The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-19
ROOSEVELT SEES
NEW WAR MENACE
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will cast upon diplomacy the heaviest
burden it has ever borne. Coming, as
it will, at a moment when the Moroc-
can situation is pregnant with peril
for Franco German relations, when the
implacable Hungarian factions seek to
PSara1lyze parliamentary government 1? in
ton Of the Austro-Hungarian empire,
and when the separation Of Norway
from Sweden tempts the desperate Rus
sian expansionists to recoup toward the
North sea, the peace meeting on Ameri
can soil will be of supreme significance
from European as we'll as an Asiatio
point Of view.
The Jap Indemnity.
The supreme factor is the irreducible
minimum Of Japan s demands.
London, Paris and Vienna are skep-
| tical Of the outcome if the indemnity
should exceed the actual cost of the
1 war to Japan, now estimated, at ap-
proxiinately $700,000,000. Ss%z s@&GE@
FRANC German tension is beyond
/ doubt largely responsible for the sue
cess. of Mr. Rocsevelt's pacific efforts.
The announcement in Madrid, immedi-
ately after the return of King. Alfonso
from Paris and London, that with re-
gard to Morocco, Spain will act in strict
conformity. with the agreement with
| 1duCc, Is Uc1IoNou W IOueCG Guc uulGcu
program Of Britain, Italy. France and
Spain. The bonds Of the dreibund rest
. very lightly upon Italy, whose states
men vastly prefer the French friend
ship.
Trick Worked on Gear.
within sight Of war when N. Delcasse
resigned, all the best opinion! OF. jour
nastis RI i ra astIay Rouyierrepse
suaded the syndicates to withhold aid
when St. Petersburg last asked it; and
when he, known to be grudging par.
tizan of the Franco-Russian alliance, in.
formed the Russian government that
Germany,s course as to Morocco might
compel France to invite Russian aid
with the alternative of throwing up the
alliance if that aid were not forthcom
ing promptly, the advisers of Nicholas
saw how deep is the game the German
emperor playing, the game that began
with his Machiavellian advice to the
czar to send the western frontier regi
ments to Manchuria.
i Talk of Betrayal
This sudden illumination. of the Mus
covite brain, simultaneous with the re-
ceipt, Of Mr.. Roosevelt g friendly mes
sage thru Cassini, brought Russia to he1
knees. a
Today Russian statesmen have a two
fold cause of chagrin; defeat by al
enemy they had despised, and betraya
by Emperor William, ever ready for thu
role Of the honest broker, no matter wht
wins or who loses.
Britain is bent upon continuing he
entente with France and the Latin
states in order to hold Germany to re
straint, a policy to which politician
of all parties are now committed, an
: Is equally DESTROYS of Japan IS aid a
l against a Russian invasion Of Afghan
: stan.
If offensive and defensive alliance
! are not already accomplished facts a
! to both, they soon will be.
Herein lies the hope Of Japan s mag
: nanimity in stating. peace conditions
, An offensive and defensive alliance be
tween London and Toxic is a foregon
I conclusion, and it means the lordship o
3 Asia. The Japanese will never forge
I preme crisis of their national existence
a and they have expressed desire to Civ
q them the best practical proof of the fee
: ing, an enduring pact.
s Cause of the Trouble.
:. The Franco-German trouble date
from the signing of the Anglo-Frenc
Guided a special arrangement betwee
France and England regarding Morot
co, which Germany claims is in contra
! diction to article l Of the conventio
of Madrid, negotiated by the power
represented at the Madrid conferenc
: of 1880l81.
What has especially offended Ge1
d many is the alleged failure Of Franc
n to inform her officially Of the Angle
e French treaty. France claims that Sc,
o enteen days before the treaty we
s signed articles concerning Morocco wei
8 submitted to the German governmer
o and that no objection was raised |
: them.
: The Berlin. government insists thu
, in the negotiation Of this treaty an
:. points to the fact that England,
soon as the treaty was signed, submit
ted the articles affecting Egypt to &c
many for approval. These article
which concerned the Egyptian deb
were approved at Berlin with certai
,e reservations.