RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 5, 4 June 1885, Page 2

RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

RUSSIA LOOKING TOWARDS AUSTRALIA. Nvoe Vrimya points out that Russia lias no consuls m such important places as Buenos Arrcs, -Ne"w 'Orleans Havan* nail, Bombay T or a single one m the whole of Australia, andiiu fogffrd to the latter proceeds to nuke soineiyery pregnant remarks :—" Melbourne >nd Sydney are visitud now by Russian raen-of? war, besides which Austf'alfa^is one of Russia's most dangerous rivals' 'as a producer of ravr materials m <tb> world 1 * markets, and it is very important to know the economical condition of the. country. Politically speaking, too, « close acquaintance with Australia is of great importance, bulli'la regiird to the relations between England and her rich Australian colonies, ' and m respect of active participation m the Australian colonial policies of th« French and Germans, and m part also of the Spaniards and Dutch. In the evuut of a cruiserwarfare Australia would, m, all probt* bility, be an important locality for Russian war cruisers; yet we hardly hare any connection m those narts." The 6*» tahlishment of a Consulati-General m Sydupy or Molboucue, ; and a -few paid Vice-Consulthipg m other places— NewHolland, Non- Caledonia, &c.-.with nomination for these duties preferable of well-educated naval officers, weshon'd oonsider most timely and advantageous."