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REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



Kladderada tsch.} [Berlin. 



PLUCK OUT THE CANCER. 

 V. Bethmann to Liebknecht: " Alas, alas, but what 

 can I do?" 



Dur's Elsas.1 [Strassburg. 



THE GERMAN FARMER OF THE FUTURE. 



GERMANY AND ENGLAND. 



Sir Max Waechter, D.L., J.P., points 

 out in the Fortnightly Review the 

 dangers of the group system in Europe, 

 and shows that the unity of Europe can 

 be brought about by the creation of a 

 European federation, and that the first 

 condition of such a federation lies in a 

 close understanding, or, better still, in 

 an alliance between Great Britain and 

 Germany : — 



The desire for friendly and cordial rela- 

 tions between Great Britain and Germany 

 prevails not only in official circles in Great 

 Britain, but throughout British society. 

 This is evident from the fact that the in- 

 tellectual leaders of Great Britain have 

 always been warm admirers of Germany and 

 the Germans. Carl vie, the author of 

 " Heroes and Hero Worship," was the 

 greatest admirer of everything German. 

 Looking out for a hero fit to be held up as 

 a model to his countrymen, he wrote his 

 magnificent history of Frederick the Great. 

 From Oarlyle to Eord Haldane, the trans- 

 lator of Schopenhauer, there is a long line 

 of the most eminent Englishmen, who have 

 seen in Germany their intellectual father- 

 land and a second home. Imitation is the 

 sincerest form of flattery. British admira- 

 tion of Germany is clearly apparent in Great 

 Britain's desire to shape its administration, 

 its education, and its social legislation on 

 Germany's model. 



It is surprising to find Sir Max 

 Waechter taking the view that the Ger- 

 man people as a whole are antagonistic 

 to Great Britain. The military are per- 

 haps, and the papers controlled or in- 

 spired by the armament firms, like Die 

 Post and others, but the Social Demo- 

 crats, for instance, the strongest party 

 amongst German workers, are anxious 

 for better understanding between the 

 two great Saxon races. Sir Max thus 

 delivers himself : 



In Germany the case is different. An- 

 tagonism against England is very wide- 

 spread, principally amongst the masses; and 

 it is so intense that during the recent 

 Morocco crisis the German populace would 

 have enthusiastically welcomed a war with 

 England, without thought of the conse- 

 quences. The prejudice among the German 

 masses against Eugland has been artificially 

 created. Happily, a large proportion of the 

 cultured! and business classes are friendly 

 to the British nation. It is evident that 

 the prejudice against Great Britain which 

 exists in Germany has to be removed before 

 a cordial understanding with Germany is 

 possible. As it might require generations, 

 if things are left to time, to bring about 

 a change, prompt steps should be taken to 

 abolish this prejudice. This will not be an 

 easy task, because the bulk of the population 



