Prince Billow's speech is excellent so far as it goes,
though we are surprised at his assertion as to the attitude of Germany at the Hague Conference. In this general context we may note the comments of the Vorwiirts. The German Social Democrats, it explains, cannot participate in the proceedings of the Congress because they take the struggle against militarism seriously, whereas the Liberal and Radical Parties have abandoned their opposition to the growth of armaments. The Vorwarts sums up the situation by asserting that, in view of this conversion, the German Government finds participation in the Congress positively useful. " There will be neither a man nor a cruiser the less, and it can therefore do no harm to show that Germany, which has not precisely a 'pacifist' reputation, has still a few words to spare for the peace of the world."
