The news & observer., 1897-08-24
President Faure is Received
Into Peterhof Palace.
HE AND THE CAR HUG
THRY HAVE SNACK
AT ALEXANDRIA PALACE.
A WELCOME OF FLOWERS AND BLUE SKIES
The Royal Host SaIIies Out to Meet His Re-
publican Guest Who Later Offers Homage
to the Czarina.-Faure and the Gar
Wear the Grand Collar.


Wear the Grand Collar.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 23.-From early
this morning there has been a scene of
great animation here and steady flow
of people toward the iuays where they
embarked on profusels decorated steam
ers to meet President Faure at Cron-
stadt. After rainy night. splendid wea-
ther prevailed.
The final preparations at Pterhof were
completed this morning. The magnifi-
cent park between the palace and sea
was gloriously decorated with the flags
Iof Russia and France.
The latter were to be seen flying ev-
erywhere presenting akfne picture from
the sea With the cascade falling in front
of the palace combined with the beauti-
ful marble terraces and ornamented gilt
statues. ,
The strets of Peterhof were crowded
from early morning and were gay with
court eQuipages, which were constantly
dashing through them with richly attired
pers0nages. who we're ON their way TO
the landing stage, which was gorgeou sly
Contrary TO Russian custom, the De0-
pie were allowed to enter the park and
line the route followed by President
Faure and the other high personages.
The scene was rendered more animated
by the fact that among the crowds were
countless men and women wearing tri-
colored cockades and thousands Of chill
dren waving little French aud Russian
flags.
AT 8 o'clock in the morning a semithore
message announced that the French
squadron was thirteen miles distant and
Cossack was at once dispatched at a
gallop to convoy the news to the Czar at
the Peterhof palace. Another and SINH
lar dispatch soon followed from Cron-
stadt and then the Gar emerged from
the palace, entered a carriage drawn by
two gray horses, and drove to the land
ing stage. His Majesty wore the uni
form of captain in the Russian navy,
with the ribbon of the Legion of Honor
on his breast
Grouped at the landing stage were the
high court dignitaries and the Russian
Minister for Foreign fairs; Count Mu-
ravieff; the French Ambassador to Rus
sia, Count Lannos De Montebelle Gen
Roisdoffre, chief of the French General
Staff, who is to replace the Count De
Monticello at st. Petersburg, and Baron
Won Morenheim, the Russian Ambassa-
dor to France. The Gar conversed in
French with various personages for a
few minutes and then the imperial party
embarked on board the Alexandria. The
Grand Duke Alexis, the high admiral of
Russia, and uncle of the Gear, on board
the Hisstrola, went ahead. The Grand
Duke Alexis was alongside the Pothuau,
on board Of which was the French Pres
ident and welcomed the latter to Russia,
in the name of the Czar.
A large feet of pleasure steamers had
by that time assembled in the roads and
the most intense enthusiasm was mani
Tested when the Grand Duke Alexis and
President Faure left the Pothuan and
proceeded to the Alexandria. The Gear
awaited the President at the top Of the
Alexandria's gangway and the moment
vi. Faure set foot on the deck of the i'm
perial yacht warm embraces were ex-
changed between the Gear and the Presi-
dent, which were the signal for a storm
of cheering, waving of handkerchiefs and
Iother marks of popular and enthusiastic
delight. The sailors manned the ship at
the same time and gave the regulation
cheers for the Gear and his guest.
His Majesty, when the exchange of sal
utations had been ended invited the
President to the aft deck of the Alexan-
dria and offered him cigars. Thereupon
they both lighted cigars and engaged in
cordial conversation. The Gear questioned
prncidnnf oh c1y
him whether he had enjoyed it, and the
President replied that he had an excel
lent passage, with fine weather and no
hitch of any kind, the only inconveni-
ence being the fog, which the French
ships encountered on the Baltic coast of
Finland. M. Faure added that at 10
o'clock yesterday Russian squadron,
under Admiral Nazinoff, consisting of
two cruisers, four torpedo boats and three
torpedo catchers, were signalled and at
sunrise this morning this squadron sa-
luted President Faure with twenty-one
guns, which salute was returned by the
French warship Dupuy De LONE.
When President Faure had finished
telling the story of his voyage to the
Gar, the Alexandria arrived at the land
ing stage, where the high court digni-
taries were again grouped to receive the
Gear and his guest. President Faure was
dressed in a frock coat and wore the in
sigma of the grand collar of the Order
of st. Andrew, which decoration was
presented to him by the Gar in June,
1895. Out of compliment to his guest,
the Gear also wore the same order With
Count Muravieff, the Russian minister
for foreign affairs, and M. Hanotaux,