GERMAN ENTENTE.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13016, 2 July 1906, Page 7

GERMAN ENTENTE.

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terfowma ; by Gab:/afc;*be j Lordc wer-*a>iittmeig After : .gmnglti^i6^ ;^>ti{^|^g^-lM^ : IweediiHnrth-, e > Germane a toaW^ f lordship) though secondYm order;,-, second: nughiy"^ruler;;i& ; a^gieafc'OEdttpJaEer^^i^^j " «ai!br,?a He pisT aa cMmiwrce, riiirfHSgde,':- oryin; learning, ^ L the- admiratioii jpt tfie -. »orlo^yj3onlj^?iCTr; -which f m'-nm&™p! anj£ '£m-piref~%ias:soidy:-:i' number of Stae*^Gepman-^eatDßg^:fa^V v i^^ot' : env: peatest thislgijSiyiejrnWtnVGennan vßoyaJf and, House great work,and gieal^ -amir continneTplfr .*U :!U.) . ;■ _^impairing, nit aim Bri%hta»a Garman and affect for point ' ted been abs'-^^^n> educating:, her adencev and&aMHer teclfm^g^oots WW-celebrlfte<f,r and 1%, the b^^rw/ ol tional policy^. r efciuricterisi tics of tfeGern^ ever it - -thoroughly7andT"irgtematirallf', and that it had a and neTer lost the -opportunity of acquiring it. It was no -wonder that, -with such qualities, their nation had arrived at such Though visits such as this the two nations will continue their path of friendly rivalry, both animated by the desire.for peace, not only between themselves, but throughout the world. He hoped that this visit would form a basis of continued and friendly intercourse, which would be for the benefit and advantage of the two peoples. (Cheers.) Mr Winston Churchill proposed " The Peoples." DESIRE TO REMOVE PREJUDICES. "Mr Winston Churchill said: We desire

to remove the prejudices which may ba represented to exist between England and: Germany. We are told in various quarters that these two peoples dislike one another, and I certainly must admit that a good many people, on both "sides of the North Sea, are teaching them to dislike one another. But is it true? (Cries of "No!") And: if jt were true, would there be any justification for it? It is not to be found in the history of the past, nor in any conflict of material interests. It cannot be found in any principles which actuate the foreign policy of Great Britain.

These principles were two—a desire to keep within the letter and the spirit of our engagements, and to maintain and increase the peace of the world. lam sure that any antagonism which may exist has bo real basis, is transient, and a little goodwill on both aides will soon | dissipate it. I . Germany has lately taken her place; which her- intelligence and her centuries of suffering and preparation entitle her to, in the full blaze and glory, of the modern world. The sovereigns of the two countries are united as fellow-labourers in the cause of peace. , But there is one adverse. influence- of which w% should beware, and that is the "patriotic" Press in both .countries. The Lord deliver a. nation from its patriotic Press. When the patriotic and fire-eating editors—most of whom are "above the military age—(laughter)—are not engaged in showing how patriotic they can be for a halfpenny (or even for threepence), they are .engaged in showing towthe German people epend their nights arid days in looking for some opportunity^for burning' London to the ground, or how the English people spend their working hours in devising means to strike a deadly blow at. German /commerce - arid shipping. ~ Against these chimeras, hideous and menacing, we appeal to the good sense of the Britkh and German races. -'_ ' THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE.'

The day will come—is fast coming—when the democracies of the world will no longer be content to be excluded from foreign affairs. To-day millions ( are interesting themselves-in the great, politics of the world, 4 ahd'tbey will no longer be content to act the part of loutish schoolboys, acting as bravos and bullies. In the modern world the peoples will no longer be content to play the role of foul assassins. „ The world has waited until thtf'tweritieth" century to witness the diplomacy of the peoples, -and that diplomacy'will assuredly make for peace. Here lies the real hope of the* future of the Great Powers. Ls is becoming to be understood .that trade rivalries ought never to lead to political and military for the remedy is so- much worse than the disease.

Was there ever a war fought for trade, I wonder, which paid a shilling in the £ dividend on the money invested? There are only two ways of acquiring wealth — production and plunder, and' I heartily endorse the saying of -Mr Balfour that, supposing the wealth of all the nations but England were England herself would reap en enormous benefit. People are no longer convinced that the trade of the world is a fixed quantity, and that what one nation gets is taken away from" the others. Let us put -aside' newspaper-created suspicions. Let us aside the, idea ''that . other people's gcod means' bur. *ifl/ Let 1 * ys& understand that all the legitimate interests ■of,,the peoples of the world are in har'jnbny v .Lei us-remember that the earth 'is ,*- ; *generouß' mother, produce enoughjio* s aU,^eri l ehißdTenf'-wJI but dwell together iri peace. > (Cheers.) The Ober-Burgomeiater of Dresden re-