BRITAIN AND GERMANY

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1398, 26 March 1912, Page 5

BRITAIN AND GERMANY

NO REAL GROUND FOR A QUARREL. LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS. By Telerwißb—Press Ai»»eU.tl<m- GoDrrirtal London, March 24. 1,01(1 Ikibson, a Lord of JVppenl, and formerly Attorney-General,, speaking at the International Arbitration League dinnor, said that i|iiostion.s of fact in tho misunderstandings betwoo.u Great Britain and Germany could usefully lie referred to judicial arbitration. There was no real ground for a quarrel. Sir George lieid, High Commissioner for Australia, responded to tho toast "International Peace." MR. CHURCHILL'S SPEECH. HESENTMENT BY THE KAISEII. Berlin, March 24. The daily paper "Eoersen-Courier" states that Hcrr von Bcthinann Hollwcg (Imperial Chancellor} and Horr von Kidcr-lon-Waeehter (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) believe that tho speech delivered in'thn British House of Commons liy 2llr. Winston Churchill (First Lord of tho Admiralty), when introducing tho Navy Estimates, will form tho basis of future negotiations between Germany and Britain. Admiral von Tirpitz (Secretary of State to the Admiralty) opposes the proposed limitation of armaments until tho widening of tho Kiel Canai has been completed. Tho Kaiser, it is said, agrees with Admiral von Tirpitz in regarding Mr. Churchill's speech as an attempt to interfere with German affairs. THE NAVY IN 1915. LOW MAKGIN IN FIGHTING LINE. London, March 24. Admiral Lord Charles Beroslord, Unionist M.P. for Portsmouth, in a letter in "The Time?." says that Mr. Churchill would have been wiser if he had mapped out a policy for the defence of the 'Empire by calling in the help of the Dominions without reference to any Power. Lord Beresford compliments Mr. Churchill on the new sthenic for 'he war organisation of the Homo fleets, and states:—"Our low margin in the first fighting line, compared with the first fighting lines of Germany and Austria in 1015, involves the risk of a reverse." GERMAN ARMY. Berlin, March 24. Conservative newspapers regret that the Army is not utilising the rapid growth of population. Four hundred thousand men are available for service annually, but of this number 250,000 are not used. Soldiers number .76S per cent, of the population, compared with .708 in 1873.