"THE PROP OF PEACE"

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 45, 16 November 1907, Page 5

"THE PROP OF PEACE"

ANfiLO'GERMAN FRIENDSHIP. KAISER'S PLEDGE. WILL DO HIS BEST TO STRENGTHEN THE BONDS. DT TKI.EGItArH—I'ItESS ASSOCIATION—COrriUGnT. London, Npvomber 14. Roplying to an address presented by the Corporation of London, the Kaiser said he had noticed during tho procession tho motto "Blood is thicker than water." He applauded that sentiment, and hoped it would ever be so botween Great Britain and Germany. Roplying to tho Lord Mayor's toast "Our Guests," tho Kaiser gracefully referred to being a citizen of London of sixtoon years' standing. Ho expressed satisfaction at tho visits interchanged between English and Gorman journalists and civic dignitaries, and hoped history would acknowlodge the fact that ho had unswervingly pursued a policy of peaco. The main prop and base for the peaco of tho world was good relationship botween England and Germany. Ho would strengthen it so far as it lay iu his power. On returning to AVindsor tho Kaiser and Kaiserin declared that they had boon dolighted with the ceremony, and profoundly touched by the cordiality of tho popular reception.

CERMAN PRESS PLEASED. "NOT EPHEMERAL." (Rco. Nov. 15, 9.56 p.m.) Berlin, November 15. Most of the Gorman nowspapors are delighted with tho Kaiser's splendid reception. They predict that the present friendly movement will not provo ephemeral. Tho noticeable improvement in Anglo-Ger-man relations, dating from the exchange of visits of editors and municipal authorities, received an impetus when the King visited Germany and Austria in August. The influential organ the "Cologne Gazette" on that occasion observed [—"Opinion, not only in Germany, has become, accustomed to regard I lie King as tho real director of tho foreign puli'.y of Great Britain. It will with all tho srciitet pleasure hear his message of peace." Tho "National Zeitung" said:—"So in-: im Germany and England are concerned,' them is no need of any special treaty. No ono in Germany doubts that the British nation 'vni receive their imperial guests in November With tin , greatest joy. ... That an entente had set in in Anglo-Gennan relations, to tho disgust of all distnrbers of the peace, might have been observed before. It is now, howovur, confirmed. An 'ontento cordinlo' exists b<--tween tho two Sovereigns." In tho course of its recent articlo agaiu-t Princo Billow, "The Times" declared:—'Our policy has now changed since Sir Edward Grey (British Minister for Foreign Affairs) declared th.ij; fair and good relations between Germany nnd Franco are the condition of any improvement in tho public relation between Germany and ourselves." ,