The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
THE BEAR is IN THE SADDLE.
RUSSIA THE CENTER OF EUROPEAN
POLITICS AND POWER.


President Faure Turns Gossip for
the DeIectation of the French PeO-
ple-Army NIRnOuvers other Cos
sip From the Mother Country.
Especial London Gable Letter, Copyright
ed 1897 by the Associated Press)
London, Sept. 4.-Publc attention still
centers In the dual alliance though it has
been Interrupted by the shoutngs Of En-
! peror William of Germany, England re-
mains apathetic, in spite Of the fact that
the center of gravity in European affairs
has been shifted to.St. Petersburg.
Commenting upon the political situation
! the Spectator remarks: 1.-THE closer we
look into the details of the arms binding
/ Europe the clearer 1t becomes that no one
/ of the various powers can move without
l Russia. In some way or the other, every
| power, except Russia, is bound either by
express agreement or by interests not to
! alter the status quo"
/ Queen Victoria and the Marquis of SAL
isbury, thoughtfully aware of the French
jealouses of England, placed great reli-
ance upon the clear-cut, English tending
| influence of the czarina over the car and
| believe the alliance really makes an op-
portunlty for peace. Germany finds solace
in the bitter chagrin of Emperor Williams s
remarks AT st. Petersburg, according
to my conviction we SKINNED the cream
| Prince Bismarck, too, is softening German
susceptibiities by explaining the weakness
of the meaning of the words employed by
the car
In France. particularly in Paris, the de-
! llrium continues. Russian names are given
to every possible article of fashion and
luxury, the streets still gay with Russian
colors will be re-baptized, wherever men
see pictures of the czar they lift their hats,
and the statute of Strassburg, on the Place
de la Concord is daily decorated with flo
raj wreaths, in response to the almost uni
versal conviction that Russia means to
compel Strassburg's restoration. Though
| the members are already disappointed in
not obtaining immense Russian contracts,
| Russia certainly intends to do much to
| crafty French ambition. The first step an
nounced is the establishment of a Russian
legation at Tangief,> to support French
volunteers in Africa, and France feels, for
the first time since 1871. that she is strong
enough to have her own way
President Faure is quite delighting Paris
with the gossip of the Russian court.
| What astonished him most was the infor-
NAL and entirely unaffected manners of
the emperor and empress. The imperial
couple, he explains, lived exactly like pri-
vate people, in a small cottage with their
children, dogs and photographs about.
| The czar dislikes a military escort near
him, goes about practically unattended,
and is immensely popular with them. This
| last statement is confirmed by the recep-
| tion his majesty met with al Warsaw this
| week. There the people seemed to have
| given him a most hearty welcome and in
| political circles much Importance Is at
| tached to his majesty's visit to Poland.
Between the intervals OF the universal
! shouting for peace, the heads of the va
J rious nations have been busy preparing
| the effectiveness Of their armies by au-
! tumn maneuvers. Emperor William pa
| raded an army corps at Cob.entz-Wurz-
| burg and Nuremburg upon the occa sion
| OF his visits to the cities and to-day at
/ Homburg his majesty paraded four armed
! corps before himself, the empress, the
| King Regent of Italy the King of Saxo-
! ny, the King of Wurtemburg, the Prince
| Regent of Bavaria, the Grand Duke Mich
olas of Russia, the Duke and Duchess of
Connaught, the Duke of Cambridge. Prince
and Princess Henry of Prussia and many
other notables. The army maneuvers
| proper do not begin until Monday next
| The Germans have actually modified a
larger force than they had on the French
border in 1870 within ten days of the declar-
alton of war and the troops in the very
positions they would occupy f actually
mobilized for war to-day.
Though army maneuvers on grand
scale are occurring in the Crimea, the
czar, at the Warsaw maneuvers, will wit
ness the operations Of 4,50O officers and
900 men.
The maneuvers will be particularly di-
rected toward solving the difficulty Of sup.
plying the troops with hot food In the
field, and improving the bicycle, postal,
telegraph and ambulance survices.
The French army maneuvers, which win
be held in the north of France will be two
armed corps together.
The British army meneuVers which fin
ished to the day near Arundel, and which
furnished instruction to 10000 men, have
not called for favorable comments from
the military critics, except the complaints
of the presence OF too many boys in the
ranks and the remark that continental
armies ought to outclass the British in or
ganizaton.
When DR.. Theodore Herzl, the so-called
"new Moses" made his farewell speech
at the meeting of 'Zionists al Basic, Swift
zerland, during the week he declared that
the congress had been worthy of itself
and Israel. Then ensued a dramatic scene
tears, kissing and rejoicing, beggareo
description
While Queen Victoria was travelling
from Osborn, during the jubilee week, on
her way to Balmoral, Scotland. her maj
esty called Staff Capt. w. G. Goldsmith,
commander Of her yacht. to 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 en-
tirely spontaneous, and is one OF the few
instances Of knighthood having been con-
ferred by the queens own initiative, in
stead Of as result of political intrigue.
The Church Times says that the large
number OF Americans here has led the in
PRODUCTION Of the name Of the President
OF the United States into the collects for
the queen.
The supporters OF rational dress" have
arranged with seven ladies' bicycling clubs
to make a bloomer demonstration by
wheeling from London to oxford, where
1fnnar of ha