THE OLIVE BRANCH.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 286, 27 August 1908, Page 7

THE OLIVE BRANCH.

MR. LLOYD-GEORGE. A CONCILIATORY SPEECH. MUTUALLY DEPENDENT. (by temgraph—press association—copyright.) (Rec. August 26, 9.35 p.m.) Berlin, August 26. Tlio British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd-George, who is on a visit to Germany, lvns cordially welcomed in Hamburg,' and was entertained at a lunch. Referring to' the settlement of tlio load lino question in 1907, he asked: "Why should wo not settlo tlio load lino of nations, so that the .Ships of State might not bo sunk by the burdens of armaments ?" Britain aftd Germany, ho added were dependent on one another, and could help each other. He proposed the toast of "enduring friendship between Britain and Germany— may God watch over them and prosper both." ' ,

For the safety of ships, Mr. Lloyd-George's Merchant Shipping Act, 190G, makes safeguards as to load lines; and to meet the complaint that foreign ships wero competing unfairly by overloading the Act makes foreign ships subject to British trade regulations against overloading, unseaworthiness, etc. This provision raised some, differences with continental countries, which were adjusted by negotiation. There are now some German protests against another of the measures passed by Mr. Lloyd-George when President of the Board of Trade, the Patents Act, which compels the working of foreign-held patents in Britain, under penalty of loss of patent rights.