A PLAIN WARNING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 263, 3 November 1908, Page 5

A PLAIN WARNING.

OF GERMANY'S INTENTIONS

'"TIMES" ON THE INTERVIEW. THE DREADNOUGHT PROGRAMME. (By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright.) (Received 8.5 aan.) LONDON, November 2. Discussing the international situation, the "Times' says that the official explanations given in Berlin of the interview with the Kaiser only deepen the impression regarding the interview. The "Times" adds that it hopes that it has not escaped the British Government's notice that the Emperor of Germany admits that the majority of the German nation is unfriendly to Britain, and means to go on indefinitely enlarging the navy. The Government is urged, after such a plain warning, to immediately announce its intention of proceeding during I'JOO with the construction of sufficient Dreadnoughts and Indomitables to keep tbe British navy well up to the twoFower standard.

STIRRING UP TROUBLE.

CRITICISM IN JAPAN. IReceivcd-5.36 a.m.) TOKIO, November 2. The Kaiser's references to the Far East in his interview have caused great uneasiness in German official and com—lercia) circles in Japan, w'nero it is feared that (he strenuous efforts of a decade to rehabilitate. German interests in Japan have been nullified. Japanese newspapers are vigorously critical in their comments. The "Jiji Shimpo." one of the chief Tokio dailies, accuses Germany of stirring up trouble, and adds that .Japan is justified in making every preparation for emergencies.

A COMPOSITE INTERVIEW.

ALE SORTS AND CONDITIONS. (Received ?-5 a.m.) BERLIN, November 2. The '"Cologne Gazette" states that the Kaiser conversed at flighcliffe and elsewhere with all sorts of English personages, relative to his attitude towards England. The views he then enumerated wer all collected, and now reproduced as a continuous statement. "THE KAISER RULES ALONE."

CONSTITUTION DEGRADES.

BERLLV, November 2. The Berlin Press is incensed at the crass stupidity of Prince yon Buelow and the Foreign Office if authorising the publication of such a mass of in discretions . The "Tagliche Rundschau" states tha.t the official explanation will not disarm criticisms of tbe Emperor's role. "It. is still clear." the paper goes on to sap, "that Prince yon Buelow stood helplessly by while the Foreign Office played the part of a bad, cowardly, or helpless adviser. "All German patriots feel weighed down with' care, since it is clear that the Kaiser rules alone. The Foreign Affairs Department, while the constitutionally responsible persons, is degraded to the level of a chorus whim is obliged to follow, shield, or palliate him. and disentangle his twisted threads, thereby sacrificing its energy while feeling the responsibility."

The paper urges the Reichstag to. insist that German statesmen alone be responsible for German po'icy.