The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05
NO POWER IN EUROPE CAN MOVE
WITHOUT CONSENT OF RUS
STA,
FRANCE STILL DELIRI0Us.
DUAL ALLIANCE THE CENTER OF
INTEREST IN ALL THE CAPT.
TAILS.
NATIONS PREPARING FOR WAR.
Talk of Peace Has No Effect in Re-
tarding Military Maneuvers of
Unusual Magnitude.

LONDON. Sept. 4-Public attention
SILL centers in the dual alliance
though it has been Interrupted by the
shout1ngs of Emperor William of Ger
many. England remains apathetic, in
spite OF the fact that the center OF
gravity OF European affairs has been
shlfted to st. Petersburg Commentine
upon the political situation, the Spec
tator remarks: "The closer we look
into the details of the ARRANGEMENTS
binding Europe, the clearer it becomes
that no one of the various powers can
move without Russia. In some way or
other every power except Russia is
bound, either by express agreement or
by their 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 influence of the czarina over the
car and believe the alliance really
makes way for peace. Germany finds
solace, in the bitter chagrin, in EN-
peror Williams remark, according to
my conviction we skinned the cream. I"
Prince Bismarck, too, is softening Ger
man feelings by explaining the weak
ness of the meaning of the words en-
ployed by the car.
In France, particularly in Paris, the
delirium continues. Russian names
are given to every possible article of
luxury, the streets are still gay with
Russian colors. Wherever men see
pictures Of the car they lift their hats,
and the statue of Strassburg is gayly
decorated with floral wreaths, in re-
spouse to the almost universal convic-
ton that Russia means to compel
Strassburg's restoration
Though the French manufacturers
are already disappointed in not OBJ
tanning immense Russian contracts,
Russia certainly intends to crafty
French ambition. The first step an
nounced is the establishment of a
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.
PARIS PLEASED.
President Faure is quite delighting
Paris 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, live
exactly like private people in a small
cottage with their children, dogs and
photographs about. The car dislikes
a military escort near him, goes about
practically unattended, and is i'm
mensely popular with the people. This
last statement is confirmed by the re-
ception that his majesty met with at
Warsaw this week. There the Poles
seemed to have given him most
hearty welcome, and in political cir
cles much Importance is attached to
his majestys visit to Poland.
Between the intervals of the uni
yersal shouting for peace, the heads of
the various nations have been busy
perfecting the effectiveness of their
armies by autumn maneuvers. EN-
peror William paraded an army corps
at Coblentz, Wurzburg and Nurem-
burg, upon the occasion of his visits
to those cities, and today at Hamburg
his majesty paraded four army corps
before himself. the empress, the king
and queen of Italy, the king of Sax
ony. the king OF Wurtemburg, the
prince regent of Bavaria, the Grand
Duke Nicholas of Russia. the duke
and duchess of Connaught, the duke of
Cambridge, Prince and Princess Henry
of Russia, and other notabilities.
The army maneuvers proper do not
begin until Monday next, when 143
battalions of infantry, lis squadrons of
cavalry, Ill batteries of artillery,
twenty-one technical companies, and
three companies of military aeronauts
will be dividedint two armies Of Prus-
slams and Bavarians The, Germans
have actually modified a larger force
than they had on the French border in
1870, within ten days of the declara-
ton of war and the troops are in the
very position they would occupy if
modified for war today.
Though army maneuvers on a grand
scale are occurring in the Crimea, the
car, at Warsaw, will witness the op-
erations of $500 officers and 122, 900
men or 176 battalions of infantry, 152
squadrons of cavalry and 644 guns.
The maneuvers will be particularly di-
rected towards solving the difficulty of
supplying the troops with hot food in
the field, and improving the bicycle,
postal, telegraph and ambulance serv-
ices.
The French army maneuvers which
will be held in the north of France will
bring two army corps together.
The British army maneuvers which
finished today near Arundel, and
which furnished instruction to 10000
men. have not called forth any par
ticular comments from the military
critics except their complaints of the
presence Of too many boys in the
ranks, and the remark that the Con-
tinental armies outclass the British
organization.