Note 931 — Chapter XV
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Lamsdorff met with a similar response from Bompard. According to the latter, Lamsdorff suggested a combination of Russia, France, Germany, and the United States as a counterpoise to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, “in the same manner that the political equilibrium of Europe was maintained by the Dual and Triple Alliances.” See Hardinge to Lansdowne, Oct. 14, 1905, B.D., IV, 211 f., No. 198; Spring Rice to Mrs. Roosevelt, Oct. 5 and 15, 1905, Gwynn, I, 497, 501 f.