GERMANY IN THE PACIFIC.

Mataura Ensign, 16 March 1909, Page 3

GERMANY IN THE PACIFIC.

"AN ABSURD STATEMENT." IY KLECTItIC TKLKOKAI'I! COI 1 VII ,ii U'l i'KH UNITED I'KIE.I ASSOCIATION. Received Mfrcli JO, 9.45 a.m. SYDNEY. March iti. Herr Iruiir, Consul-General for Gel ■ many in' the Pacific, in an interview characterised the cablograit which stated that Germany intended to seize an island in the. Pacific and transform it into a naval base as absurd. He pointed out that Great liritaiu. Germany, France and Am<<n*-« already apportioned tho adnunutvatioii in the Pacific. The speaker ad'.lr- 1 : "'l'ho scare conies as usual from ao American source. A section of the New York press seldom loses an opportunity of pitting Australia agaii'M Germany."

SERVIA N I'.EPLV TO AUSTRIA. ! Received March lfj. 8.30 a.m. BELGRADE, March 13. Servia's reply to Austria is at a coiiciliatory nature in response to the "intimation of liaron Aerenthal (Hungarian .Minister for Foreign Affairs) that when Servia assures Austria-Hun-gfiry of her intentions _to maintain peaceful relations he will lie prepared to negotiate for a renewal of the commercial treatv which expires on March 31. GERMAN CRUISERS AT SUVA. SUVA, March 10. The Leipzig and the Ivolya have arrived.. The first-named is the German cruiser mentioned in the cablegram as coming from the China station to look into matters ut Samoa.