ACCESS TO CHANNEL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11926, 8 February 1917, Page 4

ACCESS TO CHANNEL.

REAL ENEMY ALMS ADMITTED, j The ■' Rhemiseh-Westfaeiieche Zeit-; ting," the organ of the great industrial j in an article published m , November on the principles of a l*t" , man pen.iT. harps on the pWe.. Urn : enetnl i« in the West.' '.llift journal, declares (says Renter' s_ agent at Am-; sterdam) that conciliation with the ; Western enemies is impossible, and it , believe that the Chancellor to-day j recognises that:-- -" Our ultimate '» m I is teTpush through to the West and He ; ocean. Whatever offers resistance must j bo crushed." As regards the.lost Got'-j man colonies, it, says:-- j "If we should not succeed in j qneriiur what we have lost, wo believe | that the French provinces are worth ; three times ns much as our colonies, and j we will take compensation out oi j France. Let us daily tell the French [ that every foot which we can win i* \ ours. We need not waste words over ; Belgium. We require access to t.he j Channel, and we need Antwerp. _ Who- j ever warns Belgium must take it from i us. Croat Britain is more ns-'sailatdo j than Russia, and London can sooner he ! destroyed than Moscow, because Mos- I cow costs blood, London only torpedoes, j Wo cannot and do not desire to destroy j the British. Empire. But the complete j defeat of Frane.e. tranquility west- , xvard, and respect on the seas of al* I ! continents the German peace which} jwc all desire must, at least bring us j ! this." I BELGTFM MUST BE HELD. j

; Interesting in connection with tin's i '■ article is another in the '" Dnsseldorfor ! : Gencralanze.igor "' by the Centre Reich- I , stag L>eputv Pt Jaeger, who especially [dwells on the future of Belgium. Iks j pays:— I "As regards Belgium, we roust insist j that, the grout quantity of German blood shed in Belgium since 19H not have been shed in vain. Jn the first pi hop, Belgium must he our guarantee for a good ])ortior. ot the eo-t of the war. Moreover. -\ve must retain permanently the Menso lute, with Liege | and Namur. Wo must not allow these ! districts to he use;! by the >neray as I points d'appui. The portion of old i Luxemburg which liar, become Belgian | may. perhaps, bo ceded to the C:nnd Ducbv.' 1 i After saying that tLi Walloons j might be ejected from their homos, Dr j Jaeger continues.-—" We- must leave | Belgium her dynasty, but bring her, | politically, militarily and economically ! into closer relationship with the GerI man Empire." In Holland the writer I expects that there will soon arise a de- ; sire to see]; the support of a strong inj dependent naval and land Power, ! which will guarantee her valuable j colonial possessions.