MrLloyd George and the war . aldane and Bethmann-Hollweg. Perhaps it was hoped thatagreement in other directions might be followed by a revision ofthe Naval Law. Perhaps it was felt that Admiral Tirpitz andBethmann-Hollweg were still wrestling for the soul of the Kaiser,and that victory, so far, rested with neither. For on July 25,three days after the introduction of Mr. Churchills review of thenew German Naval Law, and his statement of the steps taken tomeet it, Mr. Asquith alluded to the recent appointment of therj^w German Ambassador, Marschall von Bieberstein, and to theless welcome conver
MrLloyd George and the war . aldane and Bethmann-Hollweg. Perhaps it was hoped thatagreement in other directions might be followed by a revision ofthe Naval Law. Perhaps it was felt that Admiral Tirpitz andBethmann-Hollweg were still wrestling for the soul of the Kaiser,and that victory, so far, rested with neither. For on July 25,three days after the introduction of Mr. Churchills review of thenew German Naval Law, and his statement of the steps taken tomeet it, Mr. Asquith alluded to the recent appointment of therj^w German Ambassador, Marschall von Bieberstein, and to theless welcome conversations which had taken place in 1910 be-tween the country of that eminent diplomatist and our Russianfriends, in the following terms : We view without the least suspicion or dissatisfaction, on the con-trary we view witli equanimity, and with more than equanimity, suchspecial conversations and interchanges of opinion as have taken placebetween Russia on the one side and (lermany on the other, and so in thecase of LORD HALDANE AND LORD MORLEY LORD HALDANES VISIT TO BERLIN 63 Our relations with the great German Empire are, I am glad to say,at this moment—and I feel sure are likely to remain—relations of amityand good-will. My noble friend, Lord Haldane, the present Lord Chan-cellor, paid a visit to Berlin early in the year. He entered upon conversa-tions and an interchange of views, there, which have been continued sincein a spirit of perfect frankness and friendship, both on one side and the other,and in which, I am glad to say, we now have the advantage of the partici-pation of a very distinguished diplomatist, in the person of the GermanAmbassador. We have then to note, in passing, that Lord Roberts, pursu-ing his campaign for National Service, stated in a public speechat Manchester, on October 22 : Now at the present day, in the year 1912, just as in 1866 and just asin 1870, war will take place the instant the German forces by land andsea are, by their superi
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