MAIL NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 316, 17 January 1902, Page 1

MAIL NEWS.

Berlin, Nov. 30. Germany continues to ring with protests against British Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's imputing of inhumanity to the German Army in the War with France. Meotings are being held every day, and there is no sign of abatement of the agitation. Meetings were held this week at Gotha, Heidelberg, Zweibrueclten, Augsburg, Nuremberg, Worms, Stendal, Thom, Osnabrueck and Gladbach, The Pastors’ Society of Gladbach is circulating a protest, which has already received the signatures of 680 pastors. The Wurtomberg Veterans’ Society has issued a warning against attaching too great importance to one man’s utterance. Tho Cologne Volks-Zeituug points out that the movement is spontaneous ; that the Government has tried by every means to suppress it, but has failed to do so. Other papers pronounce tho movement tho most remarkable of its kind ever witnessed. ...... The Frankfurter Zcitung admits that German patriotic feeling has been influenced in an unmistakable manner against Great Britain. london, Nov. 60. At the Colonial Office to-day a correspondent was told that “ Mr Chamberlain does not desire to outer into any controversy, and stands by wliat he said. If the German papers continue to misrepresent him, why it cannot be helped.” M‘ Chamberlain himself takes the wholl affair with his usual cynical indifference He is staying quietly at Birmingham, am is cot exhibiting any particular interest h the storm he has raised.

Berlin, Nov. 30.! The assurances given by Dr von Hdleben, the German Ambassador at Wahington, to President Roosevelt regarding the feeling of Emperor William and fie German people toward the United Staes have been warmly received here. . All ]ie papers hopo that now the relations jteteen Germany and the United States till improve. • ! The Berliner Zeitung calls Dr von tol!eben!s assurances a disavowal of the InGermans, who, it admits, advocate forjgn conquests in a matter which necessity causes vexation abroad. It shows from the Pan-German usociation’s printed matter that the knGermans want to annex Chili, Argerina, South Brazil, the West Indian islids, tho Netherlands, Turkey etc., and got on to show that the German Fleet Sofcty, which enjoys high Government protefon. has similar ideas. J The Berliner Zcitung says the difi-ust abroad is all the more justified sirfc an agitation has begun in foreign coujries, under the eyes of German Ministed and Consuls, aiming to make it appeajihat the Germans there are oppressed antaeed I help Irani home.