THE POWERS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 231, 23 June 1908, Page 7

THE POWERS.

iWAPER'S ENQUIRIES AS TO .PEACE.

ALSACE AND LORRAINE.

MANOEUVRES OF GERMAN ARMY

IT TSLEfIttAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPTJUQHIt

(Rec, June 22, 10.35 p.m.)

Berlin, Juno 22. Army manoeuvres directed by the Kaiser will be hold shortly in Alsaco and Lorraine for the first time. The defenco of fortified field positions beWeen Srvavlmi'g and Bensdorf will bo the chief problem of the manoeuvres. In order to allay uneasiness caused by the mooting at Jleval of King Howard and iht Esftr, the "Nouo Freio Prdsse" (Vienna) addrossed inquiries to a number of prominonfc persons in Britain, Franco, and Russia upon the prospects of peace. A great majority, including Lord Curzon, replied that the international outlook was most peaceful. M. Homiakoff, President of tbo Duma, toplied that war would bo suicidal for Russia, therefore fears in connection with the rapprochement between Britain and Russia wero groundless. Tha "Nouo Froio Presse" of Vienna possesses a world-wide Teputation, _ espocially for its financial column; and oil this ground, and on its position as one of tho leading journals of the-country which is Gormony s ally and which is the connecting link of the triple Al : liance, probably no other, paper has a better claim to send out interrogatories on so important a subiect. If. Homiakoft 5 reply isnit only a peaceful assurance but an argumentative ono, implying that Russia, with her present burdens. has 110 time to make war. On ths other hand, the Kaiser is to load army manoeuvres in tho provinces which Germany took irom France in 1870.