RUSSIA'S VOLTE FACE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 55, 30 March 1909, Page 3

RUSSIA'S VOLTE FACE

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'nil', BALKAN SITUATION. SETTLED BY THE GERMAN M \JLKD FIST. A DANOKRIH S MILITARY ALLI AXLE. Keceived ■><>. >XM p.m. St. Petersburg .March 20. Russia's aece|jtance „1 Germany', Note is likened to M. Delcass,.', I; ,]| over 1r ,,. Moroccan i|Ucstiou. It i- understood that when the tier man Ambassador reminded M. Isvolskv that Auc-triu was Germany's allc. ,\i. Isvolsky reported to Cabinet the probability of a German mobilisation on the Russian frontier within 4S hours, H,,,i----wing the unreadiness of the liussian Army, the majority of tho Ministers voted in the direction of bringing pressure upon Servia.

1 he St. Petersburg Pre— is profoundly indignant at the unreasonable panic behind JI. Isvolsky's volte face. They ■state that the abandonment of Servia will lead to the eclipse of Russian influence in the Balkans for ; , century.

London, March' 20. The Daily Mail declares that victory was secured by the free us,, of the mailed list. Two German Powers, with eleven million men and twenty Dreadnoughts building, thwarted the triple entente by sheer weight of mills. The Timet,' Vienna correspondent reports that the agreement between England and Austria is complete. Servia is beginning to discharge reservists.

The Powers to-day will invite Servia to supplement her last Xotc with the formula agreed between Baron Achrcnthal and Sir E. Grey. Austria alterwards requests Britain to consent to the abrogation of Article 25 of the Berlin Treaty, including sanctioning the annexations, which Britain concedes.

The meeting of a conference of the Powers is being left an open question. It is understood Servia undertakes to reduce her armaments to a normal level, and preserve neighborly relations. Summing up it he situation, the correspondent adds that Austria lias spent thirty millions on mobilisation, but the army is readier now than at any time since 1880. . Germany's assurance of full military and diplomatic support has strengthened the alliance and leftAustria under deep obligations, upon which Germany will certainly not hesitate to draw.

AUSTRO-GERMAN SCHEMERS. Received 29, 11.40 p.m. Paris, March 20. Lc Temps affirms that the Kaiser William and the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Este, heir-presumptive to Aus-tria-Hungary, have continually corresponded sine,, meeting at Ecknrtzen. on Xovember 4th.