LOST ITS TERRORS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2008, 16 March 1914, Page 5

LOST ITS TERRORS.

THE GERMAN f«CL FRANCE OB RUSSIA NOT AURMED, AT iflE UWm OF THE SWORD, SENSATIONAL ARTICLES By Association—CorrttrtL St, Petersburg, March 13. ihe netv-s.paperis- unanimously rcfiiso to/ascent tho iutiiaidotton of tho <tes-tro-Gcrmau i'Mßs caJiipaigit. They rccnJl to Russia that Germany set the exmnplo of increasing her military strength. M. SatxmoS, Minister for Foreign Affairs, stotes that thero k» mo ground ior the present cxeitowei.it. * The ■relations el Russia and Austria are oxcoUont, though they wore strained in 'The. "Bourse Gazette" aitjeJe states that Russia., Mi tho eveftt of frar wiji no longer set on the defensive. Hcnccwrward she will asstmvo the offensive. Her feitineotions have hom com-p-Iqicd, the standard rf he.j qfflcers has bean raassd, her artillery, in ni-aiiy respects, excels that of France at Germany, ami other bra-iielies, ijidodiag that o! aviation, arc highly efficient-. Russian newspapers-state that large and extraordinary military and navnl credits are- being d.iscii.ssed at a socret sittiijg of. t)io Ihidget Committee of tho Duma, An mflnwit-tal journal -Says thai the prop-ttsed iiiereaso a{ llnssiaii niilitar.V tfficetiv<MW!Bs will bo cait-i-cd out t'lespit's Mia Prass caMpaigit d Germany awd Aiistna-, "times" and Sydney ''Siffi" Services. Tito somtoeiefel tfqnrse "GaSictts" publishes a .sensational article, claiming to express ilia views of tho highest circles. It ekim.ed tlie firmest; coiifi' dtnee in Russin's ability to withstand ' any attack, mA adds that Cassia's defensive strategy mil fte tenger be pa^, sivq. Tito aAfelo cemetades :■—linssia desires peace' bnt she is ready. , " : Tim ■eofobratiou, at Kieff, of -the. She-evtch-eulw-, led to disturbances. Estrawdtoi'j" . precautions vvere : talvcn. A divis-iem .of infantry, with Warfiine guiis, paTodod the main streets, while a nvili-tary airship hovered over* [h«ttd,"' . . ! Soven;tjj ? 4\yo> men Were arrested, and many were, severely ivCsunded; ■ A section of ttifi Press a-ssefte ftat it . was "a, pro-Austrian clomon.stration. GERMAN PftfS'S. RIDiCOLOUS RUSSIAN fHUEATS." • HWljn,' Marsh 14. ..The German-An»orjcnn" CoiSimerisial . IJiiioa has .protested against the Gov-ptnmc>!it'-8 HnposiMon of tbo new w-a.i? tax upon Americans resident in Gerinn.fly. 'i'ho law prevides that all persons with mi annual iiicOmo Sf tver MSQj shot! pay an extra tes of ■& half por cent. Several Busfiopean. J?owcil|* intend jointly to protest agijijist■ tiro tax:,' Tho fiow-spjviJeF "Gernwnia" ajjeges that ttio Bvissiai). pi-eparatiotts are directed ngai.nsi; Austriai'ho seiiflHsftiffiai ''No-rddfentsdwA.l-lemagne rkikdes tH Bnssmn "Bourefl Ghetto's"-' ittoatg; It states that it '<kam not believe that s,teh discussions .will disturb ti.it> SnssoOevujan fricn.ds;h'ip. , FfiENCH HAVtk MANOpVftES. TO BE ON A GRAND Ht&l% Paris,' March It . The naval m : ano6iu r res in tlfe terfiiißßan, in May are to bo on a gsand scale, Eigbty-fH-6. battleships-- and critisefSj fifty dest-royerS, aivi thlrty-ofte thou- . sand mbn ivijl bo engaged, and tlte niaiißoiivres l\yiH.ocfllijiy sovanteen days. . Tho E-nssian "Bourse GaSißtte's" fi:rivi reply is eiiSlTiisiastieiil-ly ffe'laorned hero, It is fc-lt t'iiat the German jHeiiac-o has lost its ,terro.r-3y a;iid that Frmwe's position is niuiah niDTo seeufe than it was a few years ago. . The '''Ten-pis" says tljat Uertjiany raiist get rid of the- idea tlmt tbe rat'tljiife of Its sword pll cause -any atonj it! Fran.ee or Russia, , ■ ERA OF CHRONIC tfiteON. IS IT TO EE IEOPESED? ■ "Times" an4.Bjf'4n«r "Suft" Bo.rvic'ee. " • ! P-aris, JilareJi 14. 'Tlao Press points out that Raissia and Frajiee liavo equal right with GeKnaW? to, perfect their- afriiiwnouts-. . ''"Lβ" Te.m.p.s" observes s "II the. legiti-m-aey of. tie ureasnrea for wliieh. mwy set tliß. "cxtiroplo be chailcrfged, th& era. of chronic t'ensleft will be raopasedj. and-evor.y.on-e-.will siiffer,'