Through German Spectacles.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 February 1911, Page 4

Through German Spectacles.

In Germany,'' report* till© Bystander's correspondent, "it- is Mr Balfour who is apparently England's most famous man, for every omniscient German spells it right , affid differs only as to whether it is Aubrey J., Alfred James, or Sir Arthur John. Although the unsophisticated Knglish voter takes Sir Arthur Johnson trust, the more historicminded German lias some unpleasant facts about his dark past. 'Now a staunch- Conservative," says Herr Beyer in a Munich paper, 'he was not always so. He began as an ardent Liberal, and even occupied the Home, Rule post of Irish Secretary.' German experts find in the Cabinet Ministers some redeeming traits. They are particularly nice about Lord Winston Churchill. His life-hist-ory, ns written by a Cologne authority named Knipper, makes excellent reading, and ought to be circulated as u proof of political consistency among Lord Winston's constituents. _ 'Lord Churchill, ' says Herr Knipper, 'has a perfect right to assault the House of Lords, as he owes his peerage not to his overweening ambition, but to the accident that he is a son of a late Duke of Marlborough, who in his day was a brilliant statsman. Lord Churchill atod Herr George are at once the weakness of Liberalism. Their careers are uncommonly alike. Both .started life as ardent Conservatives, but when unstable Wales went from tho Conservatives to the Liberal faith, the two comrades and allies went with it.' " i aiK.j| lumfcijuj J