Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-07
THE NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

practice Is bad. Gordon notwithstanding
all that Is said never got into the skin OF
the Philippians and Mahdists. England
never got into the skin of the Indians
Cromer confessedly never got into the skin
or the Egyptians. America never got into
the skin of the red man. And Germany,
finally. never got into the skin of the
Cameroons. as amply shown. by the recent
colonial scandals which pointedly accuse
Germany's boosted civilization. The polti-
cal moral is this: Emperor William will
oppose the new triplice with whatever
force there may oe left In the old triplice
plus the Indians. Egyptians and Turks and
that unknown quantity. the Moslem popula-
tons. assembled under the banners of a
molly war under the protection of the
German emperor.
The Nouvelle PreSse I.ibre of Vienna ex-
presses malicious commentary upon the
Franco-Spanish agreement:
slennese There are advantages GER
Comment tainly for France and Eng
land, for in a war against
Germany or the United States these two ma
lions would require Spanish ports" The in
situation as to the United States is re-
marked merely to accentuate, the fact Of its
imbecility and at the same time to express
surprise that an Intelligent journal would
print such nonsense.
LIE Temps, referring to the Franco-Spanish
ey' says: A like arrangement (which
spain negotiated with England was COM
municated to the DUAL d'Orsay at the same
time The object is the same between Eng
land and Spain as between England and
FRANCE. Spain and France have possess
sions IN the Mediterranean and in the
Atlantic. The former are insular the lat
ter African. Both powers. united by bonds
OF solid friendship. have an evident interest
that the statu quo in the Mediterranean
and the Atlantic shall not be modified
haV St
greater interest that in case Of complica-
tons their communications with their re-
spective possessions may be assured"
From a general point of view the treaty
marks new stage In the history OF
Franco-Spanish relations. In the course OF
the last century these relations were
marked by troubles. Within the last thirty
years even there was a moment when Spain
appeared on the point of taking sides
against France. These clouds have disap-
peared.
Morocco. which threatened to be a source
OF discord. has become the basis Of an &C
cord in which England has a
moroccan place. The crisis of 19O5-O6
Accord has proved the stability of
the convention The recent
accord crowns the fabric. which. with the
Angio-Spanish treaty, constitutes a diplo-
matte combination of incontestable force.
According to the expression of NJ. Pichon,
the new tripiice represents a pacific
policy" But the minister adds that peace
Is only assured by being strong, and to be
strong 1t Is necessary to form a group, a
plead Of friends. augmenting the force of
the country"
To this manifestation of satisfaction LIE
Temps makes a single reservation:
Our geographical situation is such sthat
II there should commence an era of diff
nrr1f f., ,;1l~ 90
would be destined to bear the first shock.
and the heaviest. Diplomats of value and
military men of distinction cannot be SUBJ.
stituted one for the other: they may be
multiplied, but they may not replace each
other. The results obtained by M. Pichon
do not excuse his colleagues of the war
and marine ministries from maintaining
extreme vigilance. For a fact diplomatic
actions operations of credit, whose
basis is constituted by what may be called
the military reserve fund of every people.
AS pacific as we may be. and in order to
remain SO, let US think ever OF that reserve
fund"
The official journals Of Berlin discuss the
new conventions with manifest ill-feeing
and alarm. The Deutsche Tages Zeitung
writes that the Anglo accords, are import
ant from four points of view:
First Of all, they may appear in a certain
measure directed against Italy. because
Italy may esteem that the close union of
France and Spain is intended as a counter
Ddfance 10 the maintenance OF Italy the
old triple alliance.
Second. these accords are not directed d.
rectly against Germany, but they never
theless constitute a new link in the chain
of treaties which evidently exclude Ger
many from cooperation in the worlds
work.
Third, they permit England to reduce her
fleets in furnishing facilities to concentrate
entirely in the North sea in case of war
against Germany.
Fourth, and for the reason that the At
lantic ocean is included in the domain of
the new treaties. this fact may be in
terpreted as directed against America q,
and this is perhaps the most important
point of the treaties
X
The Paris press has been considerably
stirred up over insinuations of the press Of
Germany that overtures had
Americas been made by the German
n.:.;, emperor to the United States
with the view Of rendering
assistance in the Pacific in the event of a
war with Japan. The printing of such
chaff does small credit to the intelligence