OCR Text |
Show Austria-Hungary Busy Creating New Navy v'V - ' ; r ' -x . . f1 -:2Hgi, , V- ILJ UEE (I ADWRIAH VJftRSHIP OF THE B2HEi06 CL45$SSS.'S.t-J Next after the uprising of the German j navy, the naval expansion of Austm-1 Hungary is the dominant factor In the European situation. anr It la, therefore, peculiarly Interesting to study the situation, situa-tion, says a writer of foreign affairs after af-ter a recent visit to Trieste. Pol,, Flume and other plat-ea. The fcrowth of the Auetro-Hunaarlau naval forces la regarded re-garded in some quarters aa casting a shadow athwart the future with prom-Ueofwarind prom-Ueofwarind th relations Mwntli dual monarchy and Italy are pictured by many people aa strained almost to the breaking point, with the eventual rupture rup-ture of the triple ail lance aa the consequence. conse-quence. In reality nothing of the Kind la the case, says this writer. Admitting that where ek plosive materials are gathered together explosions may or-cur. It la only riant to recognise that theae materials are In moat careful and Judlrloua handa, and that the vgry Tut thing AwMrln- Hutigary desires la a conflict with her ally and neighbor, which would be a catastrophe fur botb of them. Her eyes are turned rather to the east, and though she cannot contemplate the strangling of the Adriatic by an enemy. It la fur the Balkan peninsula that ehe ta chiefly concerned. It la generally assumed that the plan of creat Ing a powerful Yleet for Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary ia something new. What ia really re-ally new Is the sucre of Admiral Count MontecutcoUl in removing the scaleg f mm " 1 1 the eye of his countrymen and obtaining from them, notwithstanding financial difficulties dif-ficulties and an unexpanslve budget, as-sent as-sent to the execution of his plans, which has been withheld from hla predecessors. |