"A MISTAKE"

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1913, Page 7

" A MISTAKE "

PANAMA EXHIBITION GERMAN ATTITUDE ! HOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN INFLUENCED. ! (By Telegraph.— Pres* Association.— Copyright.) (Received August 21, 8.5 a.m.) BERLIN, ,20th August. The Frankfort Gazette regards the abstention of Germany from taking part in the San Francisco Exhibition as a mistake. The Government, it says, has been chiefly influenced by the iron and steel indusiHes. However, the claim of the textile and other industries should Lave received greater consideration. PRIVATE EXHIBIT BY GERMAN FIRMS. WITHOUT GOVERNMENT AID. (Received August 21, 9 a.m.) BERLIN, 20th August. Herr Ballin declares that €he Government's refusal to participate in the San Francisco Exhibition is a serious mistake. He will endeavour to arrange a large representative exhibit without Government aid. Many textile manufacturers also complain of the aUfltude taken up by the Government. BRITAIN'S REFUSAL TO TAKE PART. " extremely~7ll-ad vised." Tunes— Sydney Sun Special Cables. LONDON, 20th August. The Times says that the Government is extremely ill-advised in refusing to participate in the Panama Exhibition. "It is always annoying," says the journal, "to be obliged to acknowledge a mistake, but we credit our rulers with i statesmanship enough to make good a blunder when they understand that one j has been made."