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* GERMANY AND AUSTRJA. <»■ THE KAISER'S VISIT. [PH-USS ASSOCIATION.} (Received June 7, 8.30 a.m.) VIENNA, 6th June, xhe Kaiser and Emperor Francis Josef had a cordial meeting at Vienna, and proceeded to the Imperial Paluce at Schoenbrunn. An interesting sidelight on tha Aus-trc-Gennan relations is contained in the following paragraph from the London Spectator of the 21st April :-- " The sensation of the week in foreign affairs has been the telegram sent by the German Jimpeyor to Count Goluchowski thanking Austria for her unshakable support at Algeciras, ' a fine deed of a true-h-earted ally. In a strain of ill-chosen metaphor he declares that Count Goluchowski has been a ' brilliant eecond on the duelling-ground.' And he promises a similar service if circumstances should make it necessary. The telegram is undated, and may either have accompanied Lount Welsersheimb's decoration and have been withheld from publication by the Austrian Government, or may have be-en sent as an afterthought on the news of Austria's action with regard to' the Russian loan. In any case, owing to the illness of Prince Bulow, it probably represents the Emperor's unaided efforts at telegraphic correspondence, which, as in the caeo of the Kruger telegram, are apt to bo unhappily inspired. The obvious intention of the message ' is to give a lesson to the other member of the Triple Alliance. 'Italy may well read into the Emperor's words a promise to assist Austria in any claims she may make in the Balkans at the expense of herself. But the telegram seems to ha-ve caused only embarrassment at Vienna. Though Austria more than once supported Germany's claims, yet she has no desire to show any hostility to France, and has always maintained that she acted independently upon the merits. Further, it is sc%rcely complimentary to a great nation to thank her as if she were' only a " second " prepared to follow German instructions. The strong party in the Dual Monarchy who dread and distrust German influence may well regard the Emperor's thanks as an insult to their Government.'
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Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 134, 7 June 1906, Page 5
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