BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4565, 17 January 1902, Page 5

BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

BERLIN, January 15. Herr Liebormami boasts that when ho made his attack on Mr Chamberlain and the British army there was a full Government bench in the Reichstag, and he was only mildly rebuked for his insults to the army. The German press is now silent on the Chamberlain-vou Bulow incident. Count von Bulow lias dined with Sir Frank Lascelles, the British Ambassador in Berlin. LONDON. January 15. The evening newspapers re-echo the plaudits of the morning journals with reference to the attitude of the Commonwealth. AUCKLAND, .January 16. At a meeting of the Auckland Builders’ Association it was decided, “ That in view of the scandalous expressions of hostility towards the British army and Colonial Secretary, which are persistently maintained by a large section of the German press and people, this association deems it a matter of duty to discourage as far as possible the use of ironmongery, etc., made in Germany; further, that a copy of this ■ resolution bo forwarded to the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce urging that body to use its influence towards rescuing the colonies from German manufacturers.” DUNEDIN, January 16. At a meeting to-day a committee was appointed to make arrangements for a mass meeting to-morrow to protest against the slanders on the soldiers of the Empire in connection with the war in South Africa. NAPIER, January 16. The Mayor to-day sent the following cablegram, in accordance with the Borough Council’s resolution passed last evening, to the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain :—"Napier Municipal Council congratulates you for so fearlessly upholding the honour of our Empire and its soldiers.”