FIFTY YEARS AGO
RUSSO-GERMAN ALLIANCE; J ATTEMPT TO ISOLATE FRANCE J _ j||| Bismarck's constant efforts • to kefl* ||j| France isolated in Europe by retaining gg the friendship of Russia lay behind tfl# sg announcement of the conclusion o'f " S Russo-Gerinau alliance 50 years if! l, Details of the agreement are to found in the following extract froW !l S contemporary issue of the Nkw jm land Hkkai d: "The opportune exj>ose made by Paris correspondent of the limes of* Russo-German alliance is supplements |>g in to-day's cable messages by additicfl* ||| particulars. By this secret treaty (&' ||| many binds herself not to interis#® in the event of Russia's policy .in « Balkan Peninsula bringing her into Hict with Austria, while the 1 sar« ; the other hr.nd. engages to y neutral should the present stia ' lations between Germany and result in hostilities. This secret v . is no doubt the Jesuit of the prolong ,;/? conferences which took place bet***® -s| Prince Bismarck a«d M- de Gieisjsm Franzenbruim a few months ago, j, which actively excited the curios't European politicians. The J! j» »|| revelation will be keenly watched- ||
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22617, 4 January 1937, Page 6
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182FIFTY YEARS AGO New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22617, 4 January 1937, Page 6
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