GERMANY'S MISSION
TRADE: NOT AGGRKSSTOi. lii-ASOX FOlt A STRONG XAVV, By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received January 31, 9.20 p.m. London. January 31. Count Metternich. Genua;! Ambassador, speaking at a banquet in London on tlio occasion of the Kaiser's birthday, said the Germans were a peate-lovim>' people, without further thought of war for attaining national aims. They had no longing eyes' for territory for sett ling their surplus population. They had ■declined to an insignificant figure the people requiring employment at home. 1 anil therefore the nation depended to a largo extent on exports. No market was gained by brute force, but by peaceful methods. The conquest of trade waj accomplished by intellectual industry, fckill and knowledge. For the protection of nor great and growing commercial interests Germany was building a licet in imitation of other nations. She had no 'wish to rule the sea.-'. She threatened •nobody. Since the Germans were without any intention of competing for the supremacy of the sea, it was unreasonable to suppose they sought to become involved in a naval quarrel.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 303, 1 February 1910, Page 5
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175GERMANY'S MISSION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 303, 1 February 1910, Page 5
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