COUNT HAYASHI’S REMINISCENCES.
REVIEWED BY SIR VALENTINE CHIROL.
NOTHING NOVEL W THEM
[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.] [TIMES —SYDNEY SUN SPECIAL CABLES.] LONDON, Sept. 14. Sir Valentine Chirol, Director of “The Times’ ” Foreign Intelligence Department, affirms that there is nothing noveL or sensational in Count Hayashi’s reminiscences. The negotiations were fully known to those in close touch with the international position. One section of the Japanese Court favored an alliance. with Russia, the other preferred Britain. What is less known to the public is that towards the close of the Boer War Germany was disposed to seek a rapproachment with Britain, but only on terms which would have. involved Britain in heavy responsibilities in Europe, Africa and America, without involving Germany in any corresponding responsibilities. German statesmen alwavs affected to suspect that Britain “wanted to uso Germany as her sword against Russia.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3438, 16 September 1913, Page 5
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140COUNT HAYASHI’S REMINISCENCES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3438, 16 September 1913, Page 5
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