THE GERMAN PRESS SUSPICIOUS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 65, 17 March 1911, Page 5

THE GERMAN PRESS SUSPICIOUS.

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'XReceived March 16, 11.30 p.m.) * BERLIN. March. 16. 'The' Press are suspicious of British regarding disarmament, and > sceptical as to the prospects of arbitration agreements. "The NorHdeutsche Zeitung_ hails r with sincere satisfaction Sir Edward Grey's conciliatory utter- : ances as doing justice to , the > German standpoint and Count •Reventlow's statement on the bal- : ance of power in the Pacific, upon ■ which the events in Mexico would ' have an indirect influence. The paper declares" that the Russian de- • feat assured "Japanese influence in -the'"Far"East, and recalls Admiral " Dewey's remark at Portsmonth that ' America ought .to have attacked1 .' Japan earlier. The tension of the Californian • schools controversy lasted until the • visit of ' the American Fleet, which induced tranquillity. Japan was then modernising her fleet and was unprepared for war. The unsuccessful effort to neutralise the Manchurian • railway- Ted to the Russo-Japanese • agreement,' in "which probably there are secret clauses, hence America's feverishness to fortify the Panama •"Carial. " Japan requires the supremacy of the "Pacific to retain, the Chinese markets against America. "The creation of an American oommetfcial base at the Pfiilippines would counteract Japan's geographical ad- • vantages and also become a powerful naval base. " Before the American "fleet excels the Japanese there will • be 66,1)00' Japanese in Hawaii capable of bearing arms, and only 1000 American troops, justifying General ' Homer'-LeaV dictum that the Japari- / ese could capture from within.