POLICY, A NOTABLE SPEECH, London vid Bombay, Jan. 31.
Count Paul Wolff-Metternich, German Ambassador in London, in the course of a remarkable speech at the celebration in London of the German Emperor's birthday, emphasized the fact that the Germans loved peace and that wars of aggression and greed for conquests were far from their thoughts, Their fleet they were building in accordance with a programme known for a decade. The ocean was free to all nations. Germany did not desire naval supremacy, but to gain a position in which she would command respect comment surate with her commercial and colonial interests.—Reuter.
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