The sun., 1905-10-09

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ffsess.f fsfmss egwe,HsoeW ~ lass
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~ feHaunes ~ tllisnss si'h Trsnes AMI
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tho raap@ft,loa NJ Aus,gis ea,tla No pa
HeH Hpan ~ should then ~ifars@ Q ~.
rival ~ ths' Dyr,s NJ sse~g ltuaa vhsrb
fof = sRile IN ths 10 Dominated rafope
swh fevivtl 10 eonsesyshls nss enly
awins ~ tho tlss N bpoa Nv wh,rh fhs
HOstsorps ses bound ~ the HoHsss
gUtARass bH slso beeapse ihs sstior
~ith wh,oh 'hs Ra~.,sn p~cpls originality
welrc'wed tho alliance v,h ffsn-e has
conl~d peteep,ibly sinre The ousbfrsk ~
tho vsf IN tho Far Fsr inuu~~tioh.
,bly tho 'yInpa'hv ~ " Dylfs ssas fof
H,isais l.,i hisn in her ihserea, io drstch,
II no, altogether tssnacensi, th. pfsvmI-
ina concep,ion ~ = ns,tssIs duties and
~ provok" on Japans part q natural
resentment, which but for tnsland's
paeifyins influence might have ssrlous
consequences Thers h, nevertheless,
M doubt that Russians felt that France
should have gone even further than .he
did, and they took N III that Ut the tins
when peace conference was moo,ed
the Paris bankers should have refused
positively 10 lend any more money for
the prosecution NJ tl,e war
II is possible. also. that some Russians
are car able 81 making the cynical re-
fection tha, the French orange has been
sucked dry, nearly two billions OF dollars
having been extracted in one way or
another by Russia from France during
the last fifteen years Germany, on the
other hand, has been unmilked, and the
fact is likely TO be remembered that at
the crisis when the Portsmouth confer
cnce threated to prove abortive there
were limitations that Russia might OBJ
tain some sinews OF war from Berlin.
The Russian borrower would find, now
ever, that Germany's surplus capital
available for foreign loans il relatively
limited, whereas If Russia were to join
an Anglo-French combination, she
would gain access to the almost mex
haustible financial resources of Great
Britain and the United States. Then.
again, it would be much easier to recon-
cile the interests Of Russia with those
of Great Britain and France than with
those Of Germany as regards the ques-
ton OF the BOsporus, which has now
become OF vital moment to the Czar.
We would not underrate the pressure
that may be exerted by Emperor Will
LIAM through many channels at St
Petersburg, and given the vacillating
character of NICHOLAS III. the substi-
tuition of Germany for France in the role
OF the Cars next friend cannot be pro-
noanced impossible. Yet we feel sure
tnat all the influence with which Count
WITTE is credited will be used to effect
u cordial understanding between Russia
and the Angio-japanese alliance in Asia
and between Russia and the Anglo
French entente in Europe.