New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-22


ooNFUs1oy-THE ITALIAN CRIsIs-THE GER
MAN EMPERoR's sPEECH-BRITIsH POLL
rIOs-MR AsoUITH-LORD RANDOLPH
CUuRCImIIcTHE WAR IN AFRICA
AND IN THE MINEs-sIR ANDREW
CLARK-THE YACHT RACE-~cURN
ING FOR TWO FRENCHMEN
CRY CABLE TO TRBrxE)
r.,.x,ob,, 1898 By The Tribune Assoctanon
,.raor Oct 2.-If there be one event
which both interests and concerns all H",opo
xoore than any other of the last few days IL 10
the reception of Admiral Avelan and his oihcerS
nv tho people Of Paris and the rulers OF frahce
paris has lived through many melancholy eN
rer,ences: seldom through one which pe'oNen'
such a debasement of the French spirit as 'nei'
attitude to the Russians. TO any orui''"'s
demonstrations of rejoicing over hew-iouiiu
friend no such words would apply. 1t IL "o'
the rejoicing. 1t is the manner OF the reJoicine'
which the best friends of France deplore. 10
throw yourself into mans arms even d man
who does not open them very VIDE Is one ''Ils'
To prostrate yourself at his feet Is announcer Inc
teegrams which pour in day by day from raiis
read like the narratives of the early Voyasers III
~. pacific whom the natives of the South Sea
.ovs an academician addressing Admiral Ave
Ian are supernatural; and lest MS meaning
should be doubtful he adds 1--WE used to hear
~ the truce of God To-day there is the truce
~ Prussia" IT is impossible to go beyond that.
u &c ouite true that the Russian Admiral and
other Russian officers now actually present IN
Do rio seem TO share in no slight degree the de-
urium of the people of Paris. Obeying the Apos-
tIe Paul they rejoice with them that do re-
ioice and weep with them that weep. the latter
a numerous company. They return, very nat
urally the kisses bestowed on them by men ana
women. They wrap French flags about tneni'
and sing the "Marseiaise" and cry "Vive la
France in response to "Vive la Russie"' and the
singing of the Russian hymn. They 20 10 oih-
ners and drink toasts and make gusflng vet
ever so far words 60 discreet speeches Ho-
miral Ayelan has called on every Official State
military or municipal, in Paris. He appears at
one moment at the door Of the Archbishop OF
Paris and the next on the balcony Of drygoods
shop
More even than this responsive attitude OF the
Admiral are the responsive uttcrance3 o. the
Russian press The Russian journalist las
grasped the hand his French colleague neld out
n him He dared not unless he had been al
lowed. ond the permission Of the Press Censor
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eign as Of domestic policy.
But after ALL Russia is the Car, and the Car
"a Russia and what is the attitude of the Iuer
whom his subjects worship as divine? Beyond
question and in spite Of his thirty guns 10 the
French flag in the harbor of Copenhagen fn at
titude Of reserve. President Carnot, whose usual
GOODNESS seems to have deserted him. telegraphs
the Car that he desires heartily to address 10
Your Majesty all my thanks. and to tell you the
sincere Joy feel at this fresh proof Of the pro-
found sympathies uniting Russia and france.
What is the Cars answer? cool reminder
that the Russian feet is only returning the Tisit
which the French feet made two years ago at
Cronstadt. 1t is not meant to be unciVil. III
Is meant to be civil. which is the more painful
It means that the Car retains his freedom OF
thought and freedom of action. That has been
the situation from the beginning. The French
proverb applies. There is one who offers The
kiss the other who offers the cheek
Europe has no reason to witness these out
bursts on the one side, or liberation of Them on
the other. with regret or dspleasure. A Franco
Russian alliance may make for peace as well as
the Triple Alliance. though not in the same de-
gree If anything is certain where so much is
uncertain, it is that France need expect no sup
port from Russia. in any purpose of revenge CT
wants war She is not ready for war nor are
her long-meditated plans ripe for the striking Of
a blow nor is she under any illusions France
and Russia united may may not be strong
enough for defence. They certainly not
strong enough at present for attack while Ger
MANY. Austria and Italy bound together In
a defensive military league.
The presence of the English fleet at laramie
and the cordial greetings between the English
and Italians pass almost unnoticed amid the
blaze of French fireworks. The English. who
seldom take imaginative views. seem hardly
aware Of the value which Germany sets on such
a proof that between England and Italy there is
for some purposes an understanding both politi
cal and naval 1t is the more significant in view
of the expected acquisition of French naval
port by Russia.
All the teleglams from Vienna point to the
dropping Of that scheme Of a wider suffrage
which Count Taaffe lately and confidently
announced. He may drop it for the time, but
such a promise many millions OF men VIII
have to be kept, sooner or later Meantime, hest
tation weakens him. if it does not weaken the
Emperor. and the politics of Austria are in great
er confusion than ever. They are already the
most confused in Europe.
Italy Is In such dire financial straits that her
Prime Minister has to take the world into his
confidence. The world hardly returns il. nor is
there in all Europe hnancier who can
say how Italy is to keep up her military
strength. even to It's present minimum, and make
two ends meet
The German Emperor's speech at Bremen on
unveiling the tronze statue of his grandfather
affords measure of his sincerity in his recent
civiities to Prince Bism ,rck. The Prince was
not asked to Bremen any more than to Gorlitz
II he he'd been asked. and had gone. he would
have heard the present Emperor eulogze William
i as the author of German unity who was per-
mitted to find great men for this work. who had
the honor of executing his ideas. and working
with him his advisers" Such is the Hohen-
zollcrn view and such the Emperor's idea Of do