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Ebenso wie seither Stammesverwandschaft, historische 

 Entwicklung und gemeinsame Errungenschaften auf 

 alien Gebieten menschlicher Kultur beide Volker 

 vereinigt haben, so erscheint auch jetzt freundschaftliche 

 Verstandigung geboten, um unverandert in friedlichem 

 Wettbewerb nebeneinander ihre geistigen und materiellen 

 Interessen zu fordem." 



Der Handelsvorstand, Niimberg, Der Vorsitzende, 



SOLDAN. 



Der Syndikus, Dr. Heyn. 



There are many more of the hke tenor. A 

 member of the German Embassy in London 

 writes : 



Many thanks for your kind letter. You will have 

 seen that our public opinion and press is very ready to 

 grasp the hand of friendship you extended across the 

 North Sea. The London press might well, I think, 

 have taken up the movement more than they have done. 



I should not like to trouble you with a long letter, 

 but I feel I must explain the one point you mentioned 

 in your letter. I know that people in England do not 

 realise the deplorable effect which has been created in 

 Germany by the so-called " Revelations " of the Matin. 

 The English people start from a different point of view, 

 so they do not understand the sore feeling created in 

 Germany. You must, however, not forget, that the 

 " Revelations " were never denied in England, and 

 that they said England had not only encouraged 

 Delcass^ to go to war with us, but had even promised 

 to help him. I am afraid nearly everybody in Germany 

 believes the story told by the Matin. 



Vebein fUb Handlungs-Commis von 1858 in Hamburg. 



Manchester, den 20th December 1905. 

 My Lord — I have the honour to inform you that 

 at a large Christmas gathering of Germans, engaged in 

 the commerce of Manchester, the following resolution 

 was unanimously passed : 



" That cordial thanks be accorded to the Right 

 Honourable Lord Avebury for the eminent services 

 he is rendering to the two nations in trying to bring 



