GERMANY AND FRANCE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3039, 9 November 1908, Page 5

GERMANY AND FRANCE.

THE CASABLANCA INCIDENT

ALARM IN ST. PETERSBURG

ST. PETERSBURG, November 6. Considerable alarm is displayed in St. Petersburg over Germany's demand for an apology before submitting the matter in dispute to arbitration. Fears are expressed that Germany is seeking a diversion abroad from the difficulties of the internal situation. OPINION OF FRENCH PRESS. PARIS, November 6. In connection with the Casablanca incident, M. Deicasse, ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs, received an ovation in the lobby of the French Chamber, even his bitterest opponents participating. "Le Temps," a leading Parisian journal, says:—"lt would be the height of folly for Prince Bulow to risk war in the present condition of European politics. We are convinced that he has too much sense for that."

The "Journal des Debata" declares that it would turn arbitration into a meaninglsss farce to demand an apology as being an indispensable preliminary to an enquiry into the facts of the case. THE FINANCIAL BAROMETER. WHAT GERMANY WILL ACCEPT. AN EXCHANGE OF MUTUAL REGkETS. LONDON, November 6. -The "London Times" says:—"The London Stock Exchange rallied when it was discovered that the Paris and Berlin Bourses were cheerful, but showed a disposition to relapse to dullness later, when it was not apparent why the cheerfulness abroad existed." Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that there is reason to believe that Germany is willing to come to an arrangement on the basis of an exchange of mutual regrets regarding the Casablanca incident. Received November 8, 4.20 p.m. PARIS, November 7. Prince Bulow has not yet replied to France's conciliatory proposal for a mutual expression of regret in connection with the Casablanca incident. LONDON, November 7. The Berlin correspondent of "The Times" ,reports that negotiations have resulted in less favourable progress, than was expected. A VIOLENT ARTICLE. Received November 8, 4.35 p.m. BERLIN, November 7. The German Press insists that England is encouraging France to adopt an irreconcialible attitude. The newspaper "Neue Freie Presse,"ina very violent article, declares that England has promised active support to France. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 7. Several Russian newspapers express the hope that France will not yield to Germany's demands.