New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-20
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most noticeable room. with divan encirclng 1t
and with mirrored walls opposite the windows
! These were once the Grand-duchess Olgas apart
ments. The unique room Of the palace Is the
salon containing over eight hundred portraits OF
the prettiest Russian girls to he found in the
various provinces during the reign Of Catharine
III. Count Rotari received rowing commission
to paint the reignlng bellies Of the provinces in
their native costumes. and evidently regarded II
as a labor Of love. bright and comely arc the
pictured faces and so arch the winsome smiles
There are lovely furnished in soft colors
| for a favorite Grand-duchess a charming play
room for children. dining-room Respondent
with gilt and q handsome ballroom with a Won
derful tapestry representing storm-tossed boat
on Lake Ladoga and Peter the Great with his
hand IN the tiller, directing a frightened sailor
to cut away broken mast. There are many
relics OF that great monarch and some or IN"
walls are wainscoted with his own carvings The
palace at Peterhof has a homeiike. comfortabie
air which is markedly in contrast with the state
ly splendors Of costly n treasure-hOuse as the
Whit ,r Palace. The Emperor and Empress 1--we
In the Alexander Pavilion. and only occupy the
palace on state occasions.
Behind the palace and chapel are beautiful ter
raced gardens, with fountains, pools. statuary'
grottoes trees parterres of flowers and stretches
OF lawn slopng 10 the seashc~e. In front or the
| palace is colossal bronze figure tearing apart
a lions Jaws. from which jet OF water IL
thrown eighty feet in the air broad fight OF
marble steps. over which the water falls In sue
cessve cascades. leads to the bottom. with long
lines OF side jets on each side on the lowest
level there is another large fountain with many
lets Further on Is the Empress's Island. with
the beautiful Narcissus fountain. 1t Is not Ner-
sailles. bu. II is very beautiful. on ftte nights.
when iliustrious guests are present or when
national festivals are celebrated, every marble
riser I'm the staircase Of falling water IL dotted
with colored lamps flashing their soft radiance
like jewels in the setting OF a Russian Icon Az
the sides where the descending torrents feed the
smaller fountains there are festoons of colored
lights and the gided lattices are carried up ana
down the promenades and bypaths until radiance
Is lost in the evening shadows.
REvEIs FOR TWO GUESTS.
This WAS the scene Of tho Imperial revei
which followed the arrival Of the German En-
peror in Pe,erhof He an illustrious friend.
who was not an Ally. yet was anxious TO be con-
sider,d as good as one. This week there VIII
who Is both friend and ally. Like the German
Emperor he VIII he received AT Cronstadt with
/ the thunders ~ the feet. and conducted 10 the
same State apartments at Peterhof Merrly
the fountains VIII play. and myriads Of jewelled
lamps Will fash at another Respondent ftte.
An army will pass before him FOR review. az
similar military host marched before the German
Emperor. and the sumptuous banquets and
gorgeous cerc nonIals and stately hospitality
~ the richest Court In Europe will he repeated.
The German Emperor had his trlumphal entry
! n week ago nj Cronstadt Peterhof and 81. Peters
burg but Il was not the popular welcome which
has been res rived for President Faur". Since
Prince Bismarcks inconycnent revelation of
State secrets the sovereign who dispensed with
his services has been anxious 20 prove 10 the
world that the relations 81 Germany and Russia
are intimate Prince Bismarck had entered into
n coalition with Austria Hungary ard italy for
mutual defence: and simultaneously he had con-
uac,ed a secret alliance with Russia. thereby
securing the Fa,horland against attack from
that quarter and completely lsolatlng France.
The young German Emperor had neglected to re-
new this secret compact and the way had been
opened Tor n close alliance between Russia and
France. Prince Rsmarck's accusation a year
ago was that Germany had been weakened by
-
Of his diplomatic policy
The German Emperor has revealed his sens-
tveness to criticism. During the last twelve
months he has taken n conspicuous and indeed
commanding part IN the Cretan and Greek
negotiations so as to prove that Prince Bis
marck was wrong IN asserting that there had
been n decline In the influence and power of Ger
many on the Continent. lie has also been pro-
fuse In his demon tons OF friendship for Rus
ala I'm order To rofute tho Princes charge that an
ally had been converted into an enemy by stupid
Diplomacy and driven against It's will into
unnatural alliance with France The German
En,pcror's visit ~ St Petersburg undoubt
edly designed TO divert pu3lic attention from the
exceptional honors which were To be showercd
upon President Faure.
The Russian alliance with France is an anon
aly because the two countries are as far apart
as the two poles I'm political institutions: and it
Ia unnatural. because In tho ultimate partition
OF the Turkish Empire, which mag follow the
Sulten's death or some unexpected palace in
trigue or revolutionary outbreak in CONSTANT
nople IL creates a working partner. who will be
entitled to claim Jerusalem and all the sacred
sI,os OF the Holy Land. But II the day
ever comes when the occupation ~ Jerusalem Ia
assessed as the price Of French cooperation in
the conquest Of Constantinople. there will be
revolt In Holy Russia against the surrender of
the most venerated shrines In Chrstendom to a
Roman Catholic country like France. Whoever
remains In Russia long enough TO appreciate the
intensity OF religious feeling and the supersti-
,ous awe with which all sacred places are re-
carded by men Of every class and rank does not
need TO be told that Jerusalem IL coveted more
ardently than Constantinope. and that the
French alliance, which Is now popular In Russia.
will he abandoned whenever II mcnaces Orthodox
Greek Christianity with the loss OF holy places.
l. n. F.