The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-05
THE CZAR IN FRANCE
Elaborate Reception Of the Ruler
Of the Russian Empire.
SECRET AGENTS EVERYWHERE.

SECRET AGENTS EVERYWHERE
The Gar Dislilfcs to See Them, but Admit,
That They Are More Necessary Than tn,
Flags and Festoons Which Testify t.
French Friendship.
CHEBBoURG, Oct 5.-The car of Russit
arrived In France today. The French
northern squadron gathered to honor tht
Russian guests of France comprises TWEEN
ty-one vessels. This fotilla met the Pole
Star having on board the ozar and car
inn, conveyed by English n,en-o -of-war, a,
tho edge of French waters, just the ex
treme Of the three mile limit. The man
of-war Dupuy de LONE conveyed NJ
Faure, the president Of the republic, tc
the meeting point Of the czar's yaeht and
the French squadron. President Faure
after the salutes were fired, then returned
to Cherbourg to await the arrival Of the
ear at the landing stage.
On approaching the English fleet fired
m imperial salute, followed by salute to
the English vessels, which was returned
by them. The czar's yacht, after saluting
the British ironclads, steamed ahead into
the center Of the French fleet, and in this
order the vessels proceeded here
For the purposes of the reception the
great naval magazine Of the Cherbourg
arsenal, which Is situated opposite Cher
bourg's landing stage, was utilized. From
the landing stage to the hall Of the maga-
zine covered way, richly decorated with
silk .hanglngs, bannerets and flowers, had
/ been erected The landing stage was also
beautifully draped, and every preparation
\ had been made to police the harbor and pro.
tcct the landing stage, covered way, mag
\ azine and its approaches with walls of uni
] formed soldiers and gendarmes, while
]. everywhere, like flies on sugar, swarmed
French and Russian secret agents The
\ czar dislfkes to SEQ them, but acknowl-
\ edges that they are more necessary than
\ the flags and festoons which testify to
French and Russian friendship.
! President Faure surrounded by M. Han
otdux, Admiral Besnard, minister of ma
rine General Billot, minister of war, and
all the generals, admirals, field officers
and subalterns who are to be in attend-
ance on the emperor and empress during
their stay in France, awaited the czar and
czarina on the landing stage After the
formal welcome by President Faure tho
glitttring crowd of notabilities passed
along the covered way to the hall Of the
magazine, while thunders from great
guns, ringing of bells and the excited cries
of the French crowd deafened their ma
jesties' ears
The interior of the magazine had been
decorated and arranged with all the ex-
quisite taste of the French in such mat
ters and with the amazing hberality of
their present enthusiasm for all things
Russian. The interior Of the magazine
had been divided into a reception hall,
+ diplomatic shaits and d banqueting room.
satin, and the decorations consist of a
wilderness Of exquisite blossoms, from
which peep out flowers and devices formed
Of the bayonets, swords, ramrods and
other implements of land and sea war;
fare. The diplomatic hall is draped in
yellow satin and decorated with bewil-
dering array of beautiful mirrors which
reflect at o thousand angles exquisite pot
and foliage plants and the rarest blooms
of French greenhouses Two sumptuous
retiring rooms adioin this hall.
Tho third room is hung in pale green
satin set off by heavy velvet portieres and
priceless tapestry The ornaments here
are also suggestive of the warfare that the
Franco Russian alliance may be prepared
against, lustres and panoplies in which
military and naval weapons, models of
torpedo and torpedo destroyers, great and
small guns appear unobstrusiyely, but
mono thale significantly.
Within tho hall are three tables, ono
raised higher than the other two, which,
with thirty seats, each, accommodated
those in necessary attendance At the
principal table are throe beautiful chairs
of the period of Louis XIV, which were
occupied by their majesties and President
Faure. The service of China and glass is
most exquisite the former being from the
atcliers Of Sevres. The tables also display
the daintiest flowers.
Their majesties and their hosts break
tasted here, and after the review of the
French fleet, which took place this AFTER
noon, and which they witnessed from the
deck of the Elan, Napoleons old state
barge regilded and refurnished, they at
tended state banquet in this samo hall
given by President Faure.
A line of rails has been laid in the ar
benhl grounds, Une terminus DelDB at inc
door of tho diplomatic hall. Here at 9
o'clock this evening the czar and czarna
will tako the train for Paris, preceded \
few minutes by the special train of tho
president, and quitting the arsenal to the
roar of l0l guns.
The state banquet will occur simulta-
ncously with fetes of different kinds and
general rejoicings of the people of Cher
bourg, who have Loyalty decorated their
town with lavish hand, the dominant note
of the decorations everywhere being the
black and yellow Of tho car of all the
Russias pleasantly intermingled with the
tri-color Of France.
Owing to the thrush of people for tho
event thousands are unable to obtain
lodgings.
The question of defraying the enormous ,,
expenses of the cars visit, it is said, is
still unsettled, but President Fnure is
playing ducks and brakes with his private
fortune in order to worthily entertain the
Russian visitor.