BALANCE OF POWER.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 25 August 1913, Page 5

BALANCE OF POWER.

JS BRITAIN DOING HER SHARE? .IMPORTANCE OF TRIPLE ALLIANCE. tTimes'—'Sudney Sun' Special Cables. /Received Last Night, 6.20 o'clock.) LONDON, August 24. Tho Times, in a special article on militarism in Europe, emphasises the fact that Eiigland is not increasing forces. "If this continues," the article adds, "tho least we can do is to Rdd weight to the Triple Alliance, iwhich means free naval and expeditionary forces for offensive war. Il'hese things are impracticable until live create a national army that will ideprive the enemy of the temptation ifco attack, us. We are leaning upon iFrance in the Mediterranean, the United States in the Carribean Sea, •and Japan in the "Pacific. While our jFrench and Russian partners in the iEntento are taking strenuous action to preserve the balance of power, we demonstrate conclusively by our inaction that "TTte balance of power is nothing to us, while we are unable to adequately protect ourselves or afford fctfectivo isupport rto Our friends in she Entente." ,