RUSSIA AND ITALY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 648, 27 October 1909, Page 7

RUSSIA AND ITALY.

■;■■•■■■.■'■■■: ■;;.——« —-~ ;..'■, '' .■ V ; THE RAPPROCHEMENT. PROTECTION OF BALKAN STATES. '■' I ■.■.■■■'. ■■;■■"■;''CHECK-.TO'-ATJSOJRU.V' , - \ (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright.) (Reo. October 20,. 9.10 p.m.) -,'■'•'' ..-''•■'■■■■■■. Horr.«, October 26. ;1 An official Italian, communique states that the Russian, and Italian Ministers of Foreign Affairs/ M.; Isvolsky end Signor Tittoni, havo discovered a, complete identity of view regarding tho consolidation of the Turkish status quo and the independence of; the. Balkan States. The communique adds:— . "The, ;Russo-Italian rapprochement can excite no distrust, and will bo hailed by the Powers as a ; serious element for the preservation of peace."---.-.''; . : ..'•■: '.'■' .: .;'; ■■■■■ '■ .HAILED IN RUSSIA. ; ■ ~ .'.'.. St. Petersburg, October 25. .The St. Petersburg press emphasises the fact of a ropprochement between Russia and Italy. ; TSAR'S AVOIDANCE OF AUSTRIA. , .BOSNIAN SEIZURE NOT FORGOTTEN. ■■'~•.';■ i-'■■•.,•• • ..-■• Paris, October 25. French comment declares that the Tsar'o avoidance of Austrian territory suggests' that Baron von Aohrenthal, Austrian Minister 'for ; Foreign Affairs, had suffered a ' rebuff' in his "attempt to re-establish normal relations between Austria and Russia. '. '■■■ .

Ihe nonspaper "Lβ Temns" regards the Tsar's visit as a crowning touch to tho adaptation of tho Franco-Russnn Alliance to tho European miliou (balance of powei) uhich -was not only useful to Franco but useful to peace. SOCIALIST OPPOSITION DROPPED. ANTI-AUSTRIAN FEELING STRONGER. Rome, Octobor 25. The Tsar's visit to Italy is so popularly regarded as anti-Austrian that even Radicals and Socialists aro welcoming his Majesty. i TSAR RETURNING. INTERVIEW WITH FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER. . (Rec. October 26, 9.10 pm ) Paris, Octobor 26. The Tsar has started on his return journey from Italy, via France. M. Pichon, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, joined the Tsar's train at Modane, on the French frontier, and travelled to Chambery.

RESTRICTIONS ON THE FAIK. Rome, October 25. At the Court concert at Bocconigi, ladies who had been invited were compelled to arrive without cloaks, mantles, or roticuks.