THE GERMAN "GUTTER PRESS."

Evening Star, Issue 11725, 7 April 1902, Page 3

THE GERMAN "GUTTER PRESS."

At a public dinner in Sussex the toast of "The Army, Navy, and Reserve Forces" was proposed by Mr Greiner, a German gentleman who is well known in this colony. In the course of bis speech he said : Their good friend the chairman touched upon the friction which had lately existed between his (the speaker's) mother country and his .adopted mother country. He could assure them that there was really and truly no such friction. They only read extracts from the "gutter Press," from papers which ought to be suppressed, and which seemed only to exist by throwing muck at anything tJhey could. There was no educated German in existence who did not Tecognise tlir necessity of this war, who did not recognise, the valor and splendid behaviour of the British soldiers in South Africa, and there was do educated German who did oat

wish England success and speedy smews in the conflict. He had recently written several letters on the subject, and he had tried to show his friends' in Germany that they were entirely on the wrong tack. ( His answers bad in each case been: "Do not trouble yourself about these miserable statements." Generally they said if he had had his feelings hurt (hey.hoped he would soon gut over it. There 'was a tie of friendship and a common bond between the, two nations which must not be disturbed, in any shape or fonn, and what little influence he could use was at the disposal of both countries at all times.—(Loud cheers.)