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Germany and Austria VER. IIENDEFtSON once more spoke for every political .1-TxParty when, in the House of Cornmoris on Monday, he described the policy of the Foreign Office in regard to the proposed Austro-German CUstoms Union. Fortune has, no doubt, treated Mr. Henderson kindly in giving him a nun of foreign subjects which have not been essentially Controversial, but thiS should not disguise the tact and balance which are his particular virtues, and which have made it easy for all Parties to follow him. It would be impossible to imagine a statement more aptly devised than his for giving due weight and proportion to the intricate factors of the Problem which Germany and Austria have presented to Europe. He himself is natur ally prediSposed to welcome a Customs Union on its merits ; Ink it is not necessary to be a strong Free Trader it is only necessary to recognize ordinary sense and reason in the recommendations of the Geneva Economic Council—to approve of the removal of trade barriers.
