Evening star., 1911-01-08

, the reference to the latter distributed .
very generous load of bouquets to Ger
man bankers. which would have caused
them hilarity IL SO disposed. For the
rest the chancellor declared that Ger
| many as well England desired to
avoid rivalry in their armaments.
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NJ. Gabriel Hapotaus, former. wilpsHr
Of foreign srnrss OF France: wrs- WIN
more, hSn-ordMxry--eu
Accounting : aori,y isfs Re..se sseO-
Demanded. ,,on Sa po,,.,spI Ss
Balance
| triple entente for "a HccourrtIg: ss,W here
lost? What are. ihe Tesnasg .M. ,AanS,
| taux does not answer tiese questions.
for these are secrets that the gods may
not know as wen as QfTsomats BUT Nj.
IIanota,ix Is highly ntersstiaE.s sndsH he
does not aim 10 be. : s.prophst he. u at
NJ Hanotaux declares that the group
ment of England, France and nussia Is
not so solid that ii may not be broken,
In general way II Is a friendly ess.
tente, an entente cordiale. and he adds.
cynicaliy, "and the rest, Instituted
after Russian defeats. II was built uron
its ruins. 1t had at the bottom of Its
existence the old RUSSO English, iantago-
nism in Asia. But necessity makes law.
and the two governments in the presence
| of a new situation. with the Germans
and the Japs in View sigfled a'pact Gf
moderation and of forgetfulness."
France was already an ally and aided
| in the reconciliation of, Russia and Eng
land. The reconciliation. he admits, was
/ the work of a king and a minister. Both
4. t.stt a
entente remained strong, .beca ise base!
upon the general aspiration o. peoples
| for peace and Independence. The gov
ernments' ato London, Pals and st.
| Petersburg had entered what had been
| termed an "enchantment.' a defensive
circle Thus the triple entehte had dis
| played wisdom, reason, utility, but IL
should not be expected to do things be-
yond its limitations. 1t transformed it
| self according TO the current Of public
opinion. and in the art of manufacturing
and directing public opinion England had
no rival. The triple entente was strong
in its capacity to inspire confidence. HID
the triple entente exercised its strength
sufficiently? asked NJ. Hanotaux, who ap.
pears to have little faith in ii.
The Bosnia Herzegovina incident was
| proof of the weakness of the triple en-
tente. Italy was not satis-
Weakness fed, and Germany even
frowned. But the opportu-
nifty was lost and the diplo-
mats Of the triple entente backed down
and out. The Turkish loan was a fiasco.
| There remained third question, the
Cretan affair. 1t had a bad appearance
| and no one might forecast the result. x
NJ. Hanotaux unuertahs-s 10 rSa.Iina
| the causes Of the weakepipg. OF the triple
entente. The interior crisis In England
| and the feeling ameng her friends and
associates that thn.s are Gu, 81 tbs'ra
| there is a serious subject of reflection.
England Is passing through constitu-
| tional and perhaps social crisis. NJ.
HanotauX laments the pa.sin that
"plutocracy" which he sa'utes with rev.
erence and which he says has presided
So long over England's destinies. $50
long," he adds. las England will not
| have seen clearly into her future, IL will
be impossible for her to govern otherS."
Nj. fianotaiX declares tnat w,tfiout A
signal unionist victory (and there was
defeaD Eng and would be weakened and
cease her imperialist expansion policy.
He regretted to see England's power
pass into the hands of Irishmen, Scots.
men and Welshmen.
England, according TO NJ. Hanotaux.
may attempt federalism and even social
agrariapism. II SO she would remain in
definitely occupied with interior a uSsti6ns
to the exclusion OF exterior matters. The
principal wheel 'of the triple entente dis
abled the entire ma chine Would faila Sneh
is the sense which M. Hanetaux gives to
two recent events which are connected
the fall of NJ. Isvolsky and the interview
at Potsdam.
Germany has seized this favorable op-
portunity to direct all her energies to a
point in the orient whore
Flank the flank Of the triple
entente was exposed.
Attdch. In the orient the triple
alliance is strong because OF its military
power From Austria Hungary 10 Reu-
mania, to Turkey and to Asia Minor there
is a route already traced-the valley OF
the Danube, along which Germany is
marching England is at the end of this
route, in India. -
Russia opposed with all her force. the
first project of the Bagdad railway, but
many things happened at home and IA
the far. east to. cause her to throw her-
self into the arms Of England. II was
then that NJ. Isvolsky. in contact with
the triple entente, accepted the division
of Russian influence in Persia with tnat
of England.
The Russo-German agreement at. Potsr
dam is one Of those surprises that must
startle even. the diplomat. and discredlts
the trixJ3e entente even more than tie
annexation of Bosnia Herzegovina. Ac-
cording to the agreement, we are told, the
German Ba .dad railway, connecting With
Russian trancaspian roads. Is to follow
the right bank of the Euphrates to the
Persian gulf-to koweit, the key to In
dia! <
What part. IL any, has England played
in this extraordinary abandonment or
ancient ideals? None whatever. If we are
to take seriously those English journals
which declare that England VIII fight
rather than permit the Germans to reach
the Persian gulf. and notably. koweit
Is this Potsdam agreement. after al, n
mere experimental balloon. an adroit
move on. the. part OF. the kaiser to put
his finger in the Persian pie?- Germany
certainly Is a long way of from any
possibility of obtaining the money for
any, such an enterprise. The Gazette de
Weser contains the following, significant
note which is said to be officially IN
spired ea.e.7~ =. 54... !
.'The problem remains in suspense, II
will continue in the future an object or
general exchange of views for an open
diplomacy. II is the interview at Pots
dam which will have formed the basis
of pacific discussion" ...
AS the nineteenth century witnessed
the division of Africa into European
spheres. the twentieth century may be
hold the peaceful partition OF Asia. But
it should be borne In mind that the oper-
alton in Africa was rendered compara-
lively easy, because the African was an
unconscious savage. The Asiatic is quite
another proposition. y.,.5.
The triple alliance and the triple en-