FRENCH STATESMEN UNEASY.
KAISEB'S INFTIENCE IN ITJBSET. ■,1 MENACE TO THE PEACE OF ETTROPE. PARIS, November S. The-Kaiser's increasing diplomatic injgnence in Turkey is a source of uneasiness to French statesmen, who see in it ■danger to the poaee of Europe. It is realised that the rejuvenation of . the Ottoman Empire is a great menace. ' 'Ik ii might easily beeonw , the forerunner .of &• great Btruggle between Christian's and Jiusselmans which is bound to brenk liotit in the French-African possessions. Admiral Beeson points out that the Kaiser is interested in the creation of a stroll" , Tiii-kish fleet, and in the rapid increase of the Austrian navy. The Adjniral is convinced that this activity is a preliminary to a formidable attack that frill be directed agaijist Tripoli; He predicts aleo a movement to wrest Algeria, Tunis, and Morocco from Francs, and Egypt f r °m Great Britain, thus •bafnng the road to India, whose popula-tion-would, be stirred to rebellion as the only means of thwarting the Kaiser's icheines. •Admiral Beeson recommends the build■iag.ofbatfleships and a powerful Anglo'iFrench fleet as the best guarantee of peace.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 271, 15 November 1910, Page 9
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182FRENCH STATESMEN UNEASY. Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 271, 15 November 1910, Page 9
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