GERMAN-AUSTRALIAN LINE.

Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13485, 3 June 1914, Page 5

GERMAN-AUSTRALIAN LINE.

THE NEW ZEALAND EXTENSION : V . ■ . ' ■

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STEP.

(Received June 2, 10.25 p.m.)

London, Juno 2

"The Times' " Berlin, correspondent says the German-Australian Line's extension to New Zealand is connected with a policy to cut Grerman protectorates in" the South Seas .out of the AngloAustralian sphere of interest. The abandonment of the Australian subsidy does not mark a retreat, but is the^ beginning of fresh efforts to push German shipping under the conditions of freedom which the Hamfcurg-Ameri-ka Line has always advocated.

The Conservatives even indicate that they are willing to abandon the veto on the importation of meat and wool in the interests of the Australian service.

Representatives of the Norddeut-scher-Lloyds, the German-Australian Line, and British shipping companies well meet in London on Wednesday to discuss the Gorman-New Zealand service, desiring to arrange an amicable settlement.

It is expected that the service will result in a loss of 100,000 tons annually to the Port of London.