Evening star., 1907-09-01
VII AT WILHELMSH0EHE.

France as to the Egyptian question. with
Japan, with Russia and now with Ger
| many, thus weaving a network of ententes
which fortify the peace OF the world.
/ DR.. SPAIN. recently reviewing the situa-
| ton of Germany and the powers. said that
| in his opinion the most important powers
| after the battle of Tsushima, from the psnt
! of view of German foreign policy were Eng
| land. France. Japan and America. In Eng
land. although there was a liberal govern-
| ment. there was no change IN British FOR
| eign policy. Thanks to King Edward. who
had shown to the world how powerful a
/; factor the monarchy still remained In par
! liamentary England. Great Britain had
| emerged from her splendid isolation The
| effect Of the manifold agreements which
| maritime approaches Of the British empire
| by diplomatic safeguards instead Of as
heretofore. by means Of the navy. The
| British fleets thus relieved from their duties
| being concentrated In English waters. whilst
the colonies were beginning to build navies
| of their own. Great Britains position
| In the world depended upon herscommand
| of the seas. and the liberal government.
| like Its predecessor. was pledged to main
tain British naval supremacy
DR.. SPAIN drew attention to the naval
policy of America and to President Roose-
velts efforts to safeguard
American American interests in the
Flat Atlantic and the Pacific by
means of a powerful navy.
Whether Japan was preparing to treat
america as she had treated Russia he
would not venture to say. Both parties
shrank from a conflict If Japan desired
to fight she would have to strike before
the Panama canal was completed. But
at present five years must eapse before
the japanese navy would be equal to the
task of attacking America. Korea had at
last been absorbed by Japan and the
,, yellow peril was now recognized by the
whole of Europe as one of the great
powers.
Russia's position abroad had been weak
ened by the war with Japan, but the i'm
portance for Germany of good relations
with her eastern neishbor remained un-
changed. and the existence of these rela
tiOns had been demonstrated by the imperial
meeting off Swinemunde. The triple alli-
ancs had been tacitly prolonged. and Italy,
owing to her membership in the alliance.
was at liberty to cultivate the friendship of
France and England, with the result that
she was able to effect economies in her
military and naval budgets.
German foreign policy, continued DR..
SPAIN. was pacific and would be continued.
The attempt to isolate Germany would be-
come dangerous If Germany's interests were
menaced. So far the published state
ments show, Germany has nothing to fear.
SdDIc dispatches OI lne Sitn instant an
nounce from Paris that a cordial exchange
Of views has taken place between NJ. Cam
bon, the ambassador of France, and Prince
Won Buelow, the German chancellor. The
latter agrees that the action of France at
Casa Blanca Is enrirey correct and de-
clares that Germany Will not stand in her
way.
The suggestion that there was possi-
n IN
tween France and Germany
france and has grown into conviction
o since the visit of King Ed
ward to Wilhelmshoehe and
the interviews Of M. Cambon, Prince Won
Buelow and NJ Clemenceau. This possi-
bility, it appears, was in the mind of no
less parsonage than Gambetta, and this
fact has been made the subject of a re-
cent communication to the London Times
of the 18th instant by NJ. Francis Laur, en-
titled ''Gambetta and Bismarck NJ. Laur
writes:
THE right moment for making known
Gambetta's views on Franco-German rela-
tions has now, in my opinion. arrived. The
views of the great tribune on Franco-Ger-
current in France in 1S77-7S opposed to
those which he had himself been instru-
years and opposed to those held by his
dearest friends. That Gambetta at this
moment temporarily refrained from giving
full weight to his new mode of thought is
due to the opposition that he met with on
the part of those same friends and also of
myself-an obscure but no less dear friend
and this explains how 1 owe my knowl-
edge of the matter to the discussions in
which took part. We were justly afraid
of running too violently counter to public
his opportunity for molding it as it lay
in his power to do. and for leading it, as
is the duty Of every statesman worthy
Of the name.
relinquished the idea Of what he once
called In my presence desirable regime
Of confidence between France and Ger
many. with mutual understanding on
about his Incorporate desire to see
France and Germany allies and about
negotiations to that end is exaggerated
and untrue"
In the beginning of 1876 Gambetta Sc
cured information from private channels
in England. in Germany, in
Gambetta's Italy and Russia. He would
v,avs see for himself at Hamburg,
Essen and other centers the
Industrial power Of Germany. No" he said.
this is not the people to rush into war
again at present" The Germans, he saw,
were trying " CONQutT-"m d Tedl NlClOTy-
an economic victory Guizot who was scoffed
at because he urged Frenchmen to acquire
riches rather than seek glory-Guizot was
only half century in advance of Bis
marck and William II. ".Politics without
economics is impossible,"' said Gambetta
on his return from Germany. He went to
Kiel, and there studied the German from a
military point of view. One day he said
to Cen Thomas: I'VE shall catch them up
but we must labor without ceasing and bind
the army to US. heart, brain and fiber, In
order that the world may see In 1t an In
vincible living rampant"
Thus from the economic. scientific and
military point of view Gambettas impress
sions were favorable to economical en-
tente with Germany. He abhorred Bis
marck. and referred to him habitually as
'le monstre!" His ambition was to con-
quer the monster and he did conquer him
by fattering Bsmarck's monomania-the
ant-Jesuit monomania. Bismarck, indeed,
was finally fattered and fascinated, and
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