Germany realises the defeat at the Hague so completely that now she
thinks only of new armaments and of arming Turkey, her only ally, to
the teeth. Herein she finds numerous advantages; such as supplying
rifles and guns, sending out new military instructors, and threatening
Russia with a formidable army commanded by German generals.
Germany knows every inch of Russia, by land and by water, and has
calculated her resources to a nicety. German spies are legion in
Russia as they are in France. She may hope to make easy-going people
like us believe that she is on the best of terms with our ally, but she
will find it far more difficult to make Russia herself believe it. One
has only to study the Russian Press to be convinced of this, and
particularly a long article in the _Novae Vremya_, which proves that,
as a matter of policy and of material facts, it is absolutely
impossible for Russia and France to admit Germany into their Alliance
without risking the destruction of that Alliance, inasmuch as its
fundamental objects are diametrically opposed to those of Germany.
[1] _La Nouvelle Revue_, January 15, 1899, "Letters on Foreign Policy."
[2] _La Nouvelle Revue_, April 1, 1899, "Letters on Foreign Policy."
[3] _La Nouvelle Revue_, May 1, 1899, "Letters on Foreign Policy."
[4] _La Nouvelle Revue_, June 1, 1899, "Letters on Foreign Policy."
[5] _Ibid._, July 1, 1899.
[6] _La Nouvelle Revue_, July 16, 1899, "Letters on Foreign Policy.
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