St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-17
WAR CLOUDS VISIBLE.
STRONG ALLIANCE BETWEEN FRANCE
fND RUSSIA.
ALL EUROPE MITCH AROUSED.
Russia Establishes a Station on
the Mediterranean and Ar
ranges a Big Loan From
F'rance-Au the French Will
Celebrate the Visit of the Rus
aiaD Fleet To TouIOu

BERLIN, Sept. l6.-Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria left Vienna this af-
teruoon, III order to attend the Hunga-
rian army manouvers, which will take
place in the presence of TIE Duke of
Cunnaught. This is interpreted in GER
tain quarters in Germany to mean a
consolidation of the existing entente
between Great Britain and the drei-
bund. This is especially SO considered.
as the Duke Of Connaught's visit TO
Austria is soon to be followed by visit
Of tho British Mediterranean squadron
10 Italy.
The North German Gazette says that
the stress laid bv the English press
upon the common interests existing be-
tween Great Britain and the drelDund
has made pleasant Impression i'll Ger
many, although the idea of England
formally joining the dreibund has never
been entertained.
The Vienna Presse, In an article di-
rectly inspired by the foreign office.
declares that whoever is capable of APP
preciating the palpable interest Of Eng
land in Egypt and ConstantinOple cannot
for one moment douOt that in event of
European conflict the English and
Italian fleets would act in cooperation
in the Mediterranean. The establish
ment of Russian Mediterranean sta
tion, the same paper ads, is
A STRATEGIC MOVE
OF sufficient Importance to snow that
counter move must not he neglected.
In conclusion. the Presse saws that
the necessity OF keeping the equilibrium
in the Mediterranean even lmpreSSeS
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near Nice. is now said to be the place
where France will allow Russia to eS-
tabliSh a station, dock, arsenal and
store depot for her fleet, and this c4S
sion is said to be part of the price
France has had to pay for the alliance
said To be existing between herself and
Russia. But new 4 per cent loan, it is
said, forms another portion Of the
amount France will have to pay for
having the car her friend in Case of
trouble, and it is reported that this loan
will be flOated at about the time the
Russian fleet visits France, and when
French enthusiasm Tor her guests has
been worked up to the highest pitch
possible.
liz anticipation of the visit of the Rus
sian fleet to TOulOn, where it Is eX-
pected to arrive OH Oct. Is, all the large
towns OF France are already making
preparations for the reception OF their
Russian allies. The municipal council
of Paris, for Instance. has decided,
among other things, to place memorial
labels on the building now standing
upon the site of the house where Peter
the Great lived in 1917, and it is pro-
posed TO decorate with flags and flowers
the whole of the railroad route, about
$50 miles in length, between ToulOn and
~
council is considering the ACCESSIBILITY
of changing the names of some streets
and bOuievards which might awake Un-
pleasant rccollectiOns in the minds of
THE COMING vIsIToKS.
Thus, the avenue dAlma and the
boulevard SebaStapOOl may soon he
known under other names.
Russia, 1t should be added, is not
pleased al the extent to which French
men are going TO demonstrate their
affection for the ear and his subjects.
1t is claimed that Russian statesmen are
OF the opinion that too much excitement
would be irritating to Germany, and
Russia, just at present. does not feel
inclined 10 give Germany any cause for
unnecessary anger. The new rifles for
the Russian army are not all finished,
and those which are finished are not all
distributed; then, again, the soldiers
are not thoroughly familiar. in some
districts, with those which have been
distributed. Finally. the new Russian
loan has yet 10 be raised. These and
other reasons make Russia DESTROYS of
not angering Germany to any great ex-
tent.
There are people in France who think
that the demonstration business is being
OyerdOne. and more than one newspa-
per refers to the fact that the last Rus
sian loan was fioated about the time
the French feet visited Crolstadt. All
this makes people wonder and ask how
far this demonstration business is
going.
But France and Russia are not alone
in the demonstration business: Emperor
William has done his share of it at Metz,
Strasbourg, CarlSruhe aud elsewhere;
the Emperor Francis Joseph is now do
ing his little demonstration; Italy,
through the crown prince, has done
hers, and Great Britain, not to be left
entirely In the cold, is sending her Med
iterranean fleet to the Gulf of Toronto,
where the Italians are preparing
demonstration in England's honor, as
an offset to the demonstration in France
in honor of Russia.
Thus is all Europe demonstrating the
fact that there are war clouds on the
horizon.