SIR EDWARD GREY

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10562, 19 February 1912, Page 5

SIR EDWARD GREY

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——* SPEECH AT MANCHESTER ANGLO-GERMAN CORDIALITY. ('Received Last Night, 0.0 o'clock.) LONDON, February 17-. Sir Edward Grey, addressing the Manchester Reform Club, said that Mr Asquith's references to Lorl Htvldane's visit had been reciprocated in Berlin in the same spirit in which they had been made. Both speech •>* in the House of Commons and in the Reichstag was marked with considerable reticence and restraint. This was necessary at the present tinr\ but did not imply any lack of co'diality. There was no fear of permanent estrangement provided tin' truth got a fair chance. If mephitic vapours were generated ,the unfounded rumours would be dissipated, and there would be no future occasion for distrust or diplomatic tension. Sir Edward Grey declared that the Anglo-Russian agreement ■ had produced good relation s between the two countries, and had preserved the authority of the Persian Govemmeii*. Without it, Russia, bent upon internal revolution, would have advanced to Teheran, and England would have, been compelled to secure her Ind: :n frontiers against Russian aggression. Referring to complaints at a .delay of redress in Prize Court claims, he said that until the nations established an International Prize Court, neutrals had-no security that they would obtain redress, unless they were prepared to resort to force.