WAR FEVER IN EUROPE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2009, 17 March 1914, Page 5

WAR FEVER IN EUROPE.

PRESS OUTBURST SUBSIDING, SIGNIFICANT MEETING AT ST PETERSBURG. AUTHORITATIVE ASSURANCES. By Teletraph-Presd A.*»Deiatl(m-OoßyrisW St. Petersburg, March 15. Tiie Premier (It. Boremykin), tho Minister for War (General* SukhnmlinolO, and tho Minister for Foreign Affairs (M. Sazanoif) are conferring with sixty-five members of the- Duma, including .members of tho Military and Naval Budget Committees. Tho newspapers allege that the eon.' ferehco is connectcsj with tho RussoGerman situation, and hint- that the Minister for War proposes a considerable- increase in the army. (Rec. March 16, 9.40 p.m.) ■ St. Petersburg, March 16. With a view to raising revenue to meet the impending increase- in tho peace effectiveness of the Army by 460,000 mon, tho Government' is study; ing a proposal for State monopoly <?f oil wells and naptha works. It is understood that all parties in tho Duma, except the Socialists, are agreed- as to the necessity of the Army and Navy being maintained at a strength eomi mensurate with the population and.terI ritory. Berlin, March 16. | Colonel Frobenius, in a published pamphlet, alleges that' Great Britain ss crouching for an attack on Germany. Meanwhile Russia and France are pre* paring. He predicts that war, at the latest, will break out iu the spring'of 1916. Vienna*' March' 16. The "Noua Freio Presso" states that the Austro-Hungarian Embassy at St. Petersburg has been assured that authoritative quarters entirely dissociate themselves from the bellicose utterances of the Russian Press, and deny that these aro in any Way justified. Prince Gaganno, of tho Russian Embassy, in tho interview iu tho "Tageblatt," declares thftt Russo-fiorman -and llusso-Austrian relations aro excellent Correspondents agree that the a.ntiRussian excitement in Austria-Hungary is subsiding, ono writer remarking that possibly it."is because it has been- found that already it has gone far enough. Budapest,' March 15. Count Sergius \Vitto, member of tho Council of Empire, in an interview m tho newspaper "Assest," says that the Balkan affair has not been disposed of. Only tho first act has been played, and the entr'acte may last years or months. The-danger point is Rumania...- and Austria. ' ■ , -. Count AVitte declares that Russia, is not aggressively disposed towards Germany, but tho French sentiments to tho latter will always arouse doubt. The increase- in armaments after the Balkan war was remarkable. London, March 15. An inspired article in tho journal "Rossya" rebukes misehi:ev«ts attempts by foreign, journalists to sow discord between Russia/rand Germany, and reminds them of Germany's refusal to accept any limitation of armaments. The speaker recommends than to abstain from unfriendly attacks and unjust aspersions; -■ '.... ' "TimeS" and Sydney'"Sua" Services. LBftdOn, March la. ~The St.. Petersburg, daily _ paper, "Rietch," Ulceus the .anti-Russian outburst in Germany to the campaign against Franco which preceded tho opening of the Morocco fjviestion. ■ M. Sazanoff, tho Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, interviewed, insisted that the increase in armaments was initiated by Germany.