The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22
CZAR OF RUSSIA BIDS FAREWELL
TO THE PRESIDENT OF
FRANCE
REVIEW OF A MIGHTY HOST
Army of One Hundred and Forty
Thousand Men Marched Past
His Majesty at
Betheny.
GEARS PLEDGE TO FRANCE

late tonight after bidding farewell to
| President Loubet at the station at Beth
eny. All those responsible for his safety
breathed sigh of relief, for it has been
most anxious time. The extraordinary
| vigilance exercised resulted, however in
his stay in France from first to last
passing without the slightest untoward
! incident. The salient feature of the visit
was it's military character. The czar came
| to see the French army and he has been
| seen himself by but few persons except
| soldiers His general demeanor created
| the most favorable Impression among all
who came in contact with him. He was
in constant good humor, and evidently
took pleasure in showing satisfaction in
the fact that he was among allies and
| that he appreciated the efforts made to
render his visit agreeable in every way.
| On the other hand the czarina was no.
! ticeably less demonstrative, and display
! ed reserve which probably was largely
| due to nervousness for the cZarS safety,
| but which nevertheless somewhat es-
tranged her from the sympathies of the
| spectators. AT the various ceremonies
her smiles appeared to come less spon-
taneQuSly than was manifested In the
| case of the car. President Loubet did
not conceal his happiness, and he was
| evidently highly gratified at the success
| of the visit An interesting note of the
| visit was the czar'S cordial attitude to-
| ward Gen. Andre, whom the Nationalists
| decry as an object of special dislike so
| far as the Russian government is con-
| cerned. Whenever the czar and Gen. Andre
| met, however, they chatted amiably, and
| today at the platform at the station at
| Betheny, when taking leave of his French
| hosts, the Russian emperor spoke with
| Gen. Andre longer than anyone except
| President Loubet, warmly shaking his
| hand in parting Even after the czar left
| Gen. Andre he turned back for the espe-
! cial purpose of saying something which
| he had forgotten. The remark of the
czar was obviously pleasing to the French
minister of war. The czar watched to-
days military spectacle with a manifest
| admiration which possibly prompted the
| emphasis which he laid upon the word
| ''allies" when he pronounced 1t in reply
! to the toast at the luncheon. He uttered
| the word with studied distinctness and
| paused a moment, as if to allow the full
significance of his statement to be under
stood.
GRAND REVIEW.
The czar, the cZaTina and President
Loubet today reviewed 100000 troops on
| the plain of Betheny. The march past
| lasted from 10:45 to 1:10 p. M, terminat-
| ing in a magnificent charge of 20, 600 cav
| as the infantry went by $50 files deep,
with fixed bayonets. The czar and czar-
! ina and President and Nine. Loubet left
| Compeigne at 8 o'clock this morning and
| arrived at Betheny at 10 o'clock. The
czar, on leaving the station, mounted a
| splendid bay charger, handsomely capar-
| iSoned, which Russian soldier was hold
| ing for him
The other members of the party entered
carriages which were drawn by four ar
| tllery horses. Awaiting at the station
| were thirty Arab sheilkhs. who had OBJ
| talned special permission to leave Algeria
and Tunis to attend the review. They
gathered around the imperial procession
as an escort to the review ground
The sheikhs were attired in the most
brilliant colors scarlet, blue, brown
green and yellow robes, which flowed
over the launches of their Arab steeds.
The trappings of these horses were su-
perb, and were embroidered with gold
Hanging from the sides of the sheikhs
were scimitars with jeweed hilts and
| scabbards inlaid with gold. The leader Of
the sheikhs wore a fantastic headdress
of black plumes and magnificent scar
let costume. with light blue trimmings.
He was mounted on a priceless black
Arab steed and was followed by two 9TH
er shiekhs in white mantles thrown over
pale pink uniform and wearing eXtraor-
binary headdresses, huge low-crowned
hats with black feathers and wide brims
lined with saffron colored silk, which flap
ped up and down as the sheikhs careened
across the plain behind the czar The
Oriental group formed Kaleidoscope
mass of color of the most brilliant de-
scription imaginable, and constituted the
most attractive feature in the entire
army.
THE PLAIN OF BETHENy
is about six miles wide, two miles deep
and is surrounded by rising ground which
forms a sort of amphitheater of pasture
and woodland, and was taken as a coign
OF vantage by great concourSe % the
general public, who thus dominated the
review ground, though from a considera-
Die distance. The pavilion of honor,
which faced the plain on the south side
was covered with an awning of red and
white stripes. The interior was hung
| with purple velvet and gold embroidery
and was adorned with military devices of
swords and bayonets, while breastplates
were fixed on the outside walls A dais
| Jutted out in the center of the pavilion
on Which the czar, the cZarina, President
Loubet, M Deschanel president of the
chamber of deputies, and M. Fallieres.
president OF the senate, and their wives
took seats. The whole was profusely dec
GRATED with flags and the French tricolor
and Russian standard waved from mAsts
at either end. A small area in front of
the pavilion was converted into sort
Of tropical garden, planted with palms
and flowers There were four heavy can
non at each corner of the garden, with
their muzzles pointed upward as though
defending the dais The immense stands.
covered with bunting were situated at
either side of the position of honor. and
| ten invited guests witnessed the review
| therefrom.
The guard of honor at the pavilion was
| chosen from troops who have returned
from the Chinese expedition Prominent
among them was company Of turbaned
zouaves, in their picturesque uniforms.
The car followed the carriages He
first rode around the maneuver ground
and inspected the immense army and then
ascended the dais and took a seat with
| Nine Loubet on his left
Then the czarina seated herself with
| M Loubet on her left The czar wore
the uniform of a colonel of the Presbra-
| Jenski regiment Of the guard. President
Loubet wore evening dress. with the
grand Gordon of the Order of ST An
drew. The czarina was dressed in black
Nine. Loubet wore a light blue dress
Behind them, closely packed on benches
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