LONG-CHERISHED DREAMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2824, 15 July 1916, Page 9

LONG-CHERISHED DREAMS

GERMAN DESIGNS ON • " BRITAIN I A FRANK CONFESSION Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. 1 ". ", (Rec. July 14, 5.35 p.m.) ■ London, July 14. The "Morning Post's" Berne correspondent states that a chapter on foreign politics, covered in Prince Buelow's book on "Deutsche Politike" furnishes a frank confession of Germany's adopted policy of dissimulation with England until the German fleet was strong enough to justify defiance. Prince Buolow explains that Germany, a new arrival amongst the great Powers, was forcing herself into the circle of the -old national families by her surprising excellence. Regarded as an uninvited and objectionable intruder, she, nevertheless, was inspiring fear.. It was essential.While building up the Navy, to maintain Germany's Continental position, "and avoid, a collision with England. "Our fleet had to be built with one eye on English politics. My main efforts in tlie field of higher politics have been directed to the fulfilment of this task. At last there seemed a chance—the Boer War—of striking a blow at England. This would have been' applauded by the German people; The general situation, however, was not really unfavourable to England, and, furthermore, hnd Germany struck then, our relations with England would have been poisoned for a long time. Even if our intervention would lmve caused her failure in South Africa, she would still have been able to nip in the bud our developments in sea power. By 1914 wo had grown so big that we could venture on a -wa? against England in high spirits." ' .