Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
\ NEW ALLIANCE.
If All Europe is to be Against Brit
ain She Would Like Our Aid
and Italy's.

London, Sept. 16.-The st. James
Gazette this afternoon publishes a
leading editorial article headed. "a
New Triple Alliance"
In the course of it's remarks on the
subject the st. James Gazette points out
the menacing tone of the continental
semi-official press on the subject of Tur-
key and says: 1--WE are openly threat
ened with joint hostile European action
if we interfere Gin Turkey against the
will Of the powers. But there is one
combination which British craftsmanship
might effect.
Two states which have little to gain
from Russia could act with us and end
tho tension. The United States and
Italy are both understood to be friendly
to Russia. Nevertheless neither is yet
too deeply involved to be able to assume
an independent attitude under British
inspiration.
"Why should not England, the United
States and Italy form new dreibund
Alone of the nations of the earth the
people of the United States can under
stand the impulse which would drive
Englishmen to war in order to suppress
tyranny or rescue the oppressed. Plenty
of Americans would regard with enthusi-
assn the spectacle of the Union Jack
and the stars and stripes floating side by
side in the Bosphorus or to back up their
joint demand"
Continuing, the St. James Gazette
points out that Italy is ready to join
England in this matter if invited. The
article concludes: 'It might be ex-
pected that the Russian combination
would go to pieces at the mere
aspect of this genuine league of
peace and that the new driebund might
lead to a fresh grouping of the powers
and the delivery of Europe both from
Turkish misrule and the dangerous thral-
dom to Russia into which it is sinking"
London, Sept 1.-THE st. James
Gazette this afternoon returns to the dis
:ussion of it's proposition of new drei-
bund to be formed by Great Britain,
the United States and Italy for the set
tlement Of the Armenian question, and
says: eff Great Britain, the United
States and Italy, presented the Sultan
with a joint demand that certain condi-
tions must be complied with in three
days time, it is highly probable that his
Russian advisers would intimate to Abb
dull Hamid that he would have to yield,
and it is not impossible that the de-
mand Of the three powers would present.
~ become that of united Europe. Ii
Abdul Hamid was advised against his
own interests so strongly that he re-
fused to yield to them, an Anglo-1talo
fleet with such American vessels as
could arrive on time could force the
Dardanelles and dictate terms in the
Bosphorus. The mere existence of such
an alliance would probably be sufficient
to convince not merely the Sultan, but
persons and powers of greater weight,
that atrocities must end.
The article in the St. James Gazette
concludes with the following statements:
''In the event of graver complications
ensuing, the new dreibund would enable
us to face them with the material sup
port of a fine navy whose addition to
ours would make us equal to any possi-
BILE combination and would give us the
moral support of the gigantic civilized
nation which no other state would care
to have among it's opponents"