The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-18

ident did not return the call of the Grand
Duke. and offered him no hospitality. Here,
and believe also In Russia, when near
relative of reignlng sovereign arrives, the
railway station, and subsequently they eX-
change formal visits That the call Of the
Grand Duke should not have been re-
turned is considered great breach OF
polIteness In spite of the alleged rule that the
President never makes calls. Considering
the we'll known hospitality of the American
people, and especially the way In which the
Grand Duke has been received and welcomed,
it seems very absurd that they should be taxed
formant says that 1t is the common talk of St.
Petersburg society that the President did not
invite the Grand Duke to dinner, nor even
offer him crust OF bread. The Emperor is
said to feel the slight exceedingly, and unless
some reasonable explanation Is offered, he
will not allow the Grand Duke to return to
Washington. They say that the Empress, who
Is very fond Of her son, and who reads with
ayidity all that is said of him In the American
papers, when she heard Of his reception In
Washington, grew pale, and said, why did
we ever let him go to America J"
The Tribune on the Squabble.
From the New York rrlbune.l
Il seems probable thai our ten years. cor
diality with the Empire Of Russia Is drawing
near its close. The bitterness of our pique
against England and France has long died
away, and The last relics Of 1t naturally faded
with the fall at Sedan of our worst enemy in
the French Government, and the satisfactory
arrangement at Washington Of our causes OF
discomfort with England. The exaggerated
tenderness between us and Russia was very
profitable to her, and of little use to US except
SO far as 1t caused anguish of mind to her rivals
In the European field. Prince
Gortschakotf seems to have determined that
the rudeness and disco1rtesy shall not be
all on one side, and has addressed 10 Minister
Curtin and-fullowlng OUT example-has pub
lished in the official gazette one OF the most
rasping among al diplomatic notes which
have lately been exchanged among civilized
nations. He clearly does not intend that our
State department shall carry away the honors
of offensive language. He accuses our sec.
consideration" for the Russian minister;
speaks of bis "serious, though vague. com.
plaints," many of which Catacazy has ''satis.
actorly refuted," :" and the resr II is clearly In
timated, he will refute when he returns, and
the note ends with the sarcastic expression OF
the chancellor's hope "that justice Is sufficient
" understood In the United States not to ex-
pect 1t BEFORE" A passage like this between
the two departments OF State has double Sig.
nlicance. 1t not only indicates decided
coolness In the relations of the respective na-
tions, but 1t also aggravates the very aliena-
ton it announces. It Ia not impossible that
the rift thus created may be widened by mu-
tual recriminatlons to the point of tempora-
ry suspension OF diplomatic relations. But 1t
is not likely that any important results can
flow from the disagreement. even II 1t reaches
that extreme point. We are too far apart to
fight about CatacazY.