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COLLINS V. BISMARCK.
To the Editor of ''The Mercury."
Sir,-Many people would be sorry to
have the name Bismarck changed. A
German name is most suitable for a
settlement chiefly of Germans, and in
years to come it will not matter to
the Tasmanians that this place was
named after a German, or that the
German was one English people did
not admire; they will have the little
piece of history that this was a Ger-
man settlement, named by a German.
The name Frederick Haller, men-
tioned by one of your correspondents,
has been often in my mind since the
beginning of this war, and made me
think of the loss we might have should
people allow their prejudices to discoun-
tenance German immigration. A
thoroughly Anglicised Prussian, who
had left his native land because of the
inconvenience and annoyance caused by
conscription, honest, straightforward,
and warm-hearted; a loss to Hobart
when he left it for Melbourne. We
are proud of the magnanimity of our
troops, and I hope we shall not fail
in this virtue as private citizens.
Yours, etc.,
ANGLO-TASMANIAN.
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