New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08

TIE CARS EYES ARE FINED on TANGIEk
AND BEYROUT-WIIAT TIE FRENCH
ALLIANCE MAY MEAN
Paris. September 20.


ALLIANCE MAY MEAN.
Paris September 20.
The newborn enthusiasm of til" French for
their Russian friends is TOO violent TO seem
enduring. \ member Of the Federal Council Of
Switzerland who has been talking TO me about
il, says that he looks forward t. a quarrel be
tween them al distant dat" \ Russian
loan. however. will first be issued in Paris. where
previous loans asked for by Russia wcr" taken
up TO the amount Of 4,,G7.GOO0OO francs. or
nearly much as the war indemnity paid by
France 10 Germany in ISL The anticipated
cause for disagreement i simply thu: Russia
wants to take Il new departure in the McdIt'T
ranean. and she does not see now that the
Powers are dividing Africa among thcm-clv.-.
why she should rot have her portion too. The
share she wants TO take is Iangicr. with part Of
the flntefland. or BcvrOut. Oh the direct way 10
Damascus. and the best road rort in syria. On
which she has claim as guardian Of the Holy
Places. But she will suffer Hcyrout to wait.
and try Is possible 10 appropriate Tan
aier. She would have no objection IL she got
that port and its Iintcrland to help 10 rcrtfy
the western boundaries Of Alaoria in favor Of
France The pcr>evering attention Of tn" Grand
Duke Waldcmar to the Queen Regent of Spain. /
Morocco scheme. Russia at Tancier would bc
able TO make Gibraltar useless or nearly 80. to
Great Britain, and perhaps help Spain to make
her get out Of that port The Grand Dixie has
heen now going for -four years t. san Sebastian
to pay court to Queen Christina. who is an
Austrian. out Of touch with Russians and if
estimable by no means attractive" Spain +.
rather dog-in-thc-maneer about Morocco. She
cannot take il herself, and she would hc the
mortal enemy once more Of the French were
they 10 seize upon it, But thc Russians would
not mind the fury Of the Spanish nation uni, IS
50 far as il might lo cause Of military v,ik
ness to their French friends in the event Of
a tusSle between them and The nations i'm The
Triple Alliance However. il womb be better
TO get Ianeier with than against Spain The
scheme sounds odd. But every intended now
depal'ur" seems incredible until j. Ia. been
taken Russia would now with French aid
take, am inclined 10 think. B,yrout worr France
not III need Of the Sultan's influence al Cairo II
may be that Russia will consent 10 be n warminr
pan Tor France at Iangi,T and code that pl1ce
to her on the day on which by means Of French
help Bcyrout fails under Russian rule or mis-
rule
The Franco-Russian alliance Will. 7 boro >,
doubt, be- rich in surprises 70 the world Tanoior
has for some time been bone Of conteutior
between Great Britain and France. II once hc
longed 10 Great Britain. 10 which il came no
part OF the dowfy Of the Portuguese princess
whom Charles II manird But that Kings GOV.
eminent was only active 10 SCOT and cabal. ami
TO give Louis NV the kind Of value that Ia
wanted for the money subsidies he sent to ,l,c
court "l Whitehall. II, therefore, Jet Tangicr
Slip from its fingers. \ bard Of merchant. nrc
pf.I ..f -.
Of Catherine of Biaeanzas dowry
France, ] have hurd. getting WORT If H..
Russian designs on Morocco. which she j. anxious
to annex to Algeria. has been fcignlng 70 ignore
them and trying 20 bring things quickly To p
head III Morocco 70 have an excuse for sci/inr
upon IL. If the scheme ! spcnk Of is seriously
harboied at 81. Petersburg, she would have tried
TO prevent her friend, the Gar, stating plump
what he intended, and asking her aid 10 cnabl,
him 70 lay his hand on Tine desirable We,t
African State. 1t may, and probably was 70 keep
Russia out OF Tangi"r that France has taken
tie unusual course Of Offering Alexander III
the Use of 1oulon for his future Mediterranean
squadron. lie can, for the present have that
port 10 yictual and r"nt AT, and | see In the
papers that loan Of liizerta has been offered
to him. IL commands Malta and Sicily. Under
a diplomatic arrangement between France and
GREAT Iflthln, IO/cfla - not 10 DE converted
into naval station fortified in any wa. !
Put treaties and conventions are made to DE-.
broken when they do not suit of the con- |
tracing parties, aud strength j. wanting 10
make them be observed. | fancy that If France |
and Russia united "a turn BiZeffa into Med !
iterranean Portsmouth for the convenience Of a !
Russian squadron that neither Italy nor Great
Britain would 90 10 war about il, but the fact |
that K 'sIa takes up position in the Moltnira-
mean, where at present she has interest to nro-
tec. but has important strategic ones To attain,
will give rise to "A tenSrr situation in Europe than
any that has existed since 1870 England under |
the Gladstone admnst, alton has stood aloof from |
the Triple Alliance. and cone in for conciiating
the French Republic. which il just as eAact.ng |
md unIea,nnt in her dealings with |
lord Rosebery ~ she was when |
Lord Salisbury was IN Office. England has |
been led 10 turn over new leaf by the turn the !
ffanco-Russian und rs.anGing takes. Thus. the |
British squadron il 10 be received by the King and
Queen Of Italy in Sician waters. and its officers
are TO be entertained al Naples and Genoa by the
Of these towns. German and Aus
TRAN warslIps are - attend ~ these festivities.
The Duke of OOnnaught has been sent 10 repre-
cnt the British Arm, AT Gurn>, in Hungary. where
the corps under the command of the Archduk.
llbert are 10 he reviewed by the Emperor Francis
Joseph IN the presence OF the German Emperor and
icater than the s@BH san ul r s B AR SaTH
: another matter The possibility Of the Russian
Navy coming forward as an auxiliary of the French
70 threaten Italy and, perhaps England IL, the
Igyptan waters was not entertained until within
he present year. MOI did the news at first clls.
my stir in London. ] fancy that il woalI not
nave shaken up John Bull even now were il not
or the high-handed action of NJ Develc at
Bangkok &c