Speaking on Tuesday night at a dinner given in his
honour by the London Chamber of Commerce, the German Ambas- sador said that the relations between two countries depended partly on what was real and partly on what was imaginary. So far as the reality was concerned, he had no. anxiety about the future of Anglo-German relations ; but the imaginary side made him less confident. Turning to affairs in the Near East, the German Ambassador said that it was an utter fabrication to say that Germany had instigated Austria to build the Novi Bazar Railway. We agree with the German Ambas- sador that railway construction is an excellent thing in itself, and for our part we attribute no bad motives whatever to Austria. But the danger to Macedonia lies in the fact that pressure on the Sultan relaxes in proportion to the degree of bad feeling between Russia and Austria. We hope that Germany, recognising that simple fact, will not unnecessarily encourage her ally in any policy which Russia, rightly or wrongly, considers provocative.
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