BRITAIN AND ITALY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 20 April 1907, Page 3

BRITAIN AND ITALY.

■WECTIOXATE MEETIXG 01' SOVEREIGN'S. GERMAN PRESS EXASPERATED. Rome, April 18. The meeting between King Edward and King Emmanuel at Gaeta was most cordial. King Emmanuel boarded the Royal yacht Victoria ana Allwvt, and llie two nionarclis embraced repeatedly. London, April 18. The meeting is causing an explosion in tile Gcrmau Press. Sir If. Campbcll-Bannennan is also on the alert. The official view iu Berlin is that the meeting need not arouse uneasiness, since Italy realises that her independence is better safeguarded iu the Triple Alii,anee than if she relied wholly upon the support of Britain and France. AN" OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. CORDIALITY OF MEETING EXPLAINED. Received 20th. I.l* a.m. Rome, April J it. King Emmanuel enteifiainedthe Sovereigns at luncheon aboard th- Italian Royal yacht. Signor Tittoni,- Italian Minister for Foreign .ul'airs, and "sir C'lias. Hardinge, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, have issue, l a coniniunniijue slating that the private maimer of King Edward meeting King Emmanuel afforded fresh proof of ihe persoiiifl sentiment and affection uniting lliem. The meeting wan not actuated by political aims, yet would produce the liest elTon on the intimately cordial relations bAiveen Britain ami ltaiy. The interview was a promise and guarantee of the peace of the whole world.