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Show CONFERENCE BELIEVED TO GIVE STRENGTH TO DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE AMSTERDAM. May 14. Austrian newspapers publish a statement, said to have emanated from an authoritative source, to the effect that the conference between Emperor William and Emperor Charles at German great headquarters last Sunday was intended to strengthen the old alliance, which was concluded as a defensive measure against Russia and to which added weight was given by the developments of the war. "We were attacked and were obliged to defend ourselves against a world of enemies," says the statement. "Therefore "There-fore we must adhere to the defensive alliance al-liance and extend and deepen it. This defensive alliance fits well into the alliance al-liance of peoples which, as alleged, Is the aim of the entente. The alliance of peoples peo-ples Is meant to be protection against future wars. The dual alliance has no aim in view other than protection against future wrars." The statement concludes: It is obvious ob-vious that when the renewal of ( the alliance al-liance Is being discussed a series of questions ques-tions of a political, military and economic nature which are closely connected therewith there-with also must be discussed." |