"The German people, for instance, are being drenched day and night with assertions that Great Britain is planning to encircle them, and encirclement, they are told, means the denial to them of the natural and legitimate expansion of their trade, of gradually increasing economic pressure designed io lower their standards of life till they are finally crushed and helpless.
"What a grotesque travesty of this country! The aim of our foreign policy is, now as always, to establish a peaceful world where each nation can pursue its occupation in security and confidence.
"In such a world, we can see great prospects for the expansion of the German industry and the employment of German workers, for every country today needs goods and equipment such as the German and British industries are particularly well able to supply.
"In a world in which confidence is restored, our two countries could well ce-operate in developing resources which are still latent and which would bring, in return, solid value to both.
"But such a happy future must remain a dream until Germany is ready to drop her unjust suspicions of others and show she is sincerely ready to talk reason with reasonable people."—Reuter.
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