"NOTHING NOVEL"
COUNT HAYASHI'S REMINIS-
CENCES.
'Times'—'Sydney Sun' Special Cables. (Received Sept. 15, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 14. &r'.y^entino.7'' ; ; Clarbl, : l>irecbor 1 ::'o?-' the ; Foreign Department of The Times, affirms that there is nothing novel or sensational in the late Count HaySshi's reminiscences. The negotiations for an Anglo-Japanese alliance were fully known to those in close touch with the international position. One section of the Japanese Court favoured an alliance with Russia; the other preferred one with Great Britain. What was less known to the public was that towards the close of tho Boer war Germany was disposed to seek a rapprochment with Britain, but only on terms which; would have involved Britain in heavy responsibilities in Europe, Africa, and America without involving Germany in any corresponding responsibilities in Asia. German statesmen bad airways affected to suspect that Britain wanted, to use Germany as her sword against Russia.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 16 September 1913, Page 5
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148"NOTHING NOVEL" Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 16 September 1913, Page 5
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