Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1912 — HALDANE STARTS DISCUSSION [ARTICLE]

HALDANE STARTS DISCUSSION

Visit of English War Secretary to Berlin Is Explained. Berlin, Feb. 16. —In the Reichstag the chancellor. Dr. Von BethmannHollweg, stated that Lord Haldane, the British secretary of war, did not come to Berlin with the power of making a binding agreement between Germany and Great Britain, but was authorized by the English cabinet to discuss with the German government the points concerning the interests of both countries in order to lay the foundations for confidential relations between the two powers. The negotiations thus begun would be pursued, the chancellor declared.