The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-27
FRANCE AND RUSSIA
II. RibOt Says Their Relations
Are Very Cordial.
THE CzAR is HIS OWN MINISTER
The French Premier Thinks Emperor Will
lam is Pacific But That When War
Comes He VIII Strike FIRST,
Especial to THE HERALD-Examfn,r Dt.n.to, 7

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch.
PARIS, Oct. 25.-[By cable to the New
orK Herald. Your correspondent had a
talk to-day with Monsieur Ribot. the for
elgn minister. In appearance he is yerv
olS anu thin, wears short beard and long
mar with only g few grey hairs notwitn-
slahoIhg Ne mas passed his fftieth wear.
mat he is a simple man. in mis- attire ia
seen by his black clothes and plain cravat
he wears light gold chain across bis
Walsteoat. He is a big worker if one
Judges by the heap Of papers covering all
MS ohairs. He is also a family man. On
the superb desk in front of which the
minister seats himself in the centre oF
packages of notes and documents which
contain the policy of this country and its
thirty six millions of inhabitants. is a NM
| tograph of Madame Ribot an American
woman or superior intellect who often
rotary. 90 o0O-
You ask me what are the relations be-
! tween FRANCE and Russia" said the minis
ter to the correspondent. '"They are verv
Gorulal; very frank. We speak to ST.
petersburg with open heart. That was
not result easily obtained. For a long
tline they de1ed US, especially at the moment
OF the Nlhiilst attacks. We thought more
than once that negotiations would 30 1919
off" 1-N 10 NAOAen
1hey nave then existed Tonga,
For years. The public knows nothing
pays no attention to our work wherein wa
prepare mines In advance, never knowing
"uetner they explode under mounds of
earth or mountains Of rocks.u
DO you believe they want peace!u was
asked. was
Everyone tells US they want it. Tins
we shall not commence war. Evervbodv
Knows also we have reached a political and
u'plomatlc situation in Europe which per
Inlts US to desire peace with dignity with
honor, and not to consider bhe acluaI state
OF affairs In Europe infinitely. This is also
the IDEA OF the Car, who holds In all things
TO follow hiE own idea"
Then he occupies himself in noIitiossp
lit Is he alone who directs the Dolitics NJ
Russia. He IS his own minister of foreign
auaIrs, ana although not having directly
anu materially to DO with him, know fuiI
we! that ne Is pacific but wishes to retain
TO 6lmsef liberty of action"
AND the Emperor of Germany, does he
also seek peace!p
"He says so. He causes it to be said so
IN SO many ways that l am obliged 10 ne
HeVe IL. L believe even that young SOW
eriSn Is sincerely pacific, only | believe
also that on the day when he con.
slders that peace cannot be main.
tanned he will attack first In this
recpect' have had information of very
ciiaraclerlsuc saying OF the Emperor when
staying with the Prince Regent OF Bavaria.
IL was during the visit made by William III To
Prince Lultpold one evening during q fam
~ tea party, when members of the rovoI
family assembled informally. They spoke
U war ne emperor answering the prince,
VINO sad Germany was pacific. rose from
his seat and said: We HohspzolIerns do
not wait to be attacked; we always attack
first Ns'AON
rms declaration threw a chill upon the
party. give great value to this inforna-
ton, SIS 1t reaches me not through diplomatic
channels. There was in the room q prin
cess OF French origin who told the fact IN
one OF Eer uncIes, who himself related il
curing the August mRneuysrs Morsover
the German Emperor has ideas SO extraor'
binary thAt at times one must be sure thew
are Jrue 70 believe them. His majesty has
1aVonte idea 10 come to France. tn
Paris. de does not seem to understand
lhe SITUATION which would result from such
q course. when re went to the Hague in
July LAST, ne SAID TO our representative on
the night Of the torchlight procession: IL
is all the same. 1t is strange l cannot visit
FRANCE, which would 80 much wish to
soc Inc minister replied very happily
i am not prepared to answer the question
Wolcn your majesty asks me. 1t is too
serious for me TO reply to without instruc-
tons
Monsieur La Grsnde, the French minis
ter, did not know that similar dificuIrv
occurred before. The day when. in this
room IN which speak, Count Munster.
the German ambassador, came during the
stay of the Empress Frederick in Paris 10
tell me That the Empress would be happy
70 dine at The Elysee, thus answered him:
Count, the ministry of which ] form nart
would rather send in It's resignation than
accept the responsibility and consequences
which sucn an invitation might have.'
Count Munster did not insist He had
an air Of being of my opinion
and of having acquitted himself of this mis-
sion against his will Eacn time William
has found an opportunity ne has spoken of
ais projected voyage in Francs, which he
holds really al heart. During the recent
imperial maneuvers he said to one of the
military attaches, You will see that will
have to end by going incog to France to
see this army so much desire to see.'
You see that these ara not ordinary
ways Of soverelgns and become very dif
fcult for the Emperor, but | think at this
he is filled with the most pacific
In saying these words, Minister Ribot
did not bear the lace of diplomat, but The
truthful face of an honest man who savz
what he thinks, who is happy to see things
going as he would have III IN Then the
asked the ministers: "Are
you content with the relations with other
countries.'
"Why, yes. You know that France does
not seek subjects for quarrels We have
with England on more than one
point on the globe, and we hope to come
10 an agreement On most of them.
The question about Egypt will be longer to
arrange, but We shall arrange that. Also
with Italy'
AS the correspondent took his leave he
remarked to Minister Ribot: ''Then, mon
sieur, there is no cloud on the skye"
Il did not tell you the sky was blue. It
is only grey. There are grey au umn days
which are more agreeable and more certain
than the blue skies of summer"