BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9624, 15 March 1910, Page 5

BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

FRIENDLY FEELINGS. Press .V- , :><:i.iiion—F.leclric Tek , Hi":i].'l;--Co;>yLi:;l:t. Rocoivod Monday, ;ifc JO p.m. BERLIN, Momlay. Priuca Ilonry of Prussia, speaking at tlio East Asiatic Society's bnuquet at Hamburg, said they loft .Britain (tliQ-l J rinc:o :mtl Princess Henry oi : Prns.-iia vecnutly visitod the King ami Quoou of England) wifcli graceful hearts fen , tiio Jiospitalifcy, ali'eoinou am! fninkuo.s.-i shown to them, Huoh

([ualitie.-i wore tiio foundation whereon their life aud fcheir English cousins' rested. The visit , , to Britain had been in an absolutely unoiiiei'il c:ip:u.'i(.y, but he had spoken with nnny iufineutial ])cr.-3ouasos, 'And he assured his hearers than Britain offered Gennaivy au iionoursiblo aud sincere friendshii).

Tiio idea of aggressive action was completely absent from tho iniuds of the Government circles in iSritaiu,

but the iTicidship rested on reciprocity, :iml nothing must be omitted iv serving to streugt hen it. (Joufidouce begets confidence. G-ormany had fought, .shoulder to shoulder with tlio British in 1110 Far East, aad had learned ru respeofc them. Their interest could bo bssifc promoted by reciprocal confidence. Tlie officers ol: tlie Navy were sincere iv their friendly JfoeLing-., aud merchants, like military a nil naval olucers, cou'ui bo comrades, and hud a social duty to discharge. Tiio Norn Deutsehe Zeifung notes the Right lion. R. MeKeuna's ( first. .Lord of the Admiralty) cordial references to Herr declaration, and adds that as .Britain considers only her own needs, so the construction of tlio Germau fleer is based solely on the view that defeuo?. and shelter must be created for the sea iuterest-; ti>::£ have grown of great importance to Germany's existence as a Stale.