Herr Kruger and his colleagues, deputed by the Transvaal Boer's
to cultivate friends in Europe, and raise funds for the railway to Delagoa Bay, have received an ovation in Berlin. The Chancellor has exerted himself to do them honour, has entertained them to dinner, and addresses them always as if they represented a State. Moreover, a loan of £750,000 is to be offered in Berlin, " guaranteed by the Transvaal." Even the Emperor, when receiving them in audience, called Mr. Kruger " the representative of a com- munity related to Germany by ties of race," and was "grati- fied that the friendly relations between Germany and the Transvaal Republic are now about to receive expression by treaty." He should strive to " tleepen the feelings of friendship and sympathy existing between these two kindred peoples." " We are all brethren," sighed Douglas Jerrold, " all Caine and Abels.' The Germans despise the Dutch, and the Dutch hate and fear the Germans,—the latter a feeling which will not be diminished by the Emperor's speech. Ger- many sometimes loves her kindred so much that, as in Alsace, she insists on their living with her; and the Dutch under- stand these pretty speeches as addressed to them. We have argued elsewhere that Prince Bismarck can hardly wish to take Holland, but in presence of utterances so cordial our confidence is shaken. The Alsatians might have been consulted before being swallowed, if they had not been cousins.
