The age-herald., 1897-09-05
RUSSIA'S HAND
 IS ALL POWERFUL Bound by Express Agreement to No
 Other Power SHE YIELDS THE SCEPTRE Which All Europe Would Gladly Have
 Protect Them. FRANCE IN A STATE OF REJOICING Because of the Hope Held Out by the Car England Remains Apathetic in Spite
 of Ii AII-Monster Army Manoeuyers.
SHE YIELDS THE SCEPTRE
FRANCE IN A STATE OF REJOICING

Special London Cable Letter.
 ,Lcndon, Sept. 4.-Pubic attention still centc1s in the dual alliance, though i. las been interrupted by the shou.irgs of Ecnperor William of Germany. England remains apathetic in spite of the fact that the center of gravity in European affairs has been shifted to St. Pelers-s burg. Commeni.ing upon ;ha political sit uasion, the Spectator remarks:
 ''The closer we look into the delails of the arrangements binding Europe, the clearer lit becomes that no one of the va- rious powers can move without Russia. In some way or the other every power except Russia is bound by express agree ,ment or by interests not to alter the sstatu quo.''
 "toSNh fHSbOid LHt 1udIQutS LII Salisbury, though fully aware of the French jealous!ea of England, place great reliance upon fhe clear-cut, Eng Fish influence of the czarina over The czar, and believe the alliance means peace.
 Germany finds solaca in the bitter ehagiin in Emperor Williams remarks at St. Petersburg, and consider that they skhnmed the cream.
 .Pririee Bismarck is softening German suscp;ibilities by explaining hhe weak ness of the meaning of Lhe words ern- ployed by the czar.
 Tn France Russian names are given to every possible article of fashion and lux ury, the streets still gay with Russian colors, will be re-baptized. Wherever men see pictures of the czar they lift their hats and the statue of Strasbourg on tfe Place de la Corcordc is daily decorated with floral wreaths in response ito the almost universal conviction that Russia means to compel Strasbourg's restoration.
 Though the French manufacturers are already disappointed in not obtaining immense Russian contracts Russia cer- tainly intends to do much to gratlfy French ambition. The frs. step an- nounced is the establishment of a Rus sian legation at Tangier to support French views in Africa and France feels, for the first time since 1871. that sine is strong enough to have her own way.
 President Ftaure is quite delighted with the gossip of the Russian court. What astonished him, most was the informal and entirely unaffected manners of the emperor and empress. The imperial couple, he explains, lived exactly like rri- vate people in a small cottage with their children, dogs and photographs about The czar dislil1es military escort near lttim, goes about practically unattended, and is immensely popular with the peo- pie.
 At Warsaw the Poles gave the presi- dent a hearty welcome, which he seems much delighted with.
 Betwesn the intervals of the universal shouting for peace the heads of the vari- ous nations have been busy perfecting | the effectiveness of their armies by au- ltumn manouvers. Emperor William | paraded an army corps at Coblentz. | Warsburg and Nuremberg upon the oc- casion of his visit to the cities and today l at Hamburg his majesty paradsd four armed corps before him, the empress, the king and queen of Italy, the king of | Saxony, the king of Wurtembarg, the | prince regent of Bavaria. the Grand Duke and Duchess of Connaugf,t. the | Duke of Cambridge, Prince Henry of Prussia and many otfisr notabEities.
 The army manoeuvers proper do not begin until Monday next. The Germans have actually mobilized larger force than they had on the French border in | 1870. Within ten days of the declaration1 of war and the troops are in the very !: