GERMAN DIPLOMACY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 121, 14 February 1908, Page 7

GERMAN DIPLOMACY.

MOROCCO. THE BAGDAD RAILWAY. NO DESIGNS ON A PERSIAN PORT. BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. . Berlin, February 12. Herr von Schon, Gorman Minister for Foreign Affairs, speaking to tho Budget Committco in tho Reichstag, acknowledged, the straightforward declarations by Ml Pichon, French Foroign Minister, in connection with France's Moroccan policy. Regarding tho Bagdad' railway, Germany, said the Minister, fostered tho undertaking for purely economic reasons. He ridiculed' tho fantastic reports regarding Gormany's contemplated soizuro of a harbour in tho Persian Gulf. , . ; ■ > ; "A THREE-CORNERED ENTENTE." According to the' Paris correspondent of "The Times," the completion of the Bagdad railway is impossible without a complete understanding • between TYance, Germany, and England. ,But there is tho Moroccan question in the way, not to mention other things. In Some quarters'it is being asked:—"Why not bring about a three-cornered entente, and make ufrangcme\its for finishing tho great Asiatic railway?"-!'. "The Times'" correspondent comments:—"The argument is beautifully simple; but, according, to aUbompeteiit Opinion,'the idea is not yet'within the domain of practical politics. From a, genuine improvofneiit. of relations among the great European Powers everything may be hoped for, hut that improvement must' not be_ on the surface alone. Pledges of its durability will bo...required, and may possibly bo It will then be timo enough to open .conversations on the meeting . of tho President of the Republic with AVilliam 11, and to seo whnt can be done by tho . parties concerned towards carrying .out. the gigantic scheme of.A highway between Ilamburg ' and • tho'' PerGiitil Gulf-": ■