Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-26
THAT SAID TO BE KAISER'S PUR-
POSE IN CONTROVERSY.
PREPARES FOR SEA CLASH
other Powers in Concert to ThWart
Ambitions of William as Ruler Of
Europe-Turkey Would Help kais-
er-Germany REEVES Plan of Cam
paign.

ST. Petersburg, June 21.-Speaking
to correspondent yesterday a former
Russian ambassador to Paris said:
France must yield to Germany.
Russia IS unable to help her. The
army is in Manchuria and it is impos
sible to raise new forces. There is an
absolute lack of funds, officers and am
munition. Germany controls our in
dustries, commerce and finances, and
the supplies for our army and navy.
A recent secret treaty gave her rights
of interior navigation, and she can
at moments notice stop all supplies.
Turkey Would Help Kaiser.
Turkey is Germany's ally, and in
case of war would invade the Crimea.
The western garrisons have gone to
Siberia, and it is as much as the re-
naming troops can do to occupy Po-
land The kaiser is aiming at England
and has chosen a propitious moment
for settling his accounts. He will
force France to dissolve its alliance
and to disarm. This will enable Will
lam to reduce his army and to devote
his means to charging his navy so as
to be prepared for the supreme strug
gle to wrest the supremacy Of the Sea
from England.
Williams Plans Ripen.
This has been the object Of German
during the last decade The
kaiser instigated the boer, China-Japan
and Russo-Japanese wars. He mas iso-
lated and weakened Britain. Now he
DULLES France thinking that internal
dissensions and the army scandals
have disabled the republic. Russia's
disasters leave the kaiser unopposed
in Europe. William has been diligen:-
ly endeavoring to create an industrial
coalition against America. The Ger
mans are also melting the Chinese to
boycott American manufacturers. Won
Buelow is inducing Russia to put pro-
hibitive taxes on American manufac-
lures. Despite all this Presidenr
Roosevelt supports William and unless
Britain can enlist America and Japan
on its side the triumph of Germany is
assured
Europe Fears the Kaiser
London, June 21.-Big plans are talk
irg shape for defeating the kaiser's
supposed purpose to establish German
Thus far these plans are mainly hypo-
thetic; but under the pressure OF
events they may speedily assume tan
eibility. The suggested scheme
springs from the general anxiety as to
the character and limits of the kais-
er's imperial policy and contemplatex
harmonious if not definitely defined
allied attitudes toward the European
situation ON the part of Russia. France
and England.
Want to Preserve Peace.
To keep the peace would be the
whole purpose of the proposed com
bination. All thought of aggression
against Germany is absent. The
Frenchmen concerned renounce the
dream of recovering the territory lost
in 1871. The Russians agree to re-
frain from menacing preparations on
Germany's eastern frontier and the
English pledge themselves to respond
to Germany7s increase in naval
strength only by adding correspond
ingly to their own power Of defense at
sea. 1t is even said that Germany
might be taken into the confidence of
the cooperating powers and invited to
support the common effort to promote
tranquility. :.
Plan to Revive Russia
To be sure the arrangement would
contain no specific indication that it
German motives; yet its effect would
be the organization of moral forces in
Europe incompatible with German
hegemony. Now that Russia's project
OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT in the far east has |
failed and the car is humbled by
disaster at home and abroad the ma
iOr part of Europe wants to see the !
Slav empire rehabilitated 1t par
feels this way because of the |
recent development Of the kaiser's |
proud and domineering bent.
Wish to Offset Germany.
1t would be no surprise to see the
relaxation of England's opposition to
Russia in the far east in order that
the freer action of the car there
might povide a counter influence to
the headstrong policy of the kaiser
are peculiarly favor
able to such a contingency now be-
cause the extended Anglo-Japanese al
lance renders England less afraid of
the precedent of important extension
Of Russian power. Moreover, English
men forsee a liberated and regenerat-
ed Russia with which it will be safe
and pleasant to be on terms of init
macy.
Revises Plan of Campaign.
Berlin, June 21-FTench nervous
ness over German invasion which the
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