THE STRANGE COMBINATION.
j TO THE EDITOR. I Sic,—Can you sac any sense in Germany and ' France joining hands with Russia against Great Britain ? To me it seems temporary insanity. What good purpose can it serve Germany'or' France,, Germany especially, to increase the might of Russia, her next-door neighbour? Suppose, as. compensation for their assistance, they obtain large slices of Chineoe territory, (hey cannot", in1 the event of- making war Rgsinst Russia at any time, mike use of these ))o«sessionß without having a dominant sea power ; while Russia, being connected by land, can, with the aid of her trans-Siberian railway, strengthen her forces immensely with the hardy inbabitßnts of Northern Cbina, with the ultimate, result of crushing both parniany and France in turn. Sucb, at'lesst, the situation seems to me to be.—l am, &c, Observer,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11195, 18 August 1898, Page 7
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135THE STRANGE COMBINATION. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11195, 18 August 1898, Page 7
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