BRITAIN & GERMANY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 February 1939, Page 8

BRITAIN & GERMANY

SOUND FRIENDSHIP ESSENTIAL SIR N. HENDERSON’S SURVEY. ONLY POLITICAL COMPETITION DANGEROUS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 1.5 p.m.) BERLIN, February 15. Sir Neville Henderson, British Ambassador to Germany, in a speech at at) Anglo-German Society dinner, stressed tin? necessity for Anglo-German understanding, based on respect for Germany's vital interests as a Continental Power, ahd for Britain’s as an overseas Power. He added that the foundations Of peace and understanding were laid ih Munich. It was conti’ar.v to common sense to regard Britain anti Germany as politically antagonistic. They were complementary. Germany was a great Continental power. Britain was a great maritime power, which did not imply that Britain was not interested in the Cdhtihent dr Germany not interested in overseas areas. There was ample scope for both, economically and in a civilising sense. It was only political competition which was dangerous. Commercial competition might be strenuous, but it was neither hostile to peace, nor disturbing. Evolution must ultimately lead to solid An-glo-German friendship. Otherwise Europe would founder.