THE MEDITERRANEAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 12 July 1912, Page 5

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

STATEMENT B? Slft EDWfcfiD GREIT.

EXCELLENT RELATj : 4nS\WITH ■'-'■■ " V -;

V"".' " .'. '.'...'. i*QNDQN/jjiily\*iß-...' When the House.of Gbmjrnoris was discussing the Foreign Omce.vote, Sir Ed\f«wi lir-sy, referring to the Mediterranean AM, pointed out. that it .was .necessary to lfsap :a sufficient margin'■ of strength in homes waters. - Foreign Jiolicy alone would protect the United .-. ; Km§s" dbm: Otherwise it most fall into'a.po«"iticn of inferiority. The .-'Japanese': alliance had been a. great .factor.-ill '-pre-, serving peace, and it had prevente<lj;disturhances in China, resulting irt. international complications. , \ It was necessary, ' Sir Edward '-'.Grey continued, to keep: a force in the Medtt«r.taiiean which ' would be ab")'e : to; cober with «iher Powers. Though there no of a quarrel, .in the Med£ terranean, if We abandoned it altogether the diplomatic. .fljtuatibh. might strained. a ' sufficient force- enable u^ ; .to be counted as a power. there.'. debates lis would not '. Bay more .6h .the Subject. ~ ..";' ,' '" ..' .•,..'■.■;.• • f . ':' ~,... J ■ i .- i ,'":\ 'The- foreign policy remained/uri&nailg: ed. TJie starting- jboin't : A of/'any:, the : maintenance of' -friehoship with - Russia- laii'd -' 'Welconied the' meeting "of! Vtfte"; and the Czar.- 'iQ'ue. reflations', witn'Vfcr.e'iv ' many Were -excellent. .\T^ieriwo , were perfectly frank with'eacla other; oia all, questions "of'mutual' 'mierest v ' Wfcehi questions . relating- to their '.interests ,Tja Afrioj. or tli'e Baghdad rajlwayVcan?e.;uf( for discussion,! Both were Convinced -that their mutual, interests, reconciled. . Th« did;.noivcoste'mplate: any measures* for r.estpring' order .'in' encouragement of the Swedish' noto; ' organising - * ,-■.' ■•;',,'-.'.■;.'.. ■' Mr. Bonar, Law said .he" considered a navy in the, Medrterra,uean strorigj enough to ; overcome »any, prdbable : cpmKi'rtatiftn essential ,to the'.existence of ,■ the;. He did" notdfesire-aiiything hut undertakings .with: G-erihanyi .! "It: was \ inconceivable that .there would-be with Germany, .without \invblyin'g, ; the whole,. of Europe. . Germany's ,; trade > interests were against.-war*, it. Was the duty; of the'' Government 'to enMir& that .any possible, war\would be prepxired against, y'' '.. ■' V'- ; ; .' : ' •