THE GREAT POWERS.
LEADING PRESS OPINION. Prcr-s Association-By Telegraph-Copyright LONDON, June 18. French and English newspapers unanimously acclaim the Spanish agreement. "Le Matin"' declares that it-is almost impossible fur Germany to make war at sea. } The' "Times" says: "Our reasons for entering into an arrangement with Spain are manifcrt. The routes to*. India and the Far East in peace or Avar pass the coast .■Hid harbours of waters included in the agreements for hundreds'- of miles, and it is of the highest ' moment to us that these coasts and harbours yj.ip.uld remain safe and undisputed Jn the friendly hands now holding tlmu. We could not m our own interests suffer the possessors to be molested. Whether by -formal agreements or not, by agreements we clear up and proclaim' our inevitable policy. Renter learns' that before the. text of the Anglo-Spanish note was published it was thought more courteous-to communicate to oilier powers the terms of the agreement to enable them to see that its sole; aim was to consolidate the. " status quo" in the Mediterranean which has always been the common object and policy of 'all the Great Powers having interests in the Mediterranean.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13317, 20 June 1907, Page 5
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194THE GREAT POWERS. Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13317, 20 June 1907, Page 5
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