VIEWS OF LORD BRASSEY.
FUDited Press Association, i MELBOURNE, J^nuwv 27. Lord Brassey, interviewed as regards the crisis in the Far East, said he considered there was not the slightest probability of war. Ho confidently believed that Great Britaiu's demand for freedom of trade-in China had the full support of the civilised world. Russia could not face the whole world with relation to an issue of this kind, and could not face England alone, let alone England with tho moral, and not improbably physical, support of Germany ana Japan. In tho event of a natal struggle. Great Britain would have a commanding superiority over a FrancoRussian combination, and could prevent) the landing of troops in China. He believed that the existence of a Germano-Franco-Rusßian was an alliance most Improbable.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXII, Issue 23, 28 January 1898, Page 2
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