The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-03
NO IMPROVEMENT.
The Strained Relations in Europe About
 the Same.

The Strained Relations in Europs About the Same.
 Berlin, Feb. 2.-The relations between the governments of Germany and Great
 Britain have not shown signs of im-
 provement within the last few days and
 particularly since it became known that the diplomatic efforts of the latter have been directed toward bringing Italy in- to agreement independent of her pres ent allies. The treaty binding the triple alliance-Austria, Germany and Italy will fall renewable in 1897. Hitherto Germany and Austria. have rlo reason to suppose there would be any change in the relations of the contracting govern ments which would cause Italy to desire to alter the terms of the dreibund pact;
 but within the last two weeks Signor
 Crispi, prime minister to Italy, is re- ported to have sent instructions to the Italian ambassadors at Vienna and
 Berlin to sound the Austrian and Ger
 man government as to their views in regard to the notifications of the re- responsibilities of Italy under the pres
 ent treaty. As the result of Crispi's correspondence with his representatives
 Count Nigra, Italian ambassador to Austria, an ardent supporter of the tri- pie alliance, has gone to Rome to influ ence the maintenance of the dreibund,
 In official circles no alarm is felt that
 Italy sentire withdrawal from the terms of the treaty upon its expiration will be sought, it being held that as long
 as Crispi is in power that would be im-
 proba ble, if not impossible. The embar- rassmenlts of the Italian government
 through its expenditures of men and
 money in Abyssinia are recognized as supplying fair reason for few minor changes in the treaty, but the Vienna
 government seems to have taken an
 alarm, especially since Lord Salisbury's s
 intrigues against Germany have as-
 sumed tendency to cut off Italy from
 the triple alliance As an immediate
 result of the new developments nego- tiations with view to the determina-
 tion of a new treaty are about to be
 accelerated. The passionate language indulged in by the semi-official German
 press in referring to Lord Salisbury's
 policy in Armenia has behind 1t more than official inspiration dare denote.
 The hostility of the respective policies
 of the German and English govern
 ments increases.
 The British bluebook on the situa- ton in Armenia has become sur
 face motive for a German attack upon
 England The North German Gazette
 holds that the British government de-
 layed publicity of the report contained in the book because the current stories
 of the massacres in Armenia were found to have been greatly minimized. The conflicts between the Armenians and Turks or Kurds at Sassoun have
 been shown to have had their origin in the deviltry of Armenian agitators,
 who matched plots involving violence to
 obtain the sympathy of the credulous
 Christian world.
 The critical condition of foreign af- fairs have altered the plans which the emperor has made for his spring outing. He has abandoned his notion of going ito the Mediterranean on a yachting trip and the empress has also given up her sojourn at Abazza. The kaiser on Thursday had long conference at the foreign office with Baron Marschall von Bieberstein, minister of foreign affains, ard he also had a prolonged interview
 with M. De Szogyeny Marich, the Aus trian ambassador