INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1042, 3 February 1911, Page 5

INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK.

TRIPLE ENTENTE - AND '. TRIPLE . ■ !,■■'. '.- ' ALLIANCE. ■ ■••;'-'. By Tcieeraph—Press Association--Copyright. ' : Raris, February .1. .. The journal "Le Temps," iii a pessimistic article on the Triple Entente (between Britain, France, and Eussia), says' that neither in a military nor in a diplo-' matic 'way' dees the entente effect what it. could and should. In the midst' of peace it is not effecting anything; in contrast with the unsleeping activity'of theTripk Alliance (Germany, Austria, and Italy), ' ■ • . ' • ■ - . ' BRITAIN AND FRANCE. >. Melbourne, February 2. ; Tho Federal Government banqueted the Admiral and officers of the French cruiser Jlbntcalm. Speeches congratulatory of the growing friendship between the French and English people were" delivered by SirFisher and the Admiral.,. ■~ - . .'". EXTRADITION'tEEATY. Berlin, February 1. ' Britain and Germany', have signed;, a'-... treaty, extending to their respective protectorates tho provision- , of- the Anglo- ■ German'extradition treaty! of 1894. < STATEMENT BY THE GERMAN.:- 1 : GHANCELLOU, The German Imperial Chancellor, Her! .von Bethmann Hollweg, in a speech in the Reichstag on foreign policy, recently stated:—"On the subject of'our-relations with England and what has been said a» to 'negotiations with that power on . the question of agreements for the limitation of naval avmnmsnts, 1 must, in the first place, emphasise the fact—it is, indeed, common form—that the British Government has repeatedly expressed the view that to fix uy agreement the naval •' strength of tho individual powers would tend appreciably to tranquillise international relations. England, as is irell i known, gave utterance to this opinion at tho Hague Conference, and she has raised the question more than once since then, without, however, bringing forward proposals which could have given us occasion for a positive acceptance or a positive rejection. We find ourselves at one with England in the desire to avoid rival-' ries in respect of armaments. But throughout the pourparlers—informal and conducted in a spirit of mutual friendliness—that have taken.place from time to time we have always put in the fore- '■' ground the.idea that it is an open and frank discussion, followed by agreement concerning the economic and 'political interests on both sides, that is the surest means of removing mistrust of any kind in respect of the comparative strength, of.the two powers by sea or by land."