GERMANY AND AUSTRALIA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 21 January 1907, Page 3

GERMANY AND AUSTRALIA.

NOTABLE SPEECH JJV C'OUiVT IiEYM. NO PAN-GEHMAN DANfiEK. THE GIiOW.LXG GERMAN FLEET. Ececived 20, 7.20 p.m. Sydney, January 20 Count Deym, acting German ConsulGencral. speaking at a national festival, said in Australia Germans never dreamt of any political deigns, apart from the rest of the community. On j the contrary, it was the.r doire to become good Australian citizens. It was absolutely ridiculous to sav that the German Kiapirn was scckimpolitical power ihrcit-h the Germans 111 Australia, Secli -.;..((;.,.;,(,],,• mv . sponsible persons s!i a!.'; •...: .;':,•;. 1 !

i the friendly relations ir , lf ~x . I. h 1. twecn two greal natioiis. 1 There was no .so-e.i!!e,l dip.■'.'■.■-.:.a, • danger in Australia. Tuai, d'ia"', . existed only in the minds of i!i i.-e wii were hysterical on Hie .vibj.vl, .'v such intention ii-ul ever he.ii' h-,r. boured in ollieial (ieimiau e : re:,:. and there was, in faei, in Gei'moiy'iii iiian of weight or inline;; -e, who favored such a policy, or wlu had hostile intentions against any part of the lirilish Empire, especially Australia, If Germany were endeavoring 10 establish an adequate navy, i| was 11 matter of necessity, not a m'auifesialion of any aggressive spirit. The navy was required to prolcet German shipping and German commerce in various parts of the globe. Germany's over-sea interests now were such as no one dreamt of when the United German Empire was founded and the enlargement of (he German fleet was simply to protect those interests, In this action on the part of Germany there was nothing to disturb or alarm other nations. Compared with the British llect, the German iuvyy WO ukl always be small.