The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-05
MAY DEVELOP into
TRIPLE ENTENTE
Turkey Slated for Place oi
Russia, With England and
France.
PREPARES SPEECH MUSEUM
Artists Fear Proposed Restric-
tons Will Injure French
Art.
BY GEORGE DUrnEsNE.

tSPcSiol apls 10 Ihe Tim Dlspatch.1
| Paris, March i.--Negotiations with
Turkey relative to .Asiatic railroads
Viii depend Very much on the condi.
lions which the Ottoman government
may wish to impose on Franco. The
cabinets OF London and Paris have. il
appears. promised to keep each an cou.
SAINT IN the proceedings that In a month
'r two may develop into q triple en-
.ente, in which Turkey will take the
| slacc of Russia
The Temps has upbraided NJ. Pichon
.or having departed from his attitude
IN December. 1909, when he said tina
me Important affairs OF Bagdad could
aot be regulated without the euui,ab bio
| So-operation'' OF Britain France and
RUSSIA with Germany On January Is,
! .9ll. the minister declared that The
same aHair was Of no interest TO
france. contradictions OF this sort
nave done much to shake confidence
IN me Foreign Minister. II remains
| now TO repair the mischief as far as
possible
The triple entente has peen tried in
the balance and found wanting Tur-
KeY is alarmed at the encroa chments OF
germany. and at last seeks the support
OF the Two powers she has hitherto
treated with some levity.
The Echo de Paris states that Two
or three weeks will be required to bal.
ance Turkish desiderata with French
interest, and then serious negotiations
VIII begin. The impression in Paris Is
that the British government viii act
oari passu with France. SO that tho niti-
mats accord may identify the interests
or the three powers obviously, the
so-called desiderata OF Turkey tend to
"ra ising the wind
Dtavid Bey. the Turkish Finance Min.
ister is the ardent advocate Of The
new triple entente. and Djavid never
acts without considerations"
The publication Of the private lat.
tiers Of the late NJ. Waldeck- Rousseau.
me celebrated French statesman. who
| founded the Republican bloc at a time
when the regime waR menaoed by re-
dictionary conspiracy, has shed light on
at least one obscure point. NO one
quite knew who discovered" NJ.
/ Gomoes. 1t now appears that Waldeck-
Rousseau chose him as his successor.
~ lived TO regret it. and his last speech
| IN inc Senate was lament on the sub
/ lect NJ. Conbes was the nrdent advo-
cate OF rigid and INSCRIPTIONS Jacob
inisn and the country gave a sigh of
! relief when his reign came to an end.
Since his day We have had NJ. Clemen :
csau and NJ. BRAND. With the latter
the bloc ceased to exist but he hae ha 4
10 pay the penalty. Ali his difHcuIties
/ nave proceeded from the snares laid
/ lot him by the dsbanded Combists
Hence something like a sensation has
! been caused by the news that NJ
combes has decided to accept NJ Bri-
and's policy and that there lie to be a
| general reconcilfN,ion
NJ. Combes is too tenacious to rive
way In anything. II the report be
! true, It means that NJ Eriand has
gone over to NJ Combes. and tina,
soon there will be another anti-clerica]
campaign in the chamber.
armed with recording gramophone
NJ Ponge. schoolmaster, spends hi.
leisure hours lying in walt for stree.
crlers In populous quarters. Ffe Is pre-
pairing museum OF speech, which h.
VIII leave behind him for the instruc.
ton Of future ases. When he hears
inc Partisan equivalents of milk" o,
the huffman. he pounces on him anc
compels them to sing or ring belle into
his receiver. He has already collected
the cries OF the birdseed man, tho veg.
etanle woman. the nshwife. the basket
maker. the OF clo'es man, the window
pane mender, the flower men selling
ninosa, and the shrill tenor who pieces