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Grey River Argus, 6 October 1905, Page 3

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GERMANY AND FRANCE DESIRE FOR FRENCH FRIENDSHIP. COUNT BULOW'S PROTESTATIONS. LONDON TIMES BANTER. (per press association.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH— COPSRI-lIT'l BERLIN, Oct 4 Count Von Bulow ih an interview ex- ' pressed the wish for friendship wi.Ji France and declawd it would be a g.ori. ous day when the Germans and J_iencii no long?r regarded each other as traditional enemies. _._„ ~, , - PARIS, Oct o. Count BiUow assured a Temps inter viewer that provided Germany s commercial interests and dignity were tospected, no obstacles would be placed in the way of Flinch coiomal expansion in Motocco and €ibj?where. Gerniany would Tather aid than embarass. Peraemally, 'he coimidervld' it a V'-coe o? stupidity to predict war between Germany and Great Britain. Itf was inevitable that they would not icssay the experiment since * they would hurS'J each otlier too much. The two Governments luid too gi'-'-at a regard to tlieir responsibilities to allow themselves to be in fluenced by Press violence. FFrancc c was abt-v to dissipate the prejudices between the Germans and the. British.. (Received Oct sth 11.35 p.m) ■PARIS. Oct ff.. Count Bulow added tliat the FrancoRussian Alliance never displayed .owards Germany the aggressive character attri buted to it. Tlie Anglo-French ent..nds j while -withoii't the value of an alliance, [ appeared to be much in'orfe die^quieting. It was unnecessary to give the GermanRussian Tapprochemtrit an anti-French character. LONDON Octl 5. Tlie Times banters Count Bulow's gush and his audacious rearrangement of very Tednit history, reminding- him tha,tit is only six weeks since German military preparations on the frontier caused tljv keenest anxiety to th e French Go vernment.