Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-05-23 | Page 5 | Results of War

RESULTS OF WAR. England find France Closer; Germany Can't Complain. TOKIO. Thursday, April '.'7 Count Okuma. former Premier ami Minister of Foreign Affairs. In a recent Interview on tho question of Intervention, noted a gret change in the lines of diplomacy of different powbra, being the natural outcome out-come of the present war and that it was difficult to make a prupio i v. Increasingly Increas-ingly closer relations between Rngland anil France wus alreailj one of the very slKnlfirant phenomena resulting from the wnr. The Count declared that Germany could have no othoi feeling than satisfaction at iimiinK her northern rival becoming gradually grad-ually weakened bv the war and would recognize i in- fooltahneas ot antagonising Japan If Germany could maintain and develop her Inter, sty In the Far East Okuma saw no occasion for Intervention unleaa a European conference could be formed, and he could nol understand who ITOUld take Die initiative, so long as Germany Ger-many did not surfer by the war Germany, Ger-many, he asserted, wa leaping Im hi (Us of varloui kinds and w.uid follow the policy of ' yet Hie I. ' hi and as much ,ie possible."