New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-13
GUESTS OF THE QUEEN.
ADMIRAL GERvAIs on HIS ENGLISH VlSil-
BICYCLES AND PIGEONS IN WAR.
Paris, August IS.

ou1E Foreign
- -. 90 coo At Fontainebeau, and with whom ne
.oined IN dine. His visit 10 Portsmouth ne
,a-orihod nc enchanting | give se words as
-, feI from his mouth: The Queen was per
toot ONLY n woman could have managed 10 W
co nice without loss OF dignity" One vi He
or,cious things she did was TO ask the Auiniiai
90 write his name in her birthday book. Oouiu u
Linz have done this? Certainly not She $1,000
,,.ben la Marsellaise was being played at Ihe
hanouet she gave at Osborne and said IL was an
old friend" She had often at AK, BiarrlH anu
Grasse asked the military bands the French OoV-
eminent kindly sent TO play under her windows 10
give it. -, .h.
Tho incest tact was shown in the ordering OF the
festivities of Osborne and Portsmouth. Beng o
sonin-law of the late Prince Frederick Charles OIL
Prussia. the Duke of Connaught, although GOV
ernor of Portsmouth was less put forward IMAM
the Duke Of Cambridge. The ostenslble pre'eAU
for giving more prominence to the latter was Ills
being Commanderin-Chlef of the Br1tlSh Army
and the fact Of his having served with the rrehch
in the Crimea Admiral Gervais had known niin
when a military attache in London, and speaks OF
him as a bluff, hearty old gentleman. Inc DuNe
Of Cambridge alluded to the Crimean episode Ill
his life with a voice quivering with leenne'
Though the Duke of Connaught was not placed on
a line with the Queens first cousin, he came 1or-
ward enough to be thoroughly polite ana was
amiabIe and attentive. The Duchess was al AlA'
whittier he has gone 10 join her.
am in a position to state that the Boulanglst
fever was the excuse put forward by Her Majesty
Government for having favored the Triple ALI
ance Like most Of the other Powers they AT
tacbed 10 it undue Importance, and saw IN IL q
symptom of the old military spirit when enaoieu
Napoleon to sweep Europe. Lord Salisbury "oulu
now make believe that he was seriously fngh'eued
by Boulangism and that hence his intimacy WIN
Crispi when that statesman was In power. Ills
Lordship did not see Admiral Gervals. but De
fore the Queen invited the squadron TO osborne
he called on NJ. Washington TO convey her gracious
intention. and seized the opportunity 10 lhtlha'f
how glad he was that the misunderstanding was
al an end. Her Majesty professed to be over
loved AZ the declaration of peaceful intent when
the Admiral was charged to make She IoVed
France and never felt so we'll as during her visits
10 that bright and pleasant country" Of course
Germany was endeared to her by family Tues ana
affnties of blood. A beloved son was married I"
the only sister of the Gar. Why should she not
rejoice to hear from Admiral GerVais's lips OF the
peaceful aims of President Carnot and his Gov
eminent and of the kind French people?
Why did Admiral Gervais 60 on his cruise
| To say to England and Sweden =" 1t will not be
our faslt if the peace of Europe is broken Your
Governments may take this message to the Ger
man Emperor" lie wanted also 30 say in sub
stance, though not in terms. 10 Russia and Den
/ mark: We shall he with you in the event of al
attack ON either of you if you agree in standing
shoulder 10 shoulder with us, should oil or any
| Of the three allies invade us
Denmark and Russia see with anxious eye. th'
| Germans making Kiel their Portsmouth, and cut
! ting ship canal across the Duchy OF Holstein Il
the German Ocean. Such waterway in connec
ton with that port must give the German navy
an immense advantage over Russia, which MAJ
claims on Iolstein that she means at convenient
season 10 assert. The Imperial family Of RusSli
! is known as the House of ROman0H Ii is really
the House Of IIolsten, the husband of the EmpreS
| Anne IvanOvna and father Of Peter III, the sue
ccssor Of the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, an'
common ancestor Of every living Romansh, nav
ing been Duke Of Ilolstcin. lie was nephew
Charles XII OF Sweden The Empress Catherine
II was his cousin. Elizabeth PetrOvna. who sue
ceeded Anne. ceded the Hostein Duchy 10 Den
mark in return for six ships Of the line. Thi
payment was never made, though often claimed
Nicholas |. who was the great patron VI the actua
King Of Denmark when the latter was poo
younger scion of a poor junior branch of tn
House Of IIolsteinl agreed to waive his claim +
the Duchy In favor Of Denmark, should the con
ference that met in London in 1882 settle th
Danish crown on Christian, 10 the exclusion q
his elder brothers This was done. But VI. d
Martens, the Russian jurist, holds that, German
having torn the Duchy from Christian, the cessio
made by Nicholas is though il never took place
An undercurrent Of diplomatic pickering has bee
going on about this matter ever since the I'm
peror William obtained lIeigOland from Quee
Victoria Tie Gar wOrshipS his wife aud sh
loves her native land, feeling most happy undc
her fathers roof with husband and childre
round her Both family affection and polio
urge him TO watch for an opportunity TO max
good this old right, or that of Denmark to Ho
stein, and to prevent a Stratcgical ship-canal fo
the exclusive use of Germany being cut aero;
it, lie would not object TO canal which a
the Baltic States would be free 70 use and whc
would he under their joint care. Copenhage
and St Petersburg Of one mind The SAN
NAV be said Of Sweden and Germany, the formt
being apprehensive Of Russia seizing on We:
Ford near the Lofoden Islands This is one {
the greatest natural ports in the world. Thong
high up in Norway it is never frozen.
Herr Lebknecht. who is now here 10 see h
: imprisoned Socialist friend NJ. Lafargue, admit
that the Franco Russian entente OF pact WI
brought about by the German Emperor. Whe
Frederick died. bis SUCCESSOR went to Russ
10 urge the Gar 10 promise friendly neutralit
il Germany and France came to blows. The
! was then a tense situation owing to the Asac
Lorraine passport decree Of the Emperor Frederic
: The Gar refused The German Emperor dete
mined then to court the 1901 900 Socialist ee
tors and mo doubt to try and bring round Il
French Socialists. Hence the Berlin Labor Co
ference and his anxiety for renewal of d
4 Triple Alliance. The admission of Herr Lie
knecht is one which those who wish to do iu
8 tice to NJ. Ribot's motives in promoting Franc
Russian entente should bear in mind
" 1t is extraordinary how many things are chang
/ when one crosses the silver streak in travellil
from England 10 France, and how much longer
custom takes 10 make the journey than a shiplo
, of heavy goods. | am thinking Of the cycli
Q craze which paused for ten years on the DOy
II | hr;n Of Ia fbannal hafn uaa ancfa