The Boer Relief Association, a German society which pro- claims
its non-political character, has published with an appeal The Boer Relief Association, a German society which pro- claims its non-political character, has published with an appeal for subscriptions a choice anthology of Anglophobe senti- ments from the utterances of the late Prince Bismarck. Amongst these are the amiable prophecy that "South Africa will one day be the grave of the British Empire ; England will bleed to death there," an extremely unflattering portrait of Mr. Chamberlain, and a long comparison between the average Englishman—sensible, respectable, and trustworthy —and English policy, which was marked by an incredible measure of hypocrisy and perfidy. France had been as brutal, violent, and unscrupulous in dealing with weaker foreign races, but at least she made no pretence to superior virtue. Finally, the compiler of this singular testament of bate describes a conversation between Bismarck and Dr. Leyds in 1896, in which the ex-Chancellor denounced England, expressed his sympathy with the Boers, and urged them to arm for the coming conflict. If it were not that these appeals were made to willing ears, one could afford to laugh at the fact of their publication by a society which declares itself void of political colour. The truth is that hatred of England is becoming axiomatic in Germany—something outside party politics—just as all parties in the House of Commons are united over the multiplication-table.
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