THE WAITING GAME

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 168, 15 July 1916, Page 6

THE WAITING GAME

PLAYED BY GERMANY

POLICY OF TWO DECADES,

TO HOODWINK BRITAIN:

YON BULOW'S CONFESSION.

(Australian mid X.Z. Cable Association.)

LONDON, July 14. The "Morning Post's" Heme correspondent says that the chapter of foreign polities covered in "Deutsche Politike," a hook written by Prince yon Bulow. exOrerm<.n Chancellor, is a frank confession that Germany adopted a policy of dissimulation with Britain until 'the German fleet should be strong enough to justify defiance. Yon Bulow explains that Germany, ''ac n new urrival amongst the Great Powers, forcing herself into the circle of the old national family b> her surprising excellence." was regarded as an uninvited and objectionable intruder, nevertheless inspiring fear." "It was essential, while we were building up our navy," says yon Bulow, "to maintain Germany's Continental position and avoid collision with Britain. Our fleet had to be built with one pye on British politics. My main elTorts in the field of higher politics were directed towards the fulfilment , of this task.

"At last there seemed a chance, during the JSoer Avar, of striking a blow at Britain. This would have been applauded by the German people. The general situation, however. was not really unfavourable to Britain. Furthermore, had Germany struck then, our relations with Britain would Imve been poisoned for a long time. Even if our intervention had caused her failure in vSouth Africa, she would still have been able to nip in the bud our developments in sea power. By the year 1914 we had grown so big that we could venture upon war with Britain in high spirits."

Prince yon Rulow was the German Imperial Chancellor from l!) 00 to li)0n. and. he also did duty for many years in the diplomatic service of his country. Trained first as a soldier, ho fought in the great Franco-German campaign, and in 1872 passed his diplomatic examinations, and was appointed in rapid succession to "attacheships at Rome. Petrograd. Vienna. Athens, and Paris. He was tben mado, Minister at Bucharest, and in 1893 was appointed . Ambassador to Rome. Four years later the Kaiser gave him the Foreign Ministry, and in mOO raised him to the highest post under the Crown, that of Chancellor, with the title of prince. Since the war started Prince yon Rulow has hcen on several diplomatic errands for his monarch, ajid was for a while back in Rome, and said to be talking peace with the Pope. Yon Bulow married an Italian lady, the Princess* di Camporeale. His political fall was brought about by the opposition of the Clerical party in the Reichstag, and he resided largely at his lovely villa outside Rome until Italy entered the war.