The Hawera Star. TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1935. EX-ENEMIES FRATERNISE.

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 18 June 1935, Page 4

The Hawera Star.

TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1935. EX-ENEMIES FRATERNISE.

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The suggestion by the Prince of Wales that a delegation of British ex-servicemen should visit Germany has aroused considerable interest in both countries and even further afield. France will be particularly interested and not a little perturbed, for it will be assumed there that the Prince would not have made a pronouncement of this kind without a full appreciation of the interpretation that would be placed upon it by other countries nor without the concurrence of the British Government. The French, while possessing no great national regard for the British, nevertheless resent any suggestion that the British should form friendships outside the Entente Cordiale. The reception accorded to the proposal in Germany has been such that only the completion of the necessary arrangements will delay its being carried into execution. General Goering, speaking for the German Government, has referred to the Prince’s speech as “a milestone on the road to understanding between Great Britain and Germany” and as the greatest contribution for some time to the achievement of world peace. However that may be, the representatives of the British Legion are apparently assured of a very cordial reception on German soil. Germany is particularly desirous of being on good terms with Great Britain. Her Government cannot but recognise that no Power has shown a clearer disposition than Britain to view her difficulties' without prejudice and to treat her with consideration. British opinion was never swayed by the view, now more obviously untenable than ever, that Germany could be kept permanently in subjection. And the fact that naval conversations between Britain and Germany are in progress, apparently with some hope that an agreement may be arrived at, may have gone some way to prepare the British nation for the adoption of an understanding between the two Governments such as would have been out of the question at an earlier date. The overture of friendship embodied in the suggestion made by the Prince of Wales, with the fraternising of British and German ex-servicemen which it envisages, may indeed bring its contribution to the cause of international peace. The better the relations between Britain and Germany the more co-operation may be expected from Germany in the endeavours, in which Great Britain is exercising all her influence, to promote peace and security in Europe.