Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-10

The TRIPLE alliance always has been
considered in this spirit in Berlin be-
cause It was concluded with a purely
defenzive purpose
The ministers of Belgium at Berlin
confirmed this idea. writing ON April
1Ss 1907: The king of Englands visit
to the king Of Spain is one manoeuvre
In the campaign for Germany's isola-
ton which his majesty Edward VIII
conducts personally and with equal
tenacity and success
The main weapon in the campaign
or the English press, the newspaper
gays. is thus arraigned by the Belgian
minister at London, Count Lalaing, ON
May "A. 1907:
Hostility Of English Press.
A certain kind Of press known
here under the name of yellow press f.
largely responsible for the hostile feel
ing between the two nations. but what
could be expected Of newspaper men
like Mr.. Harmsworth. (now Lord
Northcliffe1 the editor OF the Daily
Graphic, tine Daily Express, the Even
ing News and the Weekly Dispatch,
who said IN an interview to the Matin:
Yes, we detest the Germans cor
daily. They make themselves odiouS
In the whole Of Europe. / shall not
admit that my paper prints the slight
should not like to see anything pub
Hshed that might be pleasant to the
'-fhis same editor in 1899 attacked
with equal violence the Frenchmen
who intended to boycott the Paris fair
and wrote:
The French have succeeded In con-
vincing John Bull that they are his
bitter enemies. England has hesitated
long time between Germany and
German character. while 1t finally feels
contempt for France A cordiale en-
tente with her next neighbor cannot
exist Enough of France. which has
neither courage nor political sense
eernany's Intention Peaceful.
The Belgian ministers" the Over
seas agency says, state in the docu-
ments found that Germany's intentions
were peaceful. The Belgian. minister
land ought to know that a German at
tack even in the very remote future II
actually impossible. On the contrary,
Germany has everything to fear, since
for centuries England has been accus-
toned to destroy the naval forces OF
foreign nations as soon as they arrived
at a certain important position After
Holland, France has known this Then
it was the turn Of Denmark. whose
ships were destroyed without the least
provocation by Admiral Nelson after
having entered the port Of Copenhagen
as a friend
Baron Greindl. the Belgian minister
at Berlin, criticising under date Of June
8. 1907, the English pres campaign.
drote:
stirs Up English Hatred.
1.-THE Times leads in the campaign
Of calumny and defamation. Its Ber.
lin correspondent, who has every op-
portunity for obtaining better informa-
ton, stirs up English hatred against
the Germans by pretending that the
imperial government has ambitious
plans. whose Stiffness is manifest, and
by attributing to German government
dark intrigues of which it never has
had a thought
The Overseas News agency says.
Trance in the meantime was thrown
into the English campaign, Count
Lalaing. the Belgian minister at Lon
don, on June II, 1907, writing: In
order to prepare for the moment
against dangers that probably exist
only in her imagination or perhaps in
order to strengthen her position as one
Of the leaders of inner politics, France
accepts the debt OF gratitude which
will appear heavy II one day England
unveils the ambitions for which she
intends to use the forces that she now
has assembled around herself"
The Belgian minister at Berlin on
June %. 1907, wrote:
"'These measures Of precaution taxi
en- against imaginary dangers are Of q
character to cause and stimulate in
nations the idea that Germany Is the
aggressive power against whose enter
prise other nations must unite. The
harm would not be so very great II
these treaties of alliance would be
merely super1uous, but they COM
promise the cause Of peace.