AN ALLIANCE-THEN PEACE.
I Said the ''Daily Telegraph l ' correspondent at St. Petersburg, writing early in December: "I have unimpeachable eonlirmation for the statement which I have telegraphed on several previous ocea--ions that Russien diplomacy is provilently reckoning with the necessity of niaking a lasting peace with Japan," and is preparing the pvound for an offensive ■md defensive alliance, which is now a:, nn indispensable condition 'I even a partial success of Russia's Eastern policy, The Russian Press now 'ssurw ihe Japanese that in Great Britain the interests of traders take precedence over the duties of allies, and with Russia's prep:nt means of menipuleting 'he foreign Press she may arouse mistrust between two allies more easily than is commonly supposed."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 17, 20 January 1905, Page 5
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120AN ALLIANCE-THEN PEACE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 17, 20 January 1905, Page 5
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