NATIONAL RIVALRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 96, 13 October 1911, Page 8

NATIONAL RIVALRY.

THE KAISER'S VIEWS. NOTES OF AN ADDRESS AT HAMBURG. | (Wellington. Times correspondent.) Berlin, August 26. His Majesty the German Emperor had not been heard from very much of but he is now making up for lost time. At Altona on Friday he paid an affectionate and graceful tribute to the virtues of the Empress, a model for German wives and mothers. At Hamburg on Sunday he delivered an address on the test, "Competition is the soul of international trade." Undoubtedly the stimulus of competition is as necessary for the full development of national energy and enterprise as for the full development of individual energy. It is, as his Majesty remarked •with one of his picturesque flourishes, just when the leading jockey in a race finds himself hard pressed by the other horses that he uses whip lawd spur on his mount and gets greater speed out of it. The difficulty is that nations do not always imitate the jockey. In stead of being stimulated to greater effort by the stress of rivalry they try to get rid of competition by killing the competition. They do not use the whip on themselves, but prefer to use the sword on the others.

Commenting on the development of German commerce, the Kaiser concluded: "The competition of nations may give rise to pacific combat. The German people in the last thirty years have assured the protection of their commerce and maritime navigation by their war fleet, which is being developed powerfully and is remarkable (for its discipline. It represents the value which the German people attach to the seal If I -understand aright the enthusiasm of the inhabitants of Hamburg, I think I may suppose that their idea is to strengthen our navy still further in the future in such a manner that we can be sure that no one will come to control the place which is due to us in the sunshine."

The Kaiser's speech has made the best possible impression, everywhere, as indicating a peaceful solution of the Moroccan trouble. It is not interpreted in any way as presaging any extraordinary future naval armaments beyond those 1 contained in the existing Na.vy Act. PUBLIC IRRITATION GROWING-. Puiblio opinion in Germany continues to regard the Moroccan difficulty in a more favorable light. More comments are published on the strange anti-Ger-man utterances of Sir Fairfax Oartiwright, English Ambassador a.t Vienna, than regarding the Moroccan affair itself, and public irritation is growing. The interview with an "English diplomatist in an important "position," which has given such offence in Germany, was published by the Neue Freie Presse, of Vienna, on Friday last. The principal passage is the following one:—"! say it openly, people entertain the opinion that Germany is defying us. This everlasting challenge is beginning to inspire anxiety. Behind the sending of the Farther to Agadir and behind the whole of Germany's foreign policy, in so far as it makes use of such provocation, stands, for those who know Ger-I many, not the German people, but only a certain clique, which goes forward with similar ruthlessness in various European! centres. We can only say to-day of Germany what was true of France in 1870. At that time the Tuileries made the policy of the country, and the members- of Parliament were the creatures of the Tuileries. The Tuileries made a senseless war on Germany. Tn Germany to-day the policy is made from above, not by the people. The Imperial German Government does not represent, as, the English Government does, the puWic opinion of the country. The "entourage" | of the Kaiser evidently inspired him to; carry out the act in Agadir."

Sir Fairfax Carfcvmght, who, as the German press alleges, is the "English diplomatist" in question, sent a telegram to a news agency, in which he says: "I decline all responsibility for anonymous articles attributed to me bv badly-informed people." This denial of authorship has given no satisfaction in Germany, and is ridiculed by the press, which expresses surprise that as yet no disavowal of the Ambassador's private policy hasi been received from the British Foreign Office. Reuters Telegraph Agency 'brought the news that "no British diplomatist was responsible for the. interview in question." "Of course," remarks the Pan-German Leipzig* Xe'ueste Mchrieliten. "nobody would take Sir Fairfax to be that silly to write the article with his own hand on his private letter paper and send it to the \eue Freie Press*, but would he not be re-1 sponsible all the same if he communicates the contents of the article, to an 'intennediarc' to convey to the journal? And the Vossische Zcitung asserts already that this "intermedia re" is none other than the well-known Siegmuml Musuz, who, while at luncheon with Sir Fairfax hi Marienbad. received from the diplomatist the information, as quoted above. It has not yet been aseprtawwl what truth there is'in the whole affair; one thing is certain, however, namely,! that the role übuvert by the London i Cabinet is at present giving more offence than the attitude of"France. 1

KIEL NAVAL REVIEW TO WARN ENGLAND. The German naval manoeuvres, whicK begin to-morrow, will commence with the great naval review at Kiel before tho Kaiser. Except for the naval reviews held in England, this will be the greatest ever held in any country. The whole of the German navy now in European waters will take part, viz., 20 battleships, 5 armored cruisers, 8 smaller cruisers, 73 torpedo boats, a submarine division and a flotilla of mine-laying, etc., vessels. The papers say that Germany feels that on account of England's unfriendly attitude the time has come to show that | she can also be a (powerful adversary at sea.

NO MORE VISITS OF GERMAN . FLEET TO NORWAY. Admiral von Holtzendorn", commander of the German High Sea Fleet, has jusb made some remarks which are much commented upon by the European press. It is well known that vessels of the German navy are regularly visiting Norwegian waiters. Lately, when the Kaiser was on his annual trip to Norway, the German fleet passed in review before him in the Sognef jord, and this had caused a part of the Norwegian press to publish articles [unfriendly to Germany, giving the review the importance of manoeuvre* , whereby the laws of international ciisjtom had been violated and eyeing with suspicion the visit of a German torpedo 1 boat-flotilla to the fortified port of Dram- , men. Jiist before the departure of the fleet last week the admiral in command, von Holtaendorff, gave a dinner on board the flagship Deutschland to the _Nerwegian military and naval authorities of Moide, where the fleet was lying an anchor. In a speech he said that the German war vessels entered the ifjorda only to give the men a well-earned 1 rest a/ftcr the fatiguing manoeuvres at sea. He regretted that the unfriendly articles which had appeared in the Norwegian press would probably result in the cessation of the visits of German men-of-war to Norway in future, especially as these 'articles had appeared at a time when : the Kaiser was a guest of the oouiritry. lAs another sequel Pan-German papers i have already sitarted a campaign advisI ing German tourists who annually visit I Norway to avoid a country whose press I shows Wh little hospitality towards a great Power. < KAISER AGAINST DRINK.

The Kaiser, who in his youth was a pupil of Oassel College, likes to remain in touch with the institution where ha received his first tuition. This was manifested last week at a little ceremony in the Wilhelmshohe Castle, near Cassel, ■when the Kaiser presented the college with a new flag. After addressing himself to the scholars in general, expressing his joy to Ibe once more at the place where he passed the greater part of Ms boyhood, he turned to the older scholars who are about to leave college to continue their education at a university. He said that they -were young men now and should remember that they were learning for life and not for the school. | They should always think of their duty to ibecome good citizens and to work for the greatness and honor of the Fatherland. 'As- students they should interest , themselves in sport, but should avoid , overrindulgence in strong drink. He pointed to the example English and jiAmerioan students were giving them in j this respect and admonished his listeners to do likewise. This is not the first time jthe Kaiser is making front against the abuse in alcohol consumption, only a few months ago foe addressed similar words to German bluejackets in Kiel.