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interest in Recall of Ambassa-
dor to Russia.
COMPLAINT BY SAZON0FF
Said Plans for Italo- Turkish Media.
ton Were Not Transmitted.
DIFFERENCES NOT SERIOUS
Fact Cars Government Is Engaged
in Two Policies May Have
Caused Trouble. 7

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LONDON. Nav ia sensation VAS
caused throughout the diplomatic world
by the announcement Thursday in l.'Echo
de Paris that the French ambassador az
ST. Petersburg. Georges Louis Was 10
be recalled because NJ. Sazonoff. the Rus
sian foreign minister had complained
that VI. Louis had not transmitted 10
Paris NJ. Sazonoff's plans OF mediation IN
the Italo-Turkish war
While II later became apparent that tho
story was overdrawn. the assertions
relative TO Russian dissatisfaction with
the French governments Representatives
at st. Petersburg generally are regarded
as trustworthy.
There is a slight rift in the lutte OF
Franco-Russian friendship. NJ. Poincars
does not see eye to eye with NJ Sazo-
noff I'm the matter of negotiations 10 bring
the Italo-Turkish war 10 an end. and
Russia's secret rapprochement with Italy
is viewed with dissatisfaction by the
French cabinet
France has been kept posted by her
northern ally on the latter's negotiations
with Italy. but, a French diplomat
put IL. we are never asked for advice
before the fact is accomplished"
Cause or Discomfort.
The suggestion is that the French
foreign Offices discomfort was due to the
French ambassadors failure TO present
the Russian plans in a favorable light TO
the DUAL d'Orsay.
The difference between France and Rus
STA is not serious. and is easily suscepti-
BILE to diplomatic arrangement. and In
well informed quarters here there Is not
. fr.x- lar
list article published in todays Daily
Telegraph to the effect that there had
been a definite turn. for the worse In the
European situation.
II is true enough that the situation
cannot be called satisfactory as long as
the Italo-Turkish war continues to at
ford opportunity for fishing in troubled
waters, the Russian action throughout
being particularly bewildertng.
The root of the trouble Is. as the
Daily Telegraph correspondent puts IL.
1.-The fact that Russia is at the present
engaged upon two distinct and irrecon-
cilable policies. She saw in the ltalo-
Turkish war a chance of drawing Italy
from the triple alliance, and she alsa
saw an opportunity of clearing the OAR
danelles for her warships and OF con-
firming to her certain necessary
from the triple alliance, and she also
Minor.
Powers Are Bewildered.
Now, she could only hope to incur the
hostility of Germany by the former poll
icy. She could only achieve the latter
end by concerted action with her west
ern neighbor. With singular want e
foresight, she attempted to do both &C
once, to the bewilderment of the powers
and at serious risk OF causing general
coniagration-
I'm France. in particular. 1t was com-
pletely mystifying, and the sudden ac-
cess OF suspicious colored the relations
between the two countries. Ii Is. indeed.
practically certain that the resentment or
Russia against the alleged action OF the
French ambassador in st. Petersburg
was due to the halting way In which
France co-operafed with Russia when
the latter wished to intervene on behalf
of Italy.
"One can understand the difficulty in
which French diplomacy found Itself.
Premier Poincare's intention to pay a
visit to st. Petersburg, which was an
nounced the other day, indicates both that
there are some matters to be Strengthened
out and that he has confidence In his
ability to straighten them"