BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1372, 24 February 1912, Page 7

BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

FOUNDATIONS OF UNDERSTANDING LAID.

NO SUBSTANTIAL CAUSE OF DIFFERENCE. 8j TBlerrttpn—Press Assoclallon-OopyrlfiM London, February 22. Tho "Daily Telegraph," en tho authority of a well-informed .source, states that the foundations of an understanding between Britain and Germany have been securely laid, but thai tho difficulty at present is that (he German Government, with its full knowledge of British policy, lias advanced beyond tho most influential German public opinion. It only remains to convince Germnns that there is no substantial eauso of difference between tho two countries; also that an understanding would lend to check rivalry in connection with naval armaments and promote closer commercial relations.

A GERMAN REPORT. Berlin, February 22. The newspaper "Lokal Anziegor" confidently reports that the Anglo-Gorman negotiations for a rapprochement are proceeding satisfactorily. The paper adds that it is improbable that oTmaments and important colonial questions will bo included within tho scope of tho negotiations. OPINION SYMPATHETIC. Berlin, February 22. Tho newspaper "Vossiche Zeitung" commenting on the British coal crisis, declares that tho domestic situation in England, and tho imminence of a terrible labour struggle, also tho revolutionary struggles about Homo Rule and reform of tho House of Lords, explain tho sudden desire of Britain for an arrangement with Germany. The consensus of neirspaper opinion is sympathetic. Tho "Kreuz Zeitung" states that it is Britain's policy to hold firmly to her intimate relations with France and Russia and to hem in Germany. Tho "Berlin Post," representing the military party, urges the breaking off of negotiations with Lord Haldanc, and the establishment of a three-Emperor Alliance, giving Russia a freo hand i/i I'ersi« and Mongolia, also in regard to tho Dardanelles. This plan, says the "Post." would injure Britain's and Franco's positions in tho Mediterranean, destroy the Anglo-Russian friendship, and gain for Germany reliablo friends.