BURYING THE OLD HATE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 107, 6 April 1932, Page 8

BURYING THE OLD HATE.

AUSTRALIANS AND GERMANS. The action of Australian gunners in inviting German soldiers to break bread with them at a festive gathering and to drink toasts lias the cordial appreciation of many business men. A correspondent of an Australian paper says: —“There was a time when those who now endorse this action would have fumed, over it. During the war and for some time after there were controllers of stores in Sydney who said, ‘Never again, no matter if it be a hundred years will we do business with Germans.’ To-day they say, ‘lt is well that this old hate is buried.’ “The happy evening grew out of the recent friendly action of Australia in regard to the Emden. This did not evoke any protests from Australians, no matter how sadly they had suffered in the war, and the atmosphere having been thus ascertained it was felt that Australian and German soldiers could march together on Armistice Day and even on Anzac Day and otherwise mingle. General Sir Charles Rosenthal was well fitted, temperamentally and otherwise, to be in charge of the gathering, and he generously fostered the spirit of it. Speeches of genuine manliness were made by Germans and Australians.”