TRIPLE ALLIANCE

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 509, 17 May 1909, Page 5

TRIPLE ALLIANCE

./KAISER'S TOUR. AN OVATION AT VIENNA. .■,'.']?oTH EMPERORS epjET ITALY'S ;;.■..:■■.:.•: ■■'. 'king:;'.; ■.'.-:; .:; |dy TEt.Rciura— Jssaqt^TtqH—cortiiigiiT'! v .;■■..■■ Vienna, May 14, Immense crowds at Vionria accorded an ovation to tlic Kaiser, who recently. vi&iteil t|)p "Kjng of Italy, and wl)o has arrived here to;vi§jt t()BEmperor Francis Joseph. '~■ _. '•■ ■ y P.E/JCE PRESERVERS. -REFERENCE TO RECENT DANGERJ3. V • J May. IQ, iffl ;V. '..,•'. : i S: ; 1 ;- ; '. : ■;"■' Vionrra, May I§.;_ •;,The Francjs Jqsppli, jn proposing the,Raiser's, health a); jiho State banquet,' expressed gratitude- for the '.Kaiser's peace!ful endeavours at a moment when peace was exppsed to niany/dangers,'.■.; ;.;''!': '';.';. : : Tl;e Kaiser referred to fhe vitality of Alliance, •': whioli" recently, had contributed to preserve, tlio.European peaco. :r - .. v. : .■■::■';■ ; The' Einperqrs. jointly itelegraphec! to. .the King, of Italy, tlieir unalterable friendship. . V ■ V > THE MAILED FiST. y -\:, ' : HOW THE ALLIANCE COERCED RUSSIA. Tha, "moment when peace was exposed to' ihany.'dangers"-:ia no. doubt the critical time tpwards -the'closs of March, whep Germany and Austria-Hungary cpinbiiied to'' crush Russia.' The result' :was that. We; Tsar's • Government,.' under.; threat, pf arpied force, /recognised: the' Austrti-Hmigariaii; annexations of BosnjaVam) 'Herzegovina. /Writing on Marph '29, 1 the 1 St.. Petersburg cprresppnilent pf the "Daily Mail", states.': .. -* : - : '':'?:■',-\ '"■ '■■■' " ;,, -V. :\ .';•••■• r'\" ;: ' : ■'■': Great excitement, continues, to prevail in-re-gard to Kussia's sudden recognition''of the Austrian 'annexation of JJosnia - and Herzegovina. ;■ So'deep is public resratuient of. the Qpyern'mpnt's act.that ; the. resignation of 11. Isyqlsky, the "Fproign JUiijister, is. once more reporfed ;ii diplomatic circles to be imminent..' '.V ".' : i . -I learn- from persons who hold the highest ppsitipns and are directly . interested -in the Biilkan,.qrjsjs : that Bujsia'e recopitjon'resulted' from' 'the/, fellpwing' eitriordinary'' cjrpum- .. ■ . - '■■';•?■'', : ..~>.'. ."■:■•■"'..!, ■"•'•' '■ '■ :'-■■: jThe: Qerman : Ambnssadpr, Count von Pour? tajes; ipresented to if. Isvplsky ori'Mnnday. : af-. fernpon last a.JJoto in wlqiah the Russian. Qpri prhineht. was poljtely but firniiy requested to abantlpn.\vhat \y'as;.oonsider"etj in Beriin'tp .be itg."ambiguous po|ipy" Jq r regprd.to tha Auptrpr Servian conflict;,'.•■■>■■,.■':.■"■;■':'." '.'. ■"'". : :-i"}'!'■■ ■■;■ .The. Note, further stated., that. if" Servia' iras, not urged to' yield by Russia" Austria-Hungary wpuld boiisider"that fact.an ; act pf hostility 6fi the,'part-of ihe Russian "Government .and ■pplllq. tate 'practical steps tp ehpw her resentipen(:,:-■,:;':;..'■/;. :•■.■■.; ■.:■■'■':'(,■::- .:-.■'..'■ : .The Gprrjian Ambassador rerojnded If. Isvola]ly of Austria,and ffas-'■_prppnrefj,•' ivitli'"Aiisf j-ja, im.niedfatply : to tak'p'tlig'cphspnHQnpes pf.a' Russiaji refusal to bring .pressure to bear.Von Servia; . \: ■'. ■ .■'. . SI. ' : |svolsky had reason to". £eHeye''.that,".in' his, fejeetion'of the : Note; a mpbili;Bation'bfet3erinau.trppps pn the Russian'frpntje'r'would' bo ordered within forty-eight' hours. ..On Tueailay—the day following-tho presentation of ; tljß German Npte—a Cabinet Connoil wgs cqiiyeped, The Cabinet:listened again tq tht) statoiiipnts as tp tho npreadiiiefs pf the Bug, . sian.- Army.. .''";;: ••.'..-■.'■■':■ ;•.;' '~\'-\': - '. ''~[:'■ :'■':■.

tvjVfte'r.tlm Coupci) had. pnded: JH; IsYqlsky. accepted, the'terms of-tho.Gernian.Nqfe. ■''..:', . The."ifoTbo'.Vremy'a,".the chief of Russian journals,: says of Russia's 'recognitjo'n .'of! the annexation: "Our grief is boundless.; W« ; are humiliated,.rM.Jsvolskyiha's abandoned wery Russian, olaim'froin .the Dardanelles to nja'r':;/;; •.;;■.'.!■. ! : ;, '/V;.;; ..-.': :.- : .:;■.-■!■: . ■;[The'■ "Slqyo"' • Russia ,ha.a lost.by-, this repqgnitipii, h.er. histprip. influence. in .the■ Balkans." ■ !■■■;. .';■ ('■ '.:■',■■''■■'■.:'. ;';; .'■".■''■.'• :■!!:' ; :' The 'Tfyiss". wrjfce,s:. "As At : ;Port;Arthur,;?p in .tho Dalkan's, .tho ; Russiari (lag Jiae ,)jcen hauled dowp.'"- , .. ■ • i ■~'.'' .'' ■ . ■ ■ .': ■:•' The ; "S.yiet" and ; the; ''Vetscher,' , ' the; lattet ■the. loading' Pan-Slav, organ, demand a 'wat of.-revenge-in ;Tetiirn r for the ; "' Germa- ineuU tQßiis'sia,'s dignity."'. !■: ;■■'' : "•'■■ ■','■■■'■ ■■''■ i Cpinm9nts. , tno'"Pai| i y, : llail , ': The two Qer>; iiiap'Powers, tlieir. JIO,QPP.POO..of.-oitjjpnj; their ini(|ions atjd prgapiscd inen, and tjieir tlventyiPreadnoiigllts prjlotd Jfelspjn' building...pr cptnploting,, liaye., ?hown their ability.:to' impose their wiH'uppn.Eurppp, aij(j : have :for tho moment thwarted the.Triple Bittenft.byithe sheer wejght of- their 'armed force.'