The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-05
THE CRY OF STRASSBURG
PRESIDENT FAURE'S VISIT HAS
SET ARMIES TO MOVING.
EMPEROR WILLIAM IS DOING ABOUT
The German. French and Englis,, Army Ma
n9uvres- Russia Intends to Do Much to
Crafty French Ambition Mckinley's
Name in the Que ems Collect.

/ Name in the Quean's Collect.
[(Copyright, 1897, by Associated Press J
London, Sept. 4.-Pubic attention still
centers in the dual alliance. though it has
been interrupted by the shoutings of
remains apathetic, in spite of the fact
that the center of gravity in European
affairs has been shifted to st. Peters
burg.
Commenting upon the political situa-
ton, the Spectator remarks: ''Tlhe closer
we look into the details of the arrange
ments binding Europe, the clearer it be-
comes that no one of the various powers
can move without 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
Salisbury. though fully aware of the
French jealousies of England, placed
great reliance upon the clear-cut English
tending influence of the Czarina over the
Gear, and believe the alliance really
makes for peace Germany finds solace in
remarks "At St. Petersburg, according to
our conviction, we SKINNED the cream"
Prince Bismarck, too, is sofetning
German susceptibilities by explaining the
weakness of the meaning Of the words
employed by the Gar.
! In France, particularly in Paris, the
delrium 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 Gar
they lift their hats, and the statue of
Strassburg, on the Place de La Concorde,
is daily decorated with floral wreaths, in
response to the almost universal convic-
ton that Russia means to compel StraSs-
lburg's restoration.
Though the manufacturers are already
disappointed in not obtaining immense
Russian contracts, Russia certainly in.
itends to do much to crafty French am
Ibtion. The first step announced is the es-
Establishment of a Russian legation at
ITangier, to support French views in Az
)rica, 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 informal and entirely unaffected man
iners of the Emperor and Empress. The
Imperial couple, he explains, lived exact
ly like private people, in n small cottage,
with their children, dogs and photo
graphs about. The Czar dislikes a mill
tary escort near him, goes about practi-
Ically unattended and is immensely popu-
lar with the people. This last statement
lis confirmed by the reception his majesty
lmet with at Warsaw this week. There
the Poles seemed to have given him a
most hearty welcome, and in political cir
Icles much importance is attached to his
!majesty's visit to Poland.
Between the intervals Of the universal
shouting for peace, the heads of the
various nations have been busy perfect
ing the effectiveness Of their armies by
autumn manoeuvres. Emperor William
paraded All army corps at Coblentz,
Wurzburg and Nuremburg, upon the oc-
Icasion Of his visits to the cities, and to-
day at Homburg his majesty paraded
four armed corps before himself the
Empress, the King and Queen of Italy
Ithe King of Saxony. the King Of Wur-
temburg, the Prince Regent Of Con-
naught, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince
and Princess Henry Of Prussia and
many other notabilities. The army man.
touevres proper do not begin until Mon
day next. The Germans have actually
mobilized a larger force than they had
on the French border in 1870, within
ten days of the declaration OF war, and
the troops are in the very positions they
would occupy If actually modified for
war to-day.
Though army manouevres on q grand
scale are occurring in the Crimea, the
Czar at the Warsaw manouevres will
witness the operations of four thousand
five hundred officers and one hundred
and twenty-five thousand men.
The manouevres 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 services.
The French army manouevres, which
will be held in the north of France will
, bring armed corps together.
The British army manouevres. which
finished to-day near Arundel. and which
furnished instruction to 10000 men.
, have not callad forth any particular COM
ments from the military critics. except
. their complaints of the presence of too
many boys in the ranks and the remark
that the Continental armies outclass the
British in organization.
When DR.. Theodore Herzl, the So
called New Moses" made his farewell
speech at the meeting of Zionists at