TONING DOWN GERMAN "HATE"

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 7 October 1915, Page 2

TONING DOWN GERMAN "HATE"

THERE are signs that the futility of the policy of " hate " against Great Britain is being recognised in Germany. The Berlinger Tageblatt, the Frankfurter Zeitung, Vorwaerts, Das Forum, the Hanover Deutsche, Volkszeitung, as well as the Vienna Neve Freie Presse, have all been publishing articles indicative of a change of feeling. Throughout these articles runs the idea that Great Britain will not be beaten on her knees after all, but that the end of the war will still leave her a mighty Power, with whom it will be to Germany's advantage to be on good terms. A good example of this new counsel for the Germans is contained in the following passage from a long article in the Frankfurter Zeitung by Dr Ernest Troelsch, a wellknown Heidelberg professor, who says : —'' Hate may at first inspire courage and energy in attack, but in - the long run it is bad politics. It leads to a troubled and fantastic policy of sentiment which- afterwards cannot be carried out, and leaves behind a dangerous disappointment. . .

Especially is hate a bad councillor in the case of England. It prevents us from appreciating the position correctly; it leads to an under-estimation of the enemy's strength, and renders difficult the renewed and unavoidable contact after the war."