THE POWERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 5

THE POWERS.

RUSSIA : AND THE.AUSTRO-GERMAN :.:■■■■ v: .:.-:;,,;'' ; ppwEß.v;-.,r.;:' -V".'.'■.■ '• . THE"ENTBNTE" AND THE ■' . :, ■ ••-; :: ■ /BALKANS..•■,,■;.'■ ■■;',:■■.■.■■:•' By Teletrraph-PreßS Association—Copyright., •'.!■■•'.■..'■■■ ... London, February 8. ; The St., Petersburg .{.correspondent .of /'The Times" mentions that .there. are prospects of a reconciliation between tria and Bussia,, on-the basis of, a declaration of non-intervention in the Balkans and adherence to, the status' quo.-,;'

/MONEY FOR FREE BULGARIA. :/; //."LOAN OVEE-STJBSGEIBEI); / ; ; ' . i:' '.(Eeo. 10.p.m.) . / -■:■';;..'■"■■ .V: . "London, February 9.-'.- : ■;A Bulgarian loan of >£4,960,000, carrying,4J. per -cent, interest, has been issued in' London and;_ori the; Continent at.91.7 .-'■;; ■■■ It/has'been largely; over-subscribed;■ , ; :// ANTI-iGERMAN • OCTOBRISTS./ ';; '■■ '■;• ANGLO-EUSSIAN CO-OPERATION. ;.'■ ; /:; ■■ St.; Petersburg,.February'B. ; , : At a special session of the iOctqbrist Club. at. St. Petersburg hostile references to Germany were cheered by the entire, .influential, assembly,-which advocated the closest Anglq-Eussian : friendship.,. [Ths Octobrists; in, the Eussian-. Duma are. the. party, of reform,. but/:not of \ ex-trSmes..,.;Accordingf.tb-.pne.-,'writer,. "the Octbbrists' are the'.Eussian English—for .they /are;.. English; in their equilibrium, ■ English;;in : their .Conservatism; .'English .their/practical 1 acceptance of. things ;as':,they;:are. ..'They aro also ~in their. , , belief - : in .liberty and. progress',and :rcpreseritatiye': institutions; ; In nothing are', they- more .; English than ;in thoii that it is better to' creep, before' they.walk,;to walk before they-run,' ;and; never ..to; assnme/that they can , fly to-the mqbh by.-jumpirig out'of the' window -before. their wings . have begun to .Sprout."]'^;;-' , /::;-;:;::';-';: ■'::'■'■{ ■:'■: ■■■;■.■/'■

ECHO Of BOSNIAN ANNEXATION.

:WHAT/ : IS;;iN ':';■ JHE iAIDE-MEIIOIRE?■ ■;.Eu'sso-Austrian...relations■'• have.- never; recovered -.from' ihe .shock • caused, by the Austrian! annexation of and Herzegovinain 1908;: upheld by the German bayonet. to the ; prolonged .the .Austrian :and the ; .'Russian" Foreign :■ Ministers, • CoiSut AehronthaV and :-M./Isvolsky, it. is.'urgtfd on. behalf F of •the; former that, the ■'annexation :■ was".not v an '' act of;. treachery, but .had-' beforehand; been.; countenanced by .11. Jsyolsky.": ,'.'TKe *Times": siys: > ;;.-... ; ,'The -pqint chiefly : at ; issue appears 1 to be j vrhether.;: Count;, yon. iAehfenthal '•■ was .justified/.in"interpreting 'the. -agreement! reached-between him ; and"H; : Isvolsky,'- at a nieetirig which took' place ten , days after ;King:yEdward's v visit-. to?:Eeval ; ;,in .the -eumm'er:'.b{ .1908,:aS;Cpnveying an assur-: ance.pf. Eussia's.xi'cquiescence :-in the annexation ; of''Bosnia.j and Herzegovina in ■Mβ;circumstances' iii-' which that'.annex-' ■atitin : was'-.carried. into Vexecutidn ■ a few months' later iby ; >the Diial Monarchy; :rhe'vpoint;thus-raised ; ,is ; all-the.-.more, delicate, mihat .the terms of that aitree-ment,:-titself.:.for' a, long -'"time -kept se-cret,f.were-embodied, by ll.'.lsvolsky for .Count; von : Aehrenthal"s' benefit .'in '(in aide-memoire which has.,never yet .been mp.do -public'" In';some- , quarters ■'.. it •is apbrehended .\that' 1 the',--result "if :-not the pwpose, of'the revival' of this unpleasant controversy.. mnst ;-be .the . publication ■ of tjus'famous.;aid£mempire'.'v,'We- can only 0 , , .™.^' such apprehensions -are ■unfounded,.. Possibly, as is .indeed usually.; the: case'..in'..such .differences, eaoli parfr wishes to justify' ;his own actions,; arid- , is ..convinced.thata fuller;knowledge of the i?™-nust redound :,tb'his; own' credit; v ' whateverj-'aca'aemio .justification ■Sfr : * h - e ,-?<"irse;/snbsequently -pursued 'by ■either.Count■ Von::Aehrehthal or;Jt:■ .Isyolsky., might vanticipate '■ f rbm-'< the :pub;Ucah.on/4of.:,the .;dpbum.ent:'.in ■take tleave ito,.doubt;/whether ;! in' : 'anv event ■the,:,persorial: I :;eatisfaotibn"- would ; jcounterbalance. the '; mischievous ■•, effects; Gertainly.,.Count.;von-Aethrenthal, "who , ;has; gamed : for; his': country ".all. the ma-: tenal advantages;>'hich his Near Eastern policy was. designed', to ■ achieve;' can -well *-«? :^°ie ° a °y personal satisfaction! ■of.that-kind;,_and«ll. Isvolskv,:we feel sure,, cannot wish' to gratify, any'linger ing resentment .at, the ..expense of .those , f " e , n dly- relations, with-' the' Dual' Mon-al-cn* for the maintenance of< which ■ Russia .folt constrained-only'a;.-few months ago to make, very :■.tangible , : sacrifices'. . in; such responsible 'positions have much .higher-interests to serve,' and those interests are. assuredly, riot served ; by;,a pnbhc: display:- of antagonism which cannot;alter :th«.,bard .facts: of: the European situation, , but ■ which - must weaken i pubhc;.confidenc e . ; in.nhat'spirit of >self- : government that Mr. Asquith;. so .warmly commended.inihis:speechiat the Guild-' :hall ■banquet. '■'! i :v ' ■..-',:- ■■-;'.;■■■'■ -■.•-..