WHY GERMANS ARE BITTER.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 191, 12 August 1915, Page 7

WHY GERMANS ARE BITTER.

PROBLEM OF THE FUTURE. In addressing a well-attendca meeting of 'the Civic League last night on "Some Phases of the War." Mr. C. .1. Parr. M.P., said that one of the most extra- ! ordinary features was the intensity of j hatred whi.-h the Germans felt towards | the English. He feared that this |wa r was going to leave lasting racial 1 hatred, and it was for us to consider I what we could do to mitigate this I tonent of hale. It had been of gradual development, having been traced back to the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War. when feeling in England veered round to the French. Later on Bismarck and his followers were prevented from embarking on a second csrapade against the French by an inti-ntt.iP that England and Russi- wrre p-epared t.i ehamcion the cause of France <iu"~ ISB7 a bitter feeling had stirred up in Oct many against England, and it wis sigr.iucar.t that the Kaiser had hc.ru one if the chief disturbing elements. iLs o induct towards his father and n;s Enslish mother did not. to say the least, i reflect credit on him. ll.e belief that England was the archenemy, said the speaker, had been spread ty Tierman professnr-s and writer*, while a further cause of the bitter fe-'iug of illwill had been the rivalry of commercial development. The two nations had nearly come into conflict d'iring the Boer War. when the Kaiser sent his famous telegram to the late President kruger. In more recent years, said Mr Parr. ; the Triple Entente, creating an under j standin? between England. France, and Russia, had only intensified the feeling of hatred, while the part played by Great Britain during the i Agadir incident had farther enraged the Prussians. The existence of the gre.it British Empire had barred the way to 'German aggression, ami s:in-o tie out break of the presen-t war. Prussian en mity hid increased many fold Uv.-.u-e the nation was made to believe that Enpi.inl was responsible for stjrt.tg lhe conflict. I In the opinion of the speaker, the ! only way to effect a cure was to first give the Ormami a jolly prwxi ham- j mering (Hear. heaT.l For the sake of the future Prussia and Germany had to be absolutely smashed so far as their present form of government was oicrrncd. Then, if the German* d.d not come to love us. they would at least respect us. and so be submissive to the cause of liberty. | Applause.i