INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1493, 29 June 1905, Page 2

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.

THU KAISER BOW TALKS OF] peaceful pretensions, FRANCE OVERHAULING FORTIFICATIONS, 1 POSSIBLE ALLIANCE OF GREAT BRITAIN, RUSSIA, AND: JAPAN. ■ BERLIN, June 27. The Kaiser recently ,mpresse'd a representative of a Great Power! that although Germany kept a powerful army always, its mission was . essentially peaceful, sin.ee Germany, ' was never aggressive in Eurojpe, unless compelled by weight of circum- ? stances. • ' PARIS, June 27, >-■ •France, fearing a sudden German, I, attack through Belgium, urges the ;, overhauling of fortifications at Mause and Antwerp, . ST, PETERSBURG, June 27, Some Russian newspaDers, commenling on Germany’s desire to see Russia temporarily, impotent, <lo-_ Clare that a triple alliance between Great Britain, Japan, and Russia is

n,.t a remote nossibility, anti that .Germany, will then find Russia less EC-tverless than expected*

VIENNA, 'Juue 237. - .The Fremdenblat states that Afis= tria suttpents Germany; in .the Moroccan Conference,'

BRITISH .VESSELS URGENTLY ORDERED HOME,

GERM AN Y/S REFLYj TO FRANCE*

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press [Association —Copyright. Recciyed 10,30 p.m. K June 28, : LONDON, 'Juno 2S. The Daily Mail’s Hongkong correspondent reports that the warships .Glory, SiLtley, and Hogue have been urgently summoned Home. '. ; ' . The Times’ Simla correspondent reports that arrangements Faye been made to facilitate the execution of army reforms 5n India without, further friction. PARTS, June 2S. Germany’s reply to 3YI. Rouvier *3 courteous and conciliatoSry. It ''•insists on a conference, and opposes any preliminary understanjaing regarding a programme. It admits that Prance has a sp.erial interest in f Morocco, and i s willing that the task v Prauce lias in establishing order and.’ security in the Algerian frontier he facilitated, '