"THE TIMES" ON GERMAN COMMENTS.
(Received April 2nd, 12.43 a.m.) LONDON, April 1. "The Times," in its first leading article, taunts Germany with exciting herself over the Bloemfontein Customs Conference, and le-calls the disregard shown by Germany to the ojuniens of other nations with regard to the new German tariff "The Times" says the Gemiin newspapers are already manipulating public opinion and fulminating threats of reprisal-*. It adds that the Blot infon-. tin proposal, are merely the natural, though perhaps objectionable, working of the- fiscal inelependence of the Briush colonies under the ir.Suec.ee cf tht prevailiiig sentiment of Imperial solidarity. "" The Times " unhesitatingly dec-ares that tho British nation Welcomes most cordiailv tbe spirit of the proposals made at -Bloem'fon.cin for preferential tre-atme-iit, and would be sorry to relinquish the hop; that they constitute an important step towards Imperial (.o-operation and unit-,.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11548, 2 April 1903, Page 5
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