The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-30
THAT CONFERENCE.

Talleyrand So d that diplomats should
use language to conceal thoughts, not to ex
press them, or words to that effect We
are reminded of this by tue singular inter
view between King HUMBERr, of Italy. and
the Russian minister De GERS. which took
place a few days ago in Mama, and the
hrst authentic account Of which appeared
IN TIE HERALD yesterday.
King HUMBKRT received NJ DE GERS In q
small square salon. The King was seated in
front of desk when NJ, DE G1ERs entered
After having shaken the Russian minister's
hand he unouttonel his coat crossed his legs
and said: What does France want Of us:
every moment there is some new incident.
NOW 1t is the pilgrims again the Nice nantes
tatlon, and nearly every day the frontier viola.
tons. She closes her markets to US; she
WISHES 10 ruin Us. For what reason is it that
she has something against tia Y? No. it is
against the monarchy Without cessation she
speaks OF the triple alliance: without ceasine
she tries to make believe that she IL about tn
be attacked, whereas she is the aggressor. We
are pacific we wish peace There is not a
single word which concerns Russia in the treaty
with Germany. It is only question Of de-
Tense ana of defense against France, We wish
for peace, nothing but peace, protection, social
order, peace, peace. peacer'
| King Humoert had grown heated. Little bv
| little his soft voice hal been raised. M DE
GLEaS then declared to the King in a very calm
ana respectful tone that his master, the Gar
also desired peace, that he had horror of war
and that he hoped strongly that his reign would
terminate without his having TO deplors n
| bloody war. Then he explained the rapproch
| ment between France and Russia, which was
| quite pacific. Then tina King rose saving.
Let US breakfast and Queen MARGARET en-
tered This is all that really passed at the
| Monza interview.
IL that isn't the most inaue twaddle that
ever fell from the lips of two men who ara
supposed to be making history, then idiocy
is at premium. And yet to bring about
this meaningless interview half the chm
celiors and prime minister's of Europe
passed anxious days and sleepless nights :
and when it was finally over the people
wondered what ponderous questions of
state had been solved. For something.
they reasoned, must havs happened when
one OF the allies in the triple alliance gave
audience to the representative of the orpo.
site coalition in such hot haste as to impel
| the prime minister to interrupt his journey.
| And King HUMBERT grew heated in the
course of his convers alton. As we'll might
an American sovereign grow excited when
he asks another about the weather: unless
indeed TALLEYRAND's maxim applied and
the King concealed behind his language the
true intent of it. What he mean It to convex
to the Russian might have been this: Your
ally, France, is becoming too obstreperous
for any good. She is constantly seeking
for pretexts to pick a quarrel with Italy.
The republic is undermining the monarchi-
cal institutions of her peighbors, and the
thing has to stop. The triple alliance wants
peace and it will have it if it should have to
fight for it. Now, M. DE GlERs, put this
in your pipe and smoke it and let M. R1yo1
have puff of the same brand.
If this be the case, and if the Russian
minister understood the diplomatic jsreon,
| then, and only then, could an unsophisti
Gated American appreciate why all this
furore is made in Europe ever that other
wise absurd meeting