THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
United Press A ssociation— By Electric TelegraphCopyright. Beeeived Jan. 27, 11 pjn, LORD BRASSEY'S VIEWS. MELBOURNE, Jan. 27. Lord Brassey, interviewed with.regarc to the crisis in the East, said that he con sidered that there was not the slighter probability of war. He confidently believe< that Great Britain's demand forfreedon of trade in' Ghin^bas^thetuii support o the civilised world. • Russia could not faci the whole world with relation to an issue o this kind." 'She could iot face. Englaw alone, let alone England with the moral and, hot improbable, -Material support o Germany and Japan, in the event of i iiaval struggle, Great "Britain would hay a commanding superiority over a Franco Russian combination, and could preven the landing of troops in China. ••H believed that a German-Franco-Russiai alliance was zuoit improbable,
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6089, 28 January 1898, Page 3
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