GERMAN TIRADE AGAINST BRITAIN.
IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR'S REPLY TO MR, ASQUITH. BRITAIN'S "RECKLESSLY-EGOTISTIC POLICY." (Received September 16, 9.80 p.m.) Copenhagen, September 15. Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German Imperial Chancellor, has issued a bitter tirade against England. He asserts that in the name of freedom England, with her might and with a most recklesslyegotistic policy, founded a mighty colonial empire, llerr von Bethmann-Hollweg, in a statement in the press replying to Mr- Asquith'a speech, said:—" England should have advised Belgium to accept our offer of integrity and indemnity. We knew France's plan to attack the Rhineland through Belgium. Would England have interfered to protect Belgium against Franco 1 !" The Chancellor does not refer to Germany's refusal to guarantee Belgium's colonies.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15716, 17 September 1914, Page 8
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