THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1330, 6 January 1912, Page 5

THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

Tho Vienna corrcsuondent of th« limes, writing on November 13. states: Utterances in the press and Opinions privately, twiiressed by public Dicil and. .iliploiiinlists confirm'the impMSiioh" tbj't, beneath tho clmugintf- jjlias«ri ■ of. tjie-'pre-"f ut hnropea.i, situation, the future of the rriplo Alliance is lifting detoVmined. Jn 116 responsible quarter is the belief entertained Hint Iho existence, of tho'Alliance need be seriously threatened, blit it is claimed that the crisis uiiiv nfl'fet tiio internal structure of tho Alliance, and possibly its centre of gravity. Ths Alliance consists of Anf-tro-Gcruian, Ausmi° . n ' italo-ClermaA Treaties, tho Austro-Ufi'maii Treaty has been puljJ|Mieu. I Jit) others remain secret. lii-tho Pester Journal'' to-duv an urtiele. niuloubtedly contributed bv Baron Doczi, sometimes secretary of Count Julius Anuratsy the older, and afterwards , director oi the Austfo-lhlmrurian I'rcSs Bureau, tlemnmls tho publication of' the Austrollalian Treaty in: order that it.luny.ibo seen wl.al the reciprocal Obligations of the contracting parties arc, whether the idea ol benevolent neutrality goes so for as to oblige a Sta,to.liko Austria-Hungary to toleratu its ally's nolioh," when that notion Ihreatens its interests ami tho peace of neighbouring territories, "nnit whether an alliance, with clearlv defined defensive object?, gives to ono allied Stata the right w carry on aggressive* war in such quarters as, Possibly, to Compel Urn other ally to Mobilise as a nieasuro of precaution.' . , Simultaneously.with this articlc-wlu'el/ appears lo bo inspired bv the apprehensions enterlamed in pro-tiermitii quarters in regard to Italian naval'operations in the Aegean, but need not;'bo interpreted as an outcoino of Auslro-Hungariau o'licial suggestions—appeal's an equally unoftieial, bin; not less significant, utterance, in a leading weekly journal that asks plainly whether the bellicose Rm-Ger-mntiism and .Anglophobia displayed I.lst wcelc in tho German Ucichstag" and encouraged by tllo German CrOwn I'rinco arc, to Ik? taken as indicating a German policy diftcrent from tho tiiicillc policy which tho Austro-German "Alliance was concluded to support. The Austin-Hun-garian Monarchy, says this article, will !!m, ,)0 „ n J» r 'y to « l l on-Gennaii uor. Iho Triple Allinneo is an Alliance of )hmco concluded between pacific Slates la defend (he peace Of Kurope.' It call only exist if the German people does imt pernut lh love of peace lo bo disturbed by incendiaries.

Amid these various ntul conflicting tendencies (liero are in Atistria-Ilungarv (wo roassiiriiitf elemenU r tlie determination of the Lniperor l'riineis J(Kstph Id maintain peace, ami the prudent nuc! faix=Mttod jMjlicy towards Italy followed, in pursu. ance of that determination, 3_>v Count Aehreiithal, despite the distressing perversity ot i>.press. which hus striven to Hcutraliso the beneficial effect of official discernment, «i»l to underniiiio the verr basis of llio Trinlo AHiimi*.