The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-03-25

= WIS taken by the Khedive's yacht, =
= arriving with fugtves from 4
= Kuala, The yacht picked up 4
4; wireless message reporting the =
X Moslem victory near the Island Of X
X Thaos, of the BAY Of Kavalla. Y
4 The loss Of life is said to be at y
X least 500. X
X \ |
X X X 4 X X X X x X 81 y ~ 49,
characterized the recent French gov. |
ernmcnt, the present head Of the Re- 1
public means, Mt least, to try to recon |
quer for France some of her lost pres
tige in the concert of the Powers, as
well as to break the political power of
Berlin in Europe, objects whose accom-
plishment must involve a resort to arms.
Depends on Germany.
"The situation" he continued, ere
mains at present principally dependent
on Germany's action.
"Will the Berlin war party let pass
forever their undoubted chance to force
the Kaiser into wari If Germany
| postpones the occasion till later it will
be only to find French army far bet
ter prepared to meet her than the pres
ent French army is.
| Germany, if she acts soon, will also
he certainly able to count on half of
'nstria and Italy as AGAINST any move
| by the Russians toward protecting their
slow rethrcn in the Balkans, certain
w which becomes continually weaker as
the old Kaiser of Austria becomes
older and the victorious Balkans con.
time to loom on the horizon as more
practicable possibility.
Believes Britain Faithless.
"Indeed " continued the diplomat,
"never within the past ten years, not
even during the nreyfus and Moroc-
can crises, has a Franco German war
been nearer in sight. Germany builds
confidently on two reasons, namely,
first, that England IS policy with regard
to the French amounts merely to de-
termination to use the French army and
navy should events ever force that nc
cessitv; second, that England is deter
mined to he no party to any triple al
lance which would involve her, should
one of the constituent parties other
than herself be attacked.
"Tn other words, Germany feels that
pritain's regard for France is essen
tally selfish, and that any upheaval in
volving France as principal will find
| AlDlOH dS ever
churchill's Visit.
PARIS, March l0.-The visit to
France of Mr. Winston Churchill,
first lord of the British admiralty, is
regarded as an additional and timely
rivet in the AngloFrench entente,
which from naval and military point
of view has assumed all the advantages
of an alliance. The conversations at
Toulon between Mr.. Churchill and NJ.
Pierre Baudin, French minister of war,
concerned the features of naval cooper.
alton of the British and French fleets
in the event of war, especially with a
view to assuring for France tho safe
sea transportation of troops to Moroc.
, co.
Moreover, the tri-centennial cclehl a.
ton of the Romanoff dynasty on Thurs
day was the occasion of an exchange
. of diplomatic and military views be.
tween the French and Russian govern
ments tending to give greater and
wider effect in Europe to the new CON
ditions assured by the enormous in.
crease of the Russian and French ar.
mics, which will soon be accomplished.
Thus, during the last few days, the pos
litical aspects of the triple entente be.
1
closer from a military point of view
. than ever.
French Socialists.
) The Socialists, led by NJ. Juarcs,
tried to drown the voice of the minister
of war in the chamber of deputies, on
March 6, when the military bill was be-
+ fore that body.
! President Deschanel said at the time:
. - Let them continue; the country will
iudCe.'
, The countrv's first Judgment was
rendered at Nice yesterday. M. Juarcs
/, tried to deliver lecture, but the au.
dience would not allow him to pro-
coed. 1t sang the "Marseillaise" AID
, other national snnrs until he was
obliged to quit the hall. The demon.
stration was renewed later outside the
hotel at which he was staying.