THE EUROPEAN SITUATION
THE AUSTRO-GERMAN TRIUMPH. A GERMAN PISTOL AT .RUSSIA’S HEAD. ■ - ■"United Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, March 29. Sir Edward Grey, Minister for For"'PN eign Affairs, promised to recognise the annexation of Bosnia and- Herzegovina whether Servia accepts the formula or not. If a conference of the Powers meets it will he a mere formality. The “Times” says: “Germany has taken advantage of' Russia’s. imprepar--e cl ness to put the pistol at her head, and compel her to abandon her traditional policy in the Near East.” The '“Pall Mall Gazette” comments on the spectacle of the creator of the Hague Convention being constrained to condone glaring illegality under threat of instant war. It adds: “Berlin has supported Vienna that the Teuton and not the Slav influence may prevail in south-eastern Europe. It is a repayment for Austria’s help at the Algeciras Conference, and demonstrates that Germany’s isolation may prove costly to those Powers which refuse to become the tools of the German pol-
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2064, 31 March 1909, Page 5
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164THE EUROPEAN SITUATION Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2064, 31 March 1909, Page 5
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