BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14835, 11 November 1911, Page 7

BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

MOROCCAN NEGOTIATIONS. NO INTERFERING POLICY. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. (Received November 10, 10 p.m.) i London, November 10. Speaking at the Lord Mayor's dinner at the Guildhall, the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) expressed gratification at the success of the Franco-German negotiations in "reaching an agreement, and said it was not true that Britain had been disposed to hamper the negotiations. A' few days ago it was cabled that Germany's communique respecting the MoroccoCongo settlement admitted that Britain had not disturbed the negotiations. GERMAN CHANCELLOR SPEAKS DANGER SOURCE REMOVED. London, November 9. In a speech in the Reichstag the Imperial Chancellor, Dr. Von Beth-mann-Hollweg, referred to the speech made by the British Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. LLoyd-George) during the Moroccan crisis, in which Mr. Lloyd-George emphatically declared that where her vital interest was concerned Great Britain would not allow herself to be treated as of no account in the Cabinet of nations. The Imperial Chancellor said that the German Ambassador to London had been instructed to declare that Germany was then engaged in negotiations with France not directly touching British interests, but if Britain desired to participate, Germany expected that she would intimate her wishes through the usual diplomatic channel. After defending colonial acquisitions, Dr. Bethmann Hollweg emphasised that a source of danger in the relations with France and Britain had been removed. At the time Mr. Lloyd-George made his speech, the London anticipated that it would have a moderating muence on German demands. The leading French newspapers welcomed and the Berlin press resented Mr. Lloyd-George's utterance. The Neue Freie Presse (Vienna) expressed surprise at the vehemence of the Chancellor's tone. It said that the speech was a determined attempt to influence diplomatic conversations in Berlin, depreciate German claims, and encourage France, and showed that Germany's colonial expansion in Africa cannot be accomplished without peril.