FOREIGN AFFAIRS. SPEECH BY SIR EDWARD GREY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 122, 21 November 1908, Page 5

FOREIGN AFFAIRS. SPEECH BY SIR EDWARD GREY.

CRISIS IN GERMANY. i BRITAIN MUST HAVE AN ADE- j QUATE NAVY. j By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright, i LONDON, 20th November. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, speaking at Scarborough, acknowledged the Opposition Leader's generous' support or the Government's policy. Tins had enabled Britain to create abroad an impression of stability and solidity which was very valuable. He noted that the difference between Germany and France regarding the trivial Casablanca incident in Morocco had been settled in a way consistent with the dignity of both Powers. Referring" to the crisis in Germany, I Sir Edward noted the fact that although speakers in the Reichstag spoke their minds with exceeding 'freedom, none had indicated hostility towards Britain or any other country. Until recently the Powers had despaired of Turkey, yet the most wonderful and beneficial change seen in history i had now occurred there. The good forces lying latent had suddenly gained the upper hand. The reformers had the army at their back. Continuing, Sir Edward Grey declared that Great Britain must have and maintain a navy able to overcome any probable combination that could be brought against her. There was no half-way house .between complete safety and absolute ruin.