GERMAN OPINION.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13277, 30 November 1911, Page 5

GERMAN OPINION.

EXCITEMENT IN BERLIN

Berlin, Nov 28.

There was extraordinary excitement and the streets were crowded by people buying special issues of papers containing details of the British foreign policy debate. Tho public paid 6d a .:opy for the report of Sir Edward Grey's speech while still incomplete. The first impression of tho people was that Sir Edward Grey's speech gave Herr yon Kiderlcn-Wach-ter the German Foreign Minister, the lie direct.

Tho "National Zeitung" states that Sir Edward Grey placed himself on a pedestal and lectured Gorman diplomacy. The "Tageblatt" blames Herr yon Kiderlen-Wachter for not furnishing Britain with a reasonable explanation, and doing nothing to prevent a crisis. It accuses Britain of claiming the right to control the whole African coast, and adds: "We join with the whole public opinion of Germany in rejecting any tmivorsal British right of veto."

The "Vossische Zeitung" says that Sir Edward Grey's speech alters nothing. The "Vorwaerts" (Socialist) states that Sir Edward Grey's speech^ was thoroughly conciliatory, showing a readiness to promote tho improvement of Anglo-German relations.