GERMAN ANGLOPHOBIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11871, 24 January 1902, Page 5

GERMAN ANGLOPHOBIA.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE FEDERAL SENATE.' By Telegraph.—Press Association-Copyright, (Received January 23,. 11.45 p.m.) MELBOtfBNB, January 23. The Federal Senate has adopted resolutions expressing indignation at the; baseless charges against : the troops in; South Africa, and readiness to give all requisite aid to the Empire.; The resolutions were greeted with cheers, excepting by Mr. McGregor, of South Australia, who protested against the continuance ;of the war. ; All the /speeches were strongly patriotic. Subsequently, Mr. Pearce, of West Australia, presented a petition praying that the Australian Contingents in South. Africa ;be withdrawn. His speech ; contained several allegations .of cruelty against the ~ British troops. : Mr. Neild ejaculated, " Wholesale 'lies'.'': After a protest against being read. the House ; received the petition in silence. Mr. . O'Connor ; stated that the only reason: Argentine meat was included in the War Office contracts was ; the possibility of supplies being blocked in the event of drought in Australia. _____ _ __ __ __ RESOLUTIONS BY THAMES BOROUGH council. %■;. \.;;;,;.-.; ■.. ; [BY TELEGRAPH. COKRESFONDENT.] I ■-:.:. /■ TnAHES, Thursday.

.At the meeting of the Thames Borough Council to-night the following resolutions regarding the action of the German press in attaching the British Government on its con-, duct of the South African war were carried unanimously:—l. " That this Council,' in the came and oh behalf of the residents of the Thames;: goldfields, indignantly.:. resents ; the slanderous attacks made in the German press upon the honour of the British Empire and upon the Imperial and colonial troops operating in South Africa, and desires to ex-; press, its high appreciation to the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, for his vigorous refutation of these dastardly, lying attacks. The Council also seriously regrets that through the traitorous actions of a section of our own countrymen in the United Kingdom, that the war has been prolonged." ?, 2: '.'; That•■■ this Council is of opinion that the time has fully arrived for the adoption of a Customs tariff throughout the British Empire, giving preference to all goods produced or manufactured within the borders of the Empire, and that this Council strongly advise that the Customs tariff of the colony be revised, and an ad valorem duty of 25 per cent, over and above the duty payable on British goods be placed on all goods coming from .all other countries." It was also resolved that a copy of the first resolution should be forwarded to the Premier with a request that it be forwarded to the. Secretary of State for the Colonies, and that copies of the second resolution be forwarded to the Premier and the member for the district, the Hon. Jas. McGowan. All the members of the Council expressed themselves in strong terms in favour of the resolutions. < ; \ GERMAN SLANDERS CONDEMNED BY THE MAORIS. [by TELEGRAPH.—OWN. correspondent.] i Welmngtok, Thursday. ■''■:■ At meetings held at Gladstone and Te Oreore, in the Masterton district, by Mr. H. Parata., sanitary inspector, under the Maori Councils Act, resolutions were passed by large gatherings of natives condemning the action of the German 1 press and the utterances of Count Von Bulow, expressing confidence in British rule, and regretting that the authorities could not see their way I clear to accept 2000 picked natives to act as scouts in South Africa; Cheers, were given for the King, and for Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Seddon, and Mr. Carroll.