Professor Delbriick asserts that the Portuguese territories in Africa would
long ago have been divided between England and Germany but for British repugnance to the idea of German expansion. But he denies that Germany wants territory—she only wants markets. Germany does not want war, but the initiative in the way of friendly overtures must come from Britain, and on the following lines : "The abandon. ment of unworthy suspicions, the acknowledgment of out right to grow and participate in shaping the world's destinies ; the expression of an honest desire to reach an understanding ; formal diplomatic steps in that direction; simultaneous withdrawal of arbitrary opposifriea to legitimate political aspirations." We have purposely omitted some of the more inflammatory expressions in the article, which is admirably answered, point by point, in the leader of the same issue of the Daily Mail. The worse thing about the interview is the statement of the Daily Moil's correspondent that Professor Delbriick is the " sanest publicist " in Germany.
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