Arizona republican., 1897-09-11
GOSSIP OF EUROPE.

peror William of Germany. England
 remains apathetic, in spite of the
 fact that the center of gravity in Eu-
 ropean affairs has been shifted to St.
 Petersburg.
 Commenting upon the political sit
 uation, the Spectator remarks:
 ''The closer we look into the de-
 tails of the arrangements binding Europe, the clearer it becomes that no one of the various powers can
 move without Russia. In some way or the other, every power, except Rus sia, is bound either by express agree
 ment or by interests not to alter the
 status quo."
 Queen Victoria and the Marquis of Salisbury, though fully aware of the French jealousies of England, place
 great reliance upon the clear cut Eng fish tending influence of the cZarina
 over the czar, and believe that the al 1iance really makes dor peace. Ger
 many finds solace in the bitter cha grin of Emperor Williams remark "At St. Petersburg, according to my conviction, we skinned the cream" :" Prince Bismarck, too, is softening the
 German susceptibilities by explaining | the weakness of the meaning of the ] words employed by the czar.
 In France, particularly in Paris, | the delirium continues. Russian | names are given to every possible ar | ticle of fashion and luxury; the streets, still gay with Russian colors, l will be rebaptized; wherever men see pictures of the czar they lift their | hats, and the statue of Strasbourg, in | the Place de la Concorde, is daily dec orated with floral wreaths, in re- 1 sponse to the almost universal convic- tion that Russia means to compel Strasburg's restoration.
 Though the French manufacturers
 are already disappointed in not ob- taining immense Russian contracts, Russia certainly intends to do much to gratify French ambition. The first step announced is the establishment of Russian legation at Tangier, to support French views in Africa, and France feels, for the first time since | 1871, that she Is strong enough to
 have her own way.
 President Faure is delighting Paris
 with gossip of the Russian court. What astonished him most was the informal and untirely unaffected man ners of the emperor and empress. 1 The imperial couple, he explains, live exactly like private people, in a small
 cottage, with their children. dogs and photographs about. The czar dis likes a military escort near him, goes about practically unattended, and is
 immensely popular with the people This last statement is confirmed by the reception his majesty met with at Warsaw this week. There the Poles seem to have given him a most hearty welcome and in political cir cles much importance is attached to his majesty's visit to Poland.
 The Zionist Movement-When Dr. Theodore Herzl, the so-called New Moses," made his farewell speech al the meeting of Zionists at Basle, Switzerland last week he declared the congress had been worthy of itself and of Israel. Then e1sued a dra- matic scene, tears, kissing and re-
 joicing beggaring description. Though
 Rabbi Adler of London declares that
 the Zionists' congress was mischiev-
 ous, it is the opinion of the thought
 ful in the political world that this
 movement will have to be reckoned
 with in the near future The two
 main objects upon which an expres-
 sion of opinion was asked for upon
 the part of Zionists in all lands, were
 the establishment of a Jewish con-
 mon center and the formation of the
 machinery to carry it out, and they
 were favorably acclaimed by all pres
 ent.
 Captain Goldsmith Knighted. =
 While Queen Victoria was travelling from Osborne, Isle of Wight, to Cos
 port, last week, on her way to Bal moral, Scotland, her majesty called
 Staff Captain w. G. Goldsmith, com
 mander of her yacht, 70 the quarter deck, and. in the presence of the court and of the crew, she conferred
 upon him the honor of knighthood.
 The affair was entirely spontaneous. and is one of the few instances of knighthood having been conferred by the queens own initiative. instead of as a result of political intrigue.
 Prayers for President McKinley.- Fire Fire -C&ufch- Times says that the large number of Americans in London has led to the introducfIQu of the name of the president of the United States into the collects for the Gueen.
 Bogus University De&ees.-The question of American university de- grees continues to be discussed in the London press, and in maTper irritating to all Americans. 1'hS newspapers publish letter from one1 F. w. Harkins, who calls himself chancellor of the National University of Chicago, and accept as truth his 1 statement that in America hundreds | of degrees have een given yearly to |
 nurchaSo influences and as rewards l for services, Irrespective of education l and to any one living abroad upon | payment of a fee The Morning Post, l ignoring the saet that the National | university of Chicago has already l been shown up IS bogus, sermoniZes l on the subject as if it was the custom | today of Yale end Harvard to do like | wise, and points ito the danger of |