BRITAIN AND GERMANY.
A SHIPBUILDING PROPOSAL. THE KAISER'S REPLY. Received August 21, 8 8 a m. LONDON. August. 20. On the ground that the foreign editor of the "Vosaiacne is an old friend of Prince von Bulow, the Imperial Chancellor, and that the newspapers has often boon utilised to announce events in a less formal manner .than semi-oflicialy, the "Daily Telegraph's" Berlin correspondent credits a statement to the etfect that Sir Clnrlea Hardinge, British Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, intimated when at Krjnbirjf tut it was Britain's intention t> introduce a Bill .to arrang.! for four years' shipbuilding. Thj Kaiser, it is said, replied that such a step would not be regarded with animosity, and would not provoke counter measures. The correspondent adds:—"The myth regarding Britain's so-called isolating policy has been exploded, and the whole account of the interview paints to a fundamental change in Germany's attitude towards Great Britain."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9173, 22 August 1908, Page 5
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150BRITAIN AND GERMANY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9173, 22 August 1908, Page 5
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