FOREIGN POLICY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 27, 15 January 1912, Page 5

FOREIGN POLICY.

LORD ROSEBERY ■ ON■ BRITAIN’S RESPONSIBILITIES. ' ' BINDING ALLIANCES WANTED. London, January 13. Lord Rosebery, speaking at Glasgow, referred to Lord Roberts' serious criticisms of the Territorials. Such warnings, ho said, should carry enormous weight. Moreover, England was now embraced nithin the Continental system, and committed to vague liabilities and obligations, which.,might lead her into the greatest war since Napoleon. He did not criticise Sir E. Grey, but he contended that if obligations under the foreign policy were accepted, we must be"prepared to make our liability good. He preferred definite alliances to vague ententes, inasmuch as an alliance’s limit was defined. CONGRATULATIONS FROM BRITISH LABOURITES. INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY. (Received 15, 8.55 a.m.) London, January 14. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald has telegraphed to the German Socialists the congratulations of the British Labour Party on the good news to all friends of international solidarity and peace. DEMAND FOR*"A~NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY. “PRESUPPOSED ANIMUS.” (Received.ls, 8.55 a.m,), ' 'London,' JariuaVy 14. Following the “Daily Nows,” the “Nation” demands a new Foreign Secretary. It complains of Sir Edward Grey’s policy of presupposed animus against Germany.