nations—a kinship in raco and a kinship in religion. Thero was a good deal to ba learnt on both sides. They had a great deal to learn from Germany in the matter of patriotism. It was wonderful to seo how that enormous empire was welded together into ono patriotic whole. Ho .had asked himself how tliat had been done, and he was constrained to say that it liad been by compulsory. military service. Ho had como to'beliove that compulsory military service was almost a political and social necessity"for a timo if they were to keen pace with Germany, not merely with regard to tho question of peace and war, but the development of tho country in the way of peace, and especially in regard to patriotic feeling.. Tho resolution •was unanimously agreed to. Professor Harne.ck (mentioned in tho above cable) is theological professor at the Berlin Royal Library, and one of the greatest Biblical scholars of the present day. His books have had a profound effect on religious thought throughout tho civilised world.