CZAR AND KAISER.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3209, 8 June 1909, Page 5

CZAR AND KAISER.

I THE ABO INTERVIEW. THE KAISER'S AIM. ITALY AND THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. United Presa Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received June 7, 9.20 a.rn LONDON, June 7. The "Pall Mall Gazette" says tbe interview between tbe Czar and the Kaiser at Abo. in Finland, will be ;he chief diplomatic event of the

summer. It was natural, says the "Gazette," that the Kaiser should seek to efface the bad impression and the soreness created by the recent ultimatum to sA. Isvolsky, in l-egard to the Balkan dispute. Italy was no longer an I effective factor in the Triple Alliance. The growth of Austrian influ- , ence in the Adriatic and the development of the Austrian navy, must necessitate a revision of the situation. " German reversion to the friendship of Russia, concludes the journal, was prudent and inevitable, and Britain may welcome it, provided it tends to the preservation of the political I equilibrum and the maintenance of peace in Europe. President Fallieres has in/ormed the French Cabinet that the Czar will spend two days at Cherbourg, at the end of July. Thence the Czar will proceed to Cowes, Isle of Wight, the headquarters of the Royal Yacht Squadron. j

I THE OF THE POWERS. NO REASON FOR A CHANGE. Received June 7, 10.45 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, June 7. The misgivings aroused in St. Petersburg in regard to the Kaiser's visit hava been modified by inspired statements from Berlin declaring that Germany sees ro reason to expect a change j n ijui ? ~ ! " }"n Powers, •