The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-08-24
FAURE ON RUSSIAN SOIL
PRESIDENT 0F FRENCH REPUBLIC
GREETED BY THE CzAR.

GREETED BY TIE CzAR.
Bouquets Instead of Bombs Thrown at the
Two Ruiers-st. Petersburg En- Fete in
Honor of the Occasion-Grand Duke
Alexis Welcomes the Distinguished
Guest-Latter Offers Homage to CzarIna
st. Petersburg, Aug. 23.--From early
this morning there has been scene Of
great animation here and steady flow
of people towards the quays where they
embarked on profusely decorated
Faure at Cronstadt. After a rainy
night splendid weather prevailed.
The final preparations at Peterhoff
We're completed this morning. The
magnificent park between the palace
and the sea was gloriously decorated
with the flags of Russia and France.
erywhere presenting fine picture from
the sea, with the cascade falling in
front of the palace, combined with the
beautiful marble terraces and orna-
mented gilt statue.
The streets of Peterhoff were crowd
ed from early morning and were gay
with court equipages, which were con-
stantly dashing through them with rich
ly attired personages on their way to
the landing stage, which was gorgeous
ly decorated for the occasion.
Contrary to the Russian custom, the
people were allowed to enter the park
and line the route followed by President
Faure and the other personages.
The scene was rendered more ami
mated by the fact that among the
crowds were countless men and women
wearing tricolor cocades and thousands
of children waving little French or Rus
sian flags
At o'clock in the morning a sema-
phore message announced that the
French squadron was thirteen miles
distant and a Cossack was Immediately
dispatched at gallop to convey the
news to the czar at the Peterhof palace.
Another and similar dispatch soon fol-
lowed from Cronstadt and then the
czar emerged from the palace, entered
a carriage drawn by two gray horses
majesty wore the uniform of a 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 Rus
sian minister for foreign affairs, Count
Muravieff; the French ambassador to
Russia, Count Lannen de Montebello,
General Boisdoffro, chief of the French
general staff, who is to replace the
Count de Montebello at st. Petersburg,
and Baron Won Moroheim, the Russian
/ ambassador to France. The czar con-
versed in French with various person
ages for a few minutes and then the
imperial party embarked on board the
4 Alexandria. The Grand Duke Alexis,
the high admiral of Russia, and uncle
Of the czar, on board the Hisstrela,
proceeded ahead.
The Grand Duke Alexis went along
! side the Pothua, on board of which was
the French president, and welcomed the
\ latter to Russia In the name Of the
czar.
A large fleet of pleasure steamers had
by that time assembled In the roads
4 and the most intense enthusiasm was
manifested when the Grand Duke Alex
is and President Faure left the Pothua
and proceeded to the Alexandria The
czar awaited the president at the top
of the Alexandria's gangway and the
moment M Faure set foot on the deck
of the Imperial yacht warm embraces
were exchanged between the czar and
the president, which were the signal
for a storm of cheering, the waving of
Il handkerchiefs and other marks of pop
II ular and enthusiastic delight. The
sailors manned ship at the same time
4 and gave the regulation cheers for the
Il czar and his guest.
His majesty when the exchange of
q salutat tions had been ended, invited the
3 president to the after deck of the Alex
q andria and offered him cigars. There
E upon they both lighted cigars and en-
4 gagged in cordial conversation. The
HI president said he had had an excellent
II passage with fine weather and no hitch
a of any kind the only Inconvenience be-
Il ing the fog which the French ships en-
Fl countered on the Baltic off Finland
M. Faure added that at 10 o'clock yes
# terday evening q Russian squadron
H under Admiral Nazinoff, consisting OF
III two cruisers, four torpedo boats and
ri three torpedo catchers, was signalled
Fl and at sunrise this morning this squad
FL ron saluted with twenty-one guns. The
u salute was returned by the French
IA warship Dupuy de LONE.
When the Alexandria arrived at the
landing stage the high court dignitaries
Vii were again grouped to receive the car
~ and his guest. President Faure was
X: dressed in a frock coat and wore the in
sigma of the Grand Collar of the Order
Nj of ST. Andrew. which decoration was
presented to him by the czar in June
1925. Out of compliment to his guest
n the czar also wore the same order
"a When the imperial yacht was safely
:@ moored along side the jetty. the French
president was the first to land and the
band of the imperial guard struck up
M the "Marseillaise.' The czar followed
q NJ, Faure ashore and Immediately pre-
B sented his guest to the Grand Dukes
4 valdamir, Cyril Boris, Andrew, Paul
81 Constantine, Nicholas, Peter, Michael
e George and Sergius. A detachment of
marines with colors flying then march
Z 81 most the czar and the nresident who