Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-21
SEEKING NEW ALLIES NOW.
EMPEROR WILLIAM FORCING NEW
cosiBINATIoSs.
Great Britnin ia Frozen out--Drci-
bund VIII include Russin, Germany
aud Austria-Duai Alliance he
tween Italy and France.

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Europe. The system OF Weights ami
balances which has been kept n work
Ing order ever since 1871 Is falling rap
Idly out Of gear. The ,aicu@tious
founded on the triple alliance AMI dual
alliance have gone 10 pieces on tie
hard facts presented by the war In
the east and the tragedy OF Livadla
II seemed small thins when Gosi5any
told England fatty that Sic wou d
not get out OF samon. Il seemed only
q little less trivial when lhs @ rman
emperor forced the British cnnlpet 70
give Up the strip Of land which 1t had
obtained by treaty with the Congo
state. It was deemed rather more
significant that Germany declined to
help England intervene in the war pc
tween China and Japan. and when the
E%rlln government lat iSued win Por-
tugal TO keep England away no
Deiagoa bay everybody began 20 real
lze that Emperor william mad open
u game OF diplomatic tree. G out aga MS
the land Of his grnndinolhar sne,
the cznrs illrGss the emperor mas
atrnfned every nerve to demonStrate
his anection FOR Russia. has Kent
cuuriers and dispatches on the way
between Berlin and Livndia withou.
a days interruption, has overwhelmed
the czarinn with coincidence ana SYM
pathy and has held Prince Henry or
Prussia IN readiness TO dart away az
moments notice to the Grim "a win
funeral wrcaths and autograph Letters
Under the new Russian igime he uli-
doubleday viii have distanced all COM
pctItnrs IN tho cz0r's favor.
While this diplomatic drama mas
been played from Berlin. similar
piece has been put ON In Rome. fpr
wears Italy has depended on the triple
alliance to support her on land ana ras
trusted to England to defend ner ny
sea Both by land and sea, .'nWeNer'
shr must help defend herself, and thore-
fore her quarrel with France has cost
her millions yearly beyond who- ne
could afford TO spend, No sooner pll
Premier Crispi see which way the Wind
was blowing from Berlin, therefore,
than he decided to let all else in dlp-
lomacy 20 by the board ana make
friends with France, once recpncltu
to the great republic, Italy cnuld ult-
solve her expensive alliances Nlth ter
many and England and, at peace Win
an Europe, could decrease nor army
nnvy and crushing taxes.
The nearest way to this end was u
reconciliation with the pope. Cr'spi
made n speech In Naples for titls recon-
clilatlon. verdi, tho prince VI liallan
composers, was welcomed royaiy ny
Paris. Crlspi tclegraphcd to Paris mat
this welcome meant tho seal OF friend
ship between italy and France, Inc
Inference was rather fogsy but II serv-
cd the purpose, and verdi was honored
by the French president with diplomats
ic ostpntntlon. Through Sig. heeAmnn,
the Italian Ambassador In Paris, Crlspi
then asked In diplomatic phrases what
clsr he could do to make France his
friend and in equally diplomatic
phrases was told that Roesmun, az an
ardent friend OF the triple alliance
miyht be recalled, This week II was
announced that Res5mnn had been
recalled and would stay IN Paris only
long enough 10 prepare the business or
the embassy for his successor The
French people are being prepared "
the somi-oHiclal press to look more
fondly on the Italians. The journals
In Rome, Milan and Naples are MED
with articles about our sister nation
In the west"
me t1ndency Of this IS TO TIRES
emperor An anee u tne cast 9t liu OPP
with Russ A., &c. many and austria
Hungary Ua tho uliod p0wes, AID
dual alliance OF Fra ice and Italy In
ment. III Asia. Germans and u Ia
have no interests. th,y are vii ing To
let Russia do AZ she pi.asea. In Afi lea
Italy is wiling 10 let lflunoe do ne ahs
nieaHcs. The great question is. Where
Is Englandr' The existing u pie Al
ance has alwaya uctn o. erea, use %
England. for, while not coating her a
cent II acryed as u ch rck IN itu Sit.
IA close friend OF Austria ard lly
and blood relative OF Germany, she
fet that In any great cal tn
mnsscd armies Of tie three y wefs
would be behnd her With the triple
alliance Russlpnigld she annot count
ON any such auppurt, Iof one of It's
explicit oond lions " DO a free ha "a
FOR Russia In the pamlrB and ON the
northern frontier " India. WI n LAZY
rcennclcd To France. Hnglands ,ccu-
patton as protector OF tha itaiiRn a K
Will 10 gone ana with II VIII 10 tue
promise OF itlly's aid In war
England will be Isolated l'or six
teen years she haa Induced othet na-
tons 20 pun her estnuts from h
IRE, For sixteen ycars she has Gtil-
ICED the peace. bought with tao CON
tingnta enormous sacrinc q Tor mica
and navics, 10 push her &C 4omcs In
Asia and Africa, Whenever troubled
In barharous lands have threatened
her inter sits. sac has been ID BILE T.
hoodwink some conLn. ntal over into
helping her protect them. The came
has always been TO hold ont ht pes OF
Enslands suppo I IN tar event OF a
European er.sis, but when that ria 4
came to redeem Ia word on y witt
himay talk OF "futaro comp "a iions"
which IN these days OF smAll-oa ber
rules and smokcle9s powder means
nothing at on.
This game has hecn played on Ger
many "a often that the Mmpiest editor
In Berlin knows It. The emperor has
had enough OF Il. IN thc series OF
snuhs beginning with the Samoan bust
nee he has let England know that she
eau no longer have even tho moral
support OF his $500 900 rlfes and his
krupp guns, His example has spread
as eontagipn. Whom the Chlna-Jap-
eneHe war oamc and Bng ish frade with
China was threatened. great howl
FOR mediation went up from Lon on,
I'm the name OF humanity" was the
prcteSt; lin the name OF our pocket
books" was the fact Not a Response
came from Berlin. Vienna, st Peters,
burg OF Paris, mum 4 echo from
Rome was all and there the ENGLISH
proposal endGd. with fAtuous dis
patches concerning Chinc4e Victories
and ialsehoods calculated TO prejudice
the powers against Japan. Enpiand
continued her intrigue FOR mediation
on behalf Of her trade. Then came he
Japancae victories. which threatened
the eNigtence OF Tho Chinese empire