Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-10
MINISTER'S WILL MEET.
Russian and French Cabinet officers
to Have a Talk About
THE ATTITUDE OF THE DREIBUND
The Withdrawal of the Princely Pretend
ers' Prescription.
THEY MUST OBEY AND CANNOT COMMAND

PARIS, Aug. 9.-M. Ribot, French Min
lister of Foreign Affairs, will go to Lau-
same at the end of this month on a vaca-
tion, during which he will meet, either at
Lausanne or at Luzerne, the Russian
Foreign Minister, M. De Giers, who is also
about to make holiday sojourn in Switzer-
land The meeting is the subject of much
speculation, apart from the Franco-Russian
military entente already partially effected.
NJ Ribot, according to diplomatic report,
will seize the chance to consult with NJ. De
Giers on the menacing attitude of Dreibund
Zollverein toward both France and Russia.
Yesterday evenings North German Gazette
frankly avows-what the French foreign
Office has long suspected-that the ultimate
object of Germany in promoting European
Commercial League was the conclusion of
! tariff conventions with all States outside of
Europe.
A semi-official communication in the
North German Gazette repudiates any design
to isolate France or to interfere with Rus
sian commerce, but the palpable result of
the Zollverein in placing the parties to the
compact in an advantageous position for the
negotiation of commercial treaties with for
eign States is dwelt upon.
PRINCES CAN OBEY, BUT NOT COMMAND.
If NJ Ribot succeeds through his confer
ence with NJ. De Giers in effecting an
| economic entente between the two countries
it will greatly add to the repute of both
statesmen.
NJ Constans, Minister of Commerce, in a
speech at Argententeuil upheld the with
drawal of the prescription of princely pre-
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all, but that newcomers must obey and not
command Referring to the workmen's s
pension bill he said he believed that the
plan could be carried out. In regard to the
military forces of the country he said that
France had found many milliards of francs
for the reorganization of the army, and he
had no doubt that she could find many more.
The army, he added, must be strong in
order to make the nation respected by other
powers. In conclusion, he announced that
he would introduce in the Chamber bill
for the organization of a credit agricole.
PREPARING FAIR PANORAMA.
A "Chicago Fair Panorama" is preparing
in which the French fine arts commissioner
is interested. The subject is the fall of
Yorktown. Augusta Holmes, the composer
of the music for the commemorative fete of
the Exposition of 1889, is writing musical
composition for the Chicago Fair.
Commissioner Butterworth, after few
days with his colleagues in Switzerland,
will return to Paris to meet Prof. Ives.
Messrs Butterworth and Lindsay will
go from Frankfort to Zurich and thence
to Geneva and Vienna. All the commits
sioners will afterward meet in Cologne and
will go thence to Brussels, Antwerp and
The Hague. They will reach London Sep
tember l, and will sail from Southampton
September 5. The idea of visiting st. Pc
tersburg and Rome has been abandoned,
under advice, owing to the fact that the
Government officials at both of those cities
are absent at this period of the year.
Mr. Reid, the American Minister, will
90 to La Bourboule mineral springs for
three weeks.
William Fullerton, young American,
graduate of Harvard, replaces NJ. De Bio
witz as the working head of the Paris office
of the London Times. NJ. De Blowitz con-
tinues his special contributions Mr.. Full
lerton has been connected with the Times
staff for two years.