NAVAL AGREEMENTS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 98, 1 June 1914, Page 8

NAVAL AGREEMENTS.

BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND RUSSIA.

GERMAN PRESS STATEMENT.

' By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.

(deceived June 1, 9.45 a.m.) BERLIN, May 31.

The "Tagliche Rundschau" says that Britain has definitely rejected the requests of Russia and France to join the Franco-Russian Naval Convention. SiT Edward Grey, the journal adds, intimated that the Government desired, in deference to British sentiment, to maintain good relations with Germany, and avoid any step which might be regarded as directed against the latter country.