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Show WILL LAY DOWN ARMS. ! Czar and Italy's Xing Favor European Euro-pean Disarmament. Rome, Aug. 3. With regard to the statement in these dispatches undef date of July 13, that one of the principal prin-cipal questions of discussion between King Emmanuel and the czar of Russia Rus-sia upon the occasion of the former's visit to St. Petersburg, would be the reduction of armaments, a representative representa-tive here of the Associated Press learns that King Emmanuel's visit to Emperor William at Berlin the latter lat-ter part of this month is intended to continue this same work in the direction direc-tion of reaching an international understanding un-derstanding in the matter of reduced armaments, the king of Italy having been encouraged in his determination in this matter by the czar, ' who is ready to reassume the leadership movement that he initiated with The Hague peace conference. . According to information received from an authoritative source, the sovereigns sov-ereigns referred to argue that the tide of European wars is almost over, s their interests are so great In other continents that it is not worth while to 'fight for a strip of land here "and there' in . Europe. Consequently, the large armaments, which are now intended in-tended for European conflicts, might be reduced or transformed for the defense of- colonial Interests, the gain being devoted to the improvement of commerce com-merce and industry and for a collective collec-tive fight against the common danger- American competition. , - |
