Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
THAT NORTH SEA VISIT
Conference of Kaiser and Gar
Fraught With Significance.
Special Correspondence of The Star

special Correspondence Of The Star
PARIS. July 80 1906
Not since the meeting on the field of The
cloth of gold has there been a coming To-
gether of two sovereigns which has at
tracted as much attention as the mystic
rious meeting in the North sea Of Emperor
William and the car
This is the way the leading Paris news
papers are talking of the situation. Every
where 1t is recognized that the meeting IS
Of tremendous import In world politics. 1t
Is regarded as indicating that there Is an
understanding between Germany and Rus
sia which will at least demonstrate to the
world that the yellow peril. will be held
In check The consensus Of the opinions Of
the greatest writers upon European poll
tics is to the effect that the kaiser has
practically assured the car that the Japa-
nese shall not be allowed to exact terms
which cannot be met And in a case of
last resort German bayonets may be relied
upon to suppress any rebellion within the
domfnfons of the car. In other words. IL
1t becomes absolutely necessary the kaiser
will protect the car against outside inva-
sion and against the worst phases of inter-
nal rebellion. This is believed to indicate
that the German emperor has become prac-
tically a protector. or, as one writer has it,
a big brother of the car
The English-French Have Feast :
This is now believed to be the secret of
the entente cordiale between France and
England. The Brest festivities demon
strated feeling of friendship between the
two nations which might have been regard
ed as absolutely impossible a few years
ago. The scene at Brest Is one that will
lnger long on the memories Of the world
The incidents which occurred there were
not noteworthy. perhaps. il taken by
themselves, but, taken as a part of new
alignment among the nations Of the earth.
1t Is interesting II not significant For
instance. II should be remembered that the
entente cordiale between France and Eng
land means the establishment Of cordial re-
lations between France and Japan. since
Japan is regarded as England ally.
The question which is today agitating all
Europe is whether the car of all the Rus
siaS has come to the conclusion that Ger
many, nation to large extent responsive
to the will of the kaiser, Is better able 10
protect him on his throne than a nation
like France. where public sentiment must
be consulted This being the case, does 1t
mean that the old-tme alliance between
France and Russia is to be abandoned.
new alliance between Russia and Germany
taking Its place? If this Is the case the
growing friendship between France and
England on the one side and between Ger
many and Russia on the other can be I'M
derstood.
Views of M Delcasse.
The statements of NJ. Delcasse take high
rank While they cannot be regarded as
official documents, nevertheless they are
more Interesting than many documents. In
his latest announcement. after affirming
that he had succeeded in establishing har-
mony among the three Latin nations. M.
Delcasse remarked in reference to the en-
tente cordiale with England that serious
and efficaciouS policy is not carried on with
sentiments of sympathy or antipathy, with
memories and regrets, with retrospective
considerations. 1t was based upon the
present and upon material interests Where
would be the interests of France? On the
side of Germany or on the side of England?
Our commercial balance sheet can at once
furnish the reply. Which is the better GUS
toner? England. We sell her every year
hundreds of millions of dollars worth of
merchandise. Read the commercial sta
tistics What does Germany buy from US?
Almost nothing. She sells us all she can.
That is the daily bread in the life of ma
tions Do we pretend to be able to carry
on a struggle of arms with England leay-