The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-05
There is growing up a feeling akin to
alarm in many parts of Europe.
Anglo German Agreement

Thefe Is growing up 1eenng AKIN TO
alarm IN many parts OF Europe.
AnglO-German Agreement
This feeling of alarm was somewhat
checked by yesterdays report of the
AnglO-German agreement anent Africa
and Egypt. 1t is shreWdly suspected
that 1orewarning of this move was
one of the causes of the cars proposal.
tween England and Germany and Eng
land and America and all hope of Rus
sian ACKNOWLEDGMENT by means Of force
is at an end.
Russian diplomacy has been the most
skillful and successful in the world,
while Russian arms have been peculiar
~ unfortunate. There would be none
so quick as Russia to recognize the de-
cis1Ve FACTOR OF the force majeure and
submit thereto. What could be more
to her advantage than to procure the
elimination of force and the chance to
pursue her ambitious diplomacy where
in she is supreme and is now almost.
daily winning victories.
For the present not country of Eur
ope dreams or relaxing for a moment
the mad competition in building war
ships and equipping armies. Nor does
anybody except perhaps a few gentle
members of the peace society believe
practical relief from the intolerable
burdens OF military and naval arma-
ments which are crushing the other ma
tionS.
NlCtOFIa Started II.
New York, Sept. 5-The London CORE
the following inner history of the cars
peace encYclfcal, for the substantial ac-
Il can assert most positively that it
would never have been issued but for the
ca kilograms know that Engiand's repeated
humiIiations in diplomatic encounters with
foreign affairs in the far east, We're large
ly due to the queens earnest desire, which
command, that diplomatic pressure upon
Russia was not to be carried to the point
Of risk o from m, a war between herself and
count Muravieff, knowing this. played
that of an integral China, then of an open
trade door. Goaded beyond endurance by
verse by-elections, Lord Salisbury at last
was driven to tell the queen that he could
not be responsible for the conduct of for
eign affairs unless he was given an alb
solutely free hand, even should the issue
My information. coming from one who
had direct personal knowledge of the in
told Lord Salisbury that she could make
RHt 0 she r t4aSe % ms aRea In bi sad
thanked him warmly for all loyal service.
Then followed a touching. appeal to Lord
of her dearest wish that her few remain
ing years should not be sullied by terri
. What she asked. can do?
md tstY o0TX TsPGd doc brin fhfn ag
Immense personal influence to bear in the
cause of peace
Queens Personal Appeal.
1.-THE end of the interview was that the
empress dowager, mother of the car, wife
offs, namely Alexander III, was chosen
as the medium of the queens personal ap-
peal and the sister of the empress dow
ager, the Princess of Wales, who always
has been on terms of the closest affection,
vas at the audience with the queen at
Osborne on August 2, and was intrusted
with the personal conduct of the auto
graph letter from the queen to the empress
doWager and through her to the car.
The Princess Of Wales left LONDON on
hagen. The official intimation was put
out here that her hurried departure, leav-
ing her husband still a crippled invalid |
was due to the critical illness of her moth
er, the queen of Denmark; yet the next
day newspaper kilograms from Copen-
hagen announced that the queens illness
was in the words of her physician, mere
indispOsition, while August the queen
of Denmark and the Princess of Wales
were out CRYING tog3ethl1e7r I for two hours.
cial pretext. The real object of the prin-
cess visit was to convey Queen Victoria's
letter.
Car Was Enthusiastic.
1.-THE rest of the story is soon told. The
cZar received the queens letter with en-
thusiasm, following the traditional Ro-
following the footsteps Of his father, the
peace car. He had made two previous at
sent to a general appeal TO the powers in
the cause of peace. but so long Count
Muravien knew that England would not
go to war he put the car or. directly,
however, that he learned the character of
Queen Victoria's letter he knew that the
anti-British game was up. Che British
hands at last freed, they would
insist, if necessary al the point of the
sword, upon their demands in China, while
Russia was quite unprepared to fight.
IN. de White, the cars finance minister,
had long urged upon the car in opposi-
ton to Count Muravieff, Russia's impera-
tive need of five years of peace to sur
mount the famine trouble and to secure a
gold currency. What better means was
there for Count Muravieff to es cape from
an impossible position and for M. de Witte
to carry out his financial plans at home
and enable Russia generally. to fill in the
outlines of her recent expansion in the far
east?
g., Then, to encourage the young car in
his manifesto would prove to The world
RusSia'S disinterested desire for world
wide autty. So came the manifesto. What
now will result from it? That depends
absolutely on France. England ) answer
to the car will be most cordially appce-
cha tive. She will gladly stay the increase
of her navy If the other powers will do
She will do so all the more
readily now that Count Muravief is evil
IDENTIFY ready to give guarantees for the
permanence of British paramountcy in the
Xang-TSe valley
MOSS BEGINS WORK.