FRANCE AND RUSSIA
SEEK A CONVENTION. TO NULLIFY OTHER EUROPEAN CONDITIONS. Bv Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Paris. August 5. The Prime Minimi r. M. Poineare, las gone to St. Peter-burg t» seek an extension of the. Military Convention «>f lSft» to the Xavv. The Journal Jes D'bats states that France and Russia desire to prevent a Continental coalition which would wrest the mastery of the seas from Britain, for on that mastery depends the efficiency of Britain's aid to her Continental allies in war time. AUSTRIAN* COMMENT. Vienna, August 5. The Heichpost states that the convention refers to the Black Sea fleet •nd its eventual action in the Eastern Mediterranean. England appears re•conciled to having other Powers established on the Hank of the Suez Canal, and if so Austria must have a naval toase in the Aegean Sea.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 68, 7 August 1912, Page 5
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