Germany and England.-

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 13, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 40.

Germany and England.—

Malcolm Clarke, in writing from Berlin, September 25, to the Hearst papers, declares that all the strong voices in Germany are not for war with England. The two-power standard which England has contended for is blamed as responsible for Germany’s increase in naval preparations, yet some of the strongest Germans do not believe that there will be any war. Mr. Clarke says, “While contemplating these assurances of the probability of peace with England, Germany, the home of beer, is involved in the throes of a beer war that threatens to have serious national consequences, because of increased duty on this universal beverage.” There is consumed in Germany an average of thirty gallons a year for every man, woman, and child; while in Bavaria, it is upward of fifty gallons.