NOTES FROM LONDON.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16218, 24 August 1918, Page 7

NOTES FROM LONDON.

MR. MASSEY’S CRITICISM. OF GERMAN COLONIAL AMBITIONS. (Received August 24, 9.25 a.m.) LONDON. August 22. Air. Massey, interviewed regarding Dr. Solf’s speech, said; “It may ho taken for granted that Dr. Self speaks the Gorman Government’s mind. Germany now talks peace by negotiation, because sho has found the policy of the mailed fist doomed to failure, hut after Germany’s treatment of Belgium, the civilised world will never again take Germany’s w'ord or bond. She is a criminal among nations, and will, we hope, be compelled to appear at tho Board of National Justice in tho not distant future, and accept the punishment for her misdeeds. “Dr. Solf pretends that Germany has not pursued an aggressive policy in Africa and tho Pacific, and that her future colonial possessions should correspond to her merits as shown to the coloured races under her care.

“I am able to say that the Native races in the Pacific hate and detest her, whereas they hayo shown practical sympathy with Britain and her Allies. I have not heard that any native of Germany’s late colonies wanted to fight for Germany. _ “Regarding Anglo-Saxons in the Pacific, we have not forgotten the vessels sunk, and our fellow citizens drowned on our coasts. We know the possibilities of allowing the Germans to establish wireless stations and headquarters of submarine and aircraft fleets. We have experienced Germany’s peaceful penetration and war-waning methods. We don’t want either. Until Germany atones for her offences against God and man and gives security for better behaviour in the future, until then Germany should not be allowed to rank as a civilised nation.”—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn.