KING AND KAISER.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 801, 11 February 1909, Page 2

KING AND KAISER.

i THE KING'S VISIT TO GERi MANY. I "PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP." [BY - ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH — COPYRIGHT. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] • Berlin, February 10. At a gala and banquet at the Royal Castle in honour of the visit oi King Edward and Queen Alexandra) there were 160 guests. The Kaiser warmly toasted the • visitors, markedly associating the • whole German people with his own l view that the visit, besides being a • token of friendship, was a pledge of > the future peaceful and friendly relations of the two countries. The : Kaiser "added: "I know how much t our wishes for the prevervation and ! strengthening of peace are in accord, i and I am firmly convinced that the visit will contribute to the realisa- • tion of these, our wishes." King Edward was equally cordial in his reply and concluded by ret marking "This visit aims at strengthening friendly relations of the two ! countries and thus at the preservation of the general peace, .towards whicii all my endeavours are direct- | cd." The German newspapers publish long reports of the King and Queen's magnificent reception by all classes : of the population. i The Vosseische Zeitung says the > visit is a proof that the coldness which existed between the two Courts is a thing of the past, and it ; will not be Germany's fault if the • visit is not the beginning of a bet- . ter understanding botween the two ! kindred peoples. ■ Some German Conservative papers however, are not so sympathetic. The Reichbate revives the charge of King Edward's attempt to isolate Germany and destroy the Triple Alliance. The Borset Zeitung declares that the conversations between the monachs will contain no reference to dis. armament. The Friendenblatt (Vienna) says it is the Eastern crisis and a community of peaceful interests whicii have drawn Britain and Germany closer together. (Received February 11, 11.8 a.m.) Berlin, February 10. A socialist meeting at Berlin, although planned to coincide with the Royal • visit, was restricted to protesting against the municipality's inadequate measures to cope with the unemployed question. When the audiences quitted the hall several sharp collisions with the police occurred after the Royal procession had passed.