GERMANY'S "LITTLE GAME,"
Germany Hoped, m the event of comi plications, to. preserve peaoe m the Baltic as -well as m the Black Sea. To this intent Sweden and ' Denmark were invited to. for^ara, coalition for the purpose of closing ihe Skaggerack and Categat to British, and Russian men of- war. This would .tare meant the tying of England's hands behind her back with a vengeance. Russia, protected m Europe through Germany's iriifative, would have been felt entirely free, to use her whole strength on the Afghan frontier, while England's strong arm would have been prevented from dealing one single heavy blow at any vulnerable point on the Rugsian seaboard. .It is, however, satisfactory to announce the Swedish and Danish Governments have declined to be parties to this one-sided arrangement.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 44, 20 July 1885, Page 2
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130GERMANY'S "LITTLE GAME," Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 44, 20 July 1885, Page 2
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