Te Kopara 49
[3] Te Kopara, Number 49, Gisborne, 1 November, 1917.
‘Iti te Kopara, kai takirikiri ana i runga i te Kahikatea.’
Although the Bellbird is small, he plucks at the Kahikatea. [cf Nga Pepeha 908]
PAN-GERMANISM.
Perhaps most Maori people are wondering what this phrase ‘Pan-Germanism’ means. There is a Frenchman who is learned and who knows all the ways and the institutions of each nation. Amongst all his writings is a book with, as its title, the name mentioned above, ‘Pan-Germanism.’ But the meaning of this name has not been clear to us. Therefore I shall examine thoroughly the writings dealing with this name so that the reader of these articles will know the significance of the phrase.
