London vii Bombay, March 10.
Lord Lansdowne, speaking in the House of Lords, supported the non-publication of the Emperor's letter. He said that the general disposition was to regard the incident as closed.
Lord Rosebery denounced as insane the inferences that had been drawn from an impulsive piece of banter, and as placing us in an extremely ridiculous position. No one outside a lunatic asylum in Germany, said Lord Rofebery, can think that the idea ever entered the German Emperor's head of inficencing the British naval estimates.
Lord Rosebery warned the Press of England and Germany to realize its responsibility and not to lash both nations into a state of soreness that would gravely endanger the peace of Europe.—Reuter.
London, March 11.
The utmost satisfaction prevails in Berlin on the correct attitude shown by the British Governmentand the Opposition in the debate in the
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