FOREIGN RELATIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 141, 5 June 1908, Page 3

FOREIGN RELATIONS.

THE NEW "TRIPLE ALLIANCE." BRITAIN', RI'SSLV, AND FRANCE. Received 4tli, 10.5 pjn. St. Petersburg, June 4. The newspaper Norte Vreuiya aays the growing tics between Russia, Prance and Britain are destined to take the! form not of alliance, but of special conventions on special questions, all ofj them tending to a general rapprochement.

THE KING'S VISIT TO RUSSIA. ENGLISH LABOKITKS- OBJECTIONS. THE GOVERNMENTS REPLY. Received 4th, 0.55 pari. London, June 4In the House of Commons Mr. J. A. Pease, Junior Lord of the Treasury, informed Mr. Will Thome, regarding the Laborite memorial to Sir Edward Grey. Minister for Foreign Affairs, respect in; the abandonment of the King's visit to Russia, that Sir Edward Grey was unable to advise Kilg Edward to abandon the visit. Mr. Thornc asked: Does that mean the Government acquiesces in the brutal murders and outrages that occurred in Russia! The question was received with protesta, amidst which the Sneaker rebuked . Mr. Thome. Later Mr. Keir Hardie complained ' that the clerks at the table were refus- ' ing to accent a question enumerating , the execution of political prisoners in • Russia and suggesting that Britain , ahould threaten to withdraw its Anitas- , «ado r if Russia persisted in its present • internal policy-. I

The Speaker ruled that the first part of the question, instead of asking, conveyed the information, and. secondly. it was no part ot the British Government's business to manage the internal affairs of a friendly State. Mr. Hardie considered the ruling a curtailment of the rights of the House. The Speaker denied this, and repeated his second point.