Britain and Germany

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43382, 31 October 1908, Page 2

Britain and Germany

London, October 29. Official circles in Berlin regard the interview between the Kaiser and the representative Englishman, published iu the London Daily Telegraph, as substantially correct. The situation is said to be relieved by the fact that the Kaiser showed himself to be friendly to us, and by his adding “lam in a minority in Germany, but it is a minority of the best elements, just as it is in England wi h jesp.ct to Germany.” Berlin, October 29.

Berlin newspapers comment angrily on the Kaiser’s remarks. They suggest that Sir Frank Lascelles, who recently retired from the post of British Ambassador to Germany, was the person interviewed. ' The Taegliche Rundsschau, the Kaiser’s favourite paper, declares that seldom indeed has i ne of the Kaiser’s demonstrations occasioned more mixed feelings, more anxiety, or more regret than this message to the British people. This very frank and most important Imperial statement creates the impre sion of *’ Away with all hepe of final stability and tranquility in our policy.” The Kaiser’s and the Government’s policies, continues the Rundschau, work on different lines, and must disturb one another.