GERMANY'S POLICY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 312, 26 September 1908, Page 5

GERMANY'S POLICY.

MOROCCO, /V QOfIOILIATORY TONE, ANXIETY AROIIT TflJ3 MOROCCAN FINANCES. (81 TELE<!BArH-rtl)!§§ ;J3§qC!AT}qN-CqmiglJT.] : {Jor)in, September 24. Qoypiany's reply to. tho yrapcgTSpaujijh Noto (setting out tho ternis ou which ?,lulai Hafid sliould be recognised as Sultan) is conciliatory in t0ne...,. , It raises no objection in regard to principle, and admits tho right of Franco and Spain to he recouped tho expenses of tlieir jntervoiitiq^, j(i Afpjocco, lnit expresses a jippn thiit tlie tWg have jrpepgr pjs'ed the fact tjiat Morocco's financial position eonccrps all tho Powers.

MTHE GERMAN PERIL.'I "Is the Britislt Empire threatened ?" t]te "Syilnpy jilprning 'florald/ ! ' '""A'ccohlins to » zealpH?' ppi! 'nrafl'erp'gs , ' section pf t})p Brjfjsl}. peonlp; it is, and'the (tynger lies in Gpmau ((Jejls of pxpapsiop. Np natter hqy inncli W? ' w mijy laiPQflt no matter l[)qw the '6f. Britons, pr jn: tleatl, : the" sane' an(J\sol)Qr l>epplq of nati'pqality'piay Jaine'nt'it, jf-wprmany sysr determinedly,' untiringly' BTPPWiRf for "a"siinrei?ip' gtruggje vr|w» ItiTO?.'?; (s'tjifle VP ''fpcogiijse'*clifli : stats of affajrs, pnd prphw'fqr the' ineyjtahle t°', PT I ''?-. The iittU'nde pf le?ding Britislx journals, the fa'pling of c-reiit fiqqies pf the Bntisn. people, the"gugrdep' warnings'.'pf Bfjtislt piiq|iq'men, the porsp'nnl activity of the Iv|n? in foreign testilj? pjm iy?y-' , ' ' ■ty avails' Ijttle fp say that there must, P.e g g'%t b'qdy' qf ppiiiion jjj' Goyihiiny'?gpinst TO'.' There is. A s I" eypry'pfhor'cpt)ntry, thov'p arp all t|i'e' people whp ave constitutionally averse to'WW,'people wjio pbjpot tp jt on pthipsj grptmds, and thp far larger olass agß\n wftp' gegirp" p|ticp "for ho' hiore' h'erqic reaspn tli'jin thHt" "wpnld 'flq a daniiigp, tP : thwr matpyjfil"interests, while ing'oypry aUownqe for thesp pspjnq wp; are, jn»WPS W .S Wlf drqs.in 'ir /or ope 'mameht. WP 'jmpgl.pp that tfidjf" Trill weigh ipUl\P P? qrzanised' 6Wpr-imppsa pjl' sh prgapised pf-Bntajn flfiS Sit pqr wqrks. . ('Hoyf deeply t]ip popular, mind pf Gerinany is qbsessqd with this', turn 'pf ,' s shown in 'pn vw PPTO HCTfflPS'fir.wwi w the a'cquiesoenco of pven leaqjng pqcjalist prgSus' in tho policy of Y/illielmstrasse. When wp" hayp, Hprr Eebpl, th?, political. leader of the Qprniap Socialists, admitting the possawhW .W war! and Mr'. Hyndnian,' the most influential of linglish Socialists, telling the English people, througji' the/'Clarion,' that' England is facq to face fo : flpy with a grpjit'er danger tlian over thi-eataned'her' shores from Nappleon, sndllr. Blatchford," of the 'Clarion, ! definitely fixing six years contingent on naval programmes, as the date of war, wo can scarcely fail to be impressed, eyen npthiflg flioya espr'essioiis of opimou to go upon. 'Commenting on an article in the "Quarterly Review," the" "Sydney Morning Herald" adds': f'Tha revelfttjqn we l\ero of the way in whi'qk "ppiniori hps been organised and drilled-is'np l'fss'impressive* than the preparatip'iTs which'aVeJb'e'iug niade 'te translate that ppiniqn into action. Oii the basis of the existing' prograTnm'es,' the 'preparation' v,'ill-have been complete in about sii years' time, possibly a little' longer.' Tlntil then Germany will avoid rather' thts cqurt a; But then she will strike,' >nd $trike with all her might. True, we havp heard this often enough beforo in a ensual- so,ft of wjjC wo Bavo. ftow got tp do is tp realise ft—to hope that it W'U ■not oco\ir, but' to act (as tt\e'writer we cmpta advises the-whelp Empire tp dp) as though it is* certain to ooo'nr. do not wish to exaggerate the probabilities of wari we cannot exaggerate the iirij>orttince-r : the imperative, the vjtal' necessity, in being; for ' '"Within tljp Cjerman Empire alono Germany hsjs 'n<>W a 'p'qpnlatibn, of , some G-l,000,00,0,': of peqple, which are' increasing at the ratp.of 1,000.001}' aVypar^'a 1 faster''Tate than any <?tfier Western people. " It' is! a mistake to suppose that German finfipep is not capable of a larger strain'than 1 is" now p[ut upon it. Its present limitations .are imposed only by. {he Federal Constitution,' but' a' movement. is already afoot tq ; reiaedr Very plain it is, ffiat Britftfn. with her anipller population, \t sfip lj fo her' sea supromacy in, the face of any comnetftio'n, po matter hove formidable, mil feci the strw- Tlie question far Anstra-I lia and the rpat pf tho daughter nations now to. put tp themselves is: Shall we.let her bpar. ft ajone?" "