A New Triple Alliance
The consolidation of the Little Entente effected by- the agreements reached at Geneva on Wednesday is , an event of European importance. Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia and Rumania originally united to hold in check Hungarian irredentist ambitions, but the entente has since developed along lines of more constructive co-operation. Now there is to be a definite triple alliance, with a standing council of Foreign Ministers, an economic council and a permanent secretariat. A. far-reaching departure is the decision that 'none of the States shall conclude any political treaty without first' obtaining the unanimous consent of the joint council. While this move is no doubt a result of the rapprochement between Italy and Hungary, and perhaps Germany, there are more possibilities of good than of bad in it. If Dr. Benes and M. Tituleseo can keep control in their hands there will be little to fear. But M. Titulesco's occupancy of the Foreign Office is as spasmodic as Dr. Benes' is perpetual.
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