New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-01

French Republic as a government of stability
ard power, the Gar soon joined reasons OF ui-
content and suspicion toward the Prussan eie-
mcnt in the German Empire.
From the partition of Poland for more than
a hundred years, down to the victory OF rrussia
oyer Frame. and the constitution of the new
empire there had beea tradition OF coni'ho"
interests and good understanding between Kls'ia
and Prussia Even Bismarck, while securing
Austria by the Triple Alliance agairs: the 100
rapid progrcs, Of Pan-Siav ism, managed 10 aiiaS
the susceptibilites of the White Gar oil All
the Slavs But his successors were less aoie
ar less far-,ightcd 4 commercial war, III With
,;ermany was the ageressor, wrought serious
harm to Russian prosperity. Political'y' Ger
many added the force of its own deliberate inertia
TO Au,tria's open opposition 10 Russia IN Bulgaria
and throughout the Danuban States. Italy,
guided by its Prm" Minister Crispi. jumped from
Naticanophobia to narrow '"rnaioh'hi'
ENGLAND. alarmed by the steady Russian advance
ON India, gave signs of making common eau-"
u.;tb the Trnla Alliance The Gar awakened
TO the fact that Russia WAS becoming a. l'oi'''"
on the east IA France had become on III" west
The remedy was not far TO seek In M'y %
1sOl tLc Car conferred the Order OF ~. Anlrw
ON President Cannot shortly afterwlrl h"
visited in person the French Exposition al
Moscow. Toward the end of July tn" ffchcl
Icet was receivcd with unhrardof pomp arc
parade at Cronstadt. The Gar, in the unIiof"
of Russian admiral. with the Czarina ana accom-
panied rs the Queen of Greece TN" Gar . CONSUL
ard her children. and by all ia" Grand DIHc' ana
Grand Duchcs.es. went on board the French
shins and aft, rwtid received AZ lunch on the IL
p,rial Yacht the French admiral and command
,rnh
telegrams were publicly exchanged between th'
czor and thc French President and for ten
DAYS nothing was left undonc to display + all
Eurone the fact that some Kind Of Franco
Russian alliance had been con"lld'd
With AL this however England and the m"m-
hers of the Triple Alliance did not take serious
alarm Perhaps il was not intended mat my
should The French feet fastened 10 touch re-
os,u,incly at p,rt.nOGth and r"celN" the sur
priscd hospitality OF England while me H"Ssai
Niniser of Foreign AEars, NJ dc Oilers. ma"e
official visits impartally to til" German Emperor
the Italian King and the French President In
October there was general dipionaac smile WHICH
the seat of Russian financial operations was trans
fcrred from Berlin TO Paris, and the Empire sue
cessfully hoated loan Of 800 100000 francs III
per-cents on the French people. The needy Gar
80 il WIS assumed had astltey found the means
of tanning the richest country IN Europe. Inc
words Of warning of Prince Bismarck, harshlS
critcisng from his retirement the blundef nlade
by MS successor i'll alternating Russia from TER
MANY. were considered the cracking oil sta''s'i'a"
out of Office
The year Of 1892 passed, and tho Alliance l.
i, did not grow stronger in outward show, at
least gave no signs OF weakening. Inc "ia'''
Dukes came. ~ they had done the previous year,
4 NJ
of thr French Republic But the scandals Oh III"
Panama prosecut Obs begun, and II was tlousm'
that Russia would make no further atNah' toM,
ard so uncertain "A government me ufrihan
,vor-lord faunted the strength OF tie lrlpe A.
lance more lerccy than ever in the FACE oi thc
Rcpublic and Siam came 10 alternate Ehsiai" .r.
further II was precisely at tins tInlr, peIctr
tho general elections could prove that france re-
manned inymcbv attached to the hpup'i. a.
coulng 10 President tnrnot. that the tHar n'
lIberatcly Planned III" pTrs'n gons hefore tH"s.
are intended 10 make known the nara an lhs'
alliance of the two counties IN All 'hcli i"i ii
rnl, II, ~. Their common aivcisares may ait""
,rith chastity smile, 10 the probabilities OF a new
Russian loan or NAY deprTat' uneaSiN III: ~
dnrgcrs Of the extreme French cntIluSla;sn VIII AnI
is being called forth But the iart i',i,s,' h;s,nrr
ihnugL II will he long before III" secret nis'oN
and nXac, limits of this Franco RUSSIAN tIilhi,
are known it is ALREADY certain thar ,le M ha.,
OF the Gar and his advisers IN siViIs , .' Frenc
n great a. the inOr'llnat" WILLINGNESS - W.
Government to receive" =. ,.:, d., out
IL il useless try to for"src in d"'aii ,r pm,
come of such an alliance. \ single unforeseen zen,
event would defeat all definite calculations ne ne
Ieatb Of Emperor Francis Joseph, who for nearly
any vears-in spite CT cruel ODDS, ara wi'ii p"
,arving sucress-has still been the int'rha'lVh,i
stn,ing force of Europe. would change tn" wnoi"
,sn.ct oc affairs But ia" great general ou'iin',
of the situation, In it' actual hearih2'' SUNNI
out clearly. -, 5;ac, and
sut,;cent reply 10 thu latest provocations OF 'er
many and Italy. The Gar has delighted 10
honor her before the smo H. has cleared Ifoni .nv'u
LOST nroyinces whittier tn" Kaiser lea th' Nrow'i
Prince of ungratcful Italy, made KinSuon ps
France. to witness the manoeuvr's OF ms am
and listen to his own words OF triumph: ~"
France has thus been Jl.tilru IN ,' hap ~nopi.
clusvsm which II u'ar ~ '"c "'"i'' VI " = r.
Sacond Franc, has assured herself that Eng
lands occupation of Egypt snail no. sun ' an
nnnn question ready 10 DO taken up at the hrS'
opportunity: for here Rnssla's interests are
douhly coincident with those OF France ihls y
also The case in the Far East. whore the newly
aw,kcned French fever Of colonization hn'i' aid
and comfort on one side Of British India, in tie
corresponding position OF Russia Oh III" o'"I.
E,ar the principle of buffer States. accepted In
the late trouble about siam il restriction 0, tha'
IimitIess power which ENGLAND once seemed des-
tined to exercise throughout the Est
Third. Russia makes her final entrance mo
clio Mediterranean Sea II will take NOR" than
mora "v questioning in the English Parliament abon'
,rca,v limits to drive her fcet ont again u
- NOT France alone whose heart il thus giau-
drnrd spain too, feels relieved from me h; GirH TX
hon. territoriqly from Russia. And even ~"
mnsuealxahle Turk much AS he fear, IN" Russian
Rear remembers that the British Lions claws
have scratched him the last =, c...
Fourth. b iii Russia and France hold Germany
hetyenn them bound TO "a ruinous expenditure OF
mon and money 10 keep up An armament SUI,
dcent 10 offset them both in time OF peace ana
"vsrwhelmcd with difficulties on each frontier III
Finally, if Russia for tn" time being. Is KEEP KEPT
h Tin Austria bound hand and foot q Ger
many, can no longer plac" permanent Obstacle
in the way. And Russia can afford to walt ;, as
sho has always done She has secured another
rr.,t s,,idc forward in her century-long march
on Constantinople end the East
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