The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-07-19
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Russian omeers believe the Two Rulers
WIN One Day own the Earth
NEW YORK, July 1S.-The Times

Russian Officers Believe the Two Rulers
WIN One Day Own the Earth
New York, July 1s.-The Times
says:
Almost to unit the Russian officers
were delighted with the news that Rus
STA would have a permanent station
here, though it was remarked by sew
eral that the information was in no
wise surprise. From what could be
CLEANED, the officers of the Russian YES
sells regard the permanent maintenance
of fleet of their own ships in Ameri-
can waters as the most certain way to
accentuate feeling of comradeship be-
tween the officers of the navy of the
United States and that of Russia.
England Our Greatest Enemy.
Russian officers now here when in
conversation with United States Off
GERS have pointed out that England is
the greatest enemy of the United States of
America. They refer to history in their
arguments TO prove this assertion, and
declare that no late events have demon
strated sincerely friendly regard on
the part of the British government for
that of the United States. Liasmuch
they declare, as England is the natural
enemy of the United States and the
greatest enemy Russia possesses, then
the United States of America and Rus
STA are by the very nature of things
bound in friendship against a com
mon foe.
Only Russia and the United States.
The Russian officers here argue that
fr I'm geographical reasons and the ex-
tent OF territory of the two countries
the signs all point to Russia and the
United States finally possessing the en-
tire world.
sYou have" said one prominent Off
Ger In the Russian feet within the last
few days, to a reporter, your wild
west. We have our wild east. Soon
your wild west and our wild east will
meet. The meeting will be to your
westward and to our eastward. Who
knows but that some ely our two coun-
tries may be neighbors and meet, save
for the intervening Atlantic to your
eastward and to our westward?"
Great Friends.
An American officer i'll discussing the
announced proposed action of the Rug
sian government, said that, speaking
for himself and knowing the opinions of
| the majority of his own particular CO.
terie of brother officers, there existed,
though perhaps through sense of graf
itude alone, strong liking for the
Russians, and that the more the Rus
sian and American officers were thrown
together the more they appeared TO rec
oGnize as prevailing a strong feeling of
conradeship.
IN view, he added, of what appeared
to be close diplomatic understanding
between the two governments of Rus
STA and the United States, and the nat
| ural inference that an understanding
on certain broad lines existed on the
part of the two nations the maintenance
| of such an understanding would seem
to Justify the cultivation of close ac-
| quaintance between Russian and Amer
lean officers.
The officers of. both services. he be-
lieyed, nigh profit professionally by a
methods as practiced in the two fleets
and the mutual knowledge might be of
immense future benefit to Russia and
the United States. The maintenance
by Russia of permanent fleet of war
| ships in United States waters is not I'M
derstood here by either American or
Russian officers to mean that the Rus
sian fleet will remain continuously in
New York waters. New York is I'M
derstood to be the selected port for Rus
sia's depot of supplies, but New York
will be visited only so often as. in the
opinion of the Russian flag officer in
command, is deemed advisable.
1t is essential that the warships
while in commission do large share of
cruising III order to maintain proper
efficiency. For this reason one or more
of the Russian ships now in port will, it
was announced Sunday, leave New
| York this week for the target practice
at sea. Newport. it is said. will later
| on be visited. The Russian ships which
will leave here will return to join the
big Russian battleship Nicolai 1, now
on her way across the Atlantic for this
port.
The Nicolai 1 will be the most power
full battlesh. which will have ever en-
tered the port of New York. 1t is safe
TO say that she will be the most powCx-
full ship to have entered United States
waters. The Eicolai / measures $40
tons in displacement, and carries two
12-inch Seton breech-loading rifiu5, four
9-inch I9-ton breech-loading rifles eight
6-inch G-ton breech-loading rifles, 70
rapid-fre guns, eight machine guEs AID
six torpedo tubes. The Nicolai is ex-
pected daily.
SHOULD BE MADE A STATE.