The sun., 1901-09-29
MOTIVE OF THE CZAR'S TRIP.
BRITISH CONJECTURE ABOVE
HIS VISIT 10 FRANCE.
a Desire 10 sseths Offended Frseoh s0ss-
mont One Explanstsn -Psans % Eneos
Lean Observation-Disclosures ef
Russia's Resources and Cap1tai Needsd-

hunmAo resources enu sapt& Neeoro'
LONDON, Sopt a.@Ths French psopas
through al the merely MinAstatl changes
Of the past thirty yeara. has maintained its
confidence In the trained and intelhseus
patriotism Of the diplomsttsts and per-
manent officials who have defended
French interests In Europe and slssvhus
with q regular oonsistency on lines do
tated By the general situation sanos 18Th
With statements like this Engiish writers
who have % far discussed the meeting at
Compiegns betwsen Oar Nicholas II. and
President Loubst have bssn oontsut 70
dismiss the qusstaon Of the Franoo-Russian
alliance. What discussion thsrs has been
has turned upon the motives for she vidt.
Outside Of France there II an absolute
agreement that q Russian loan 10 forth
coming. but In the republic itssn con-
lecture has found many other explanations.
h. de Blowitx. In dealing with the omission
Of visit 10 Paris from the programme
writes:
j am convinced that from the very first
Eicholns II. meant by bis visit to the navy
snd army to enacc tbs almost painful I'm
preston which tho French nation sI-
p>rienoed when the presence OF tho Russian
Ambassador at the manpuvrcs OF Alsaos-
Lorraine became known. This Il Why
Nicholas N. wished to 20 from the Dun
Kirk naval IeviSw to the military man
puvrss and tho reviow OF Bethrny. 90 that
his stay In France should be the exact
counterpart OF the military incident In
Alsaoe-Lorrains Inst year. Furtber it
should not be forgotten that the fact that
the CraritsA Ii In mourning for Queen vio-
- - ~. Es.1.l.L
have induced him to hold aloof from the
inevitably brilliant and stirring accom-
paniments OF Paris fets. and. finally. that
the horrible murder Of President Mckinley
and bis funeral cotncided 30 exactly with
the pressncs OF the Russian Imperial pair
IN France that the decision Of Nicholas II.
To keep away from Partisan sIuhcranos
cannot but DO considered exceedingly
tactful and In very good taste
Nowhere ~ there any Question of the
gcnu.nencsa Of the alliance or any attempt
at minimizing the significance OF the present
meeting. The English review quoted
nbove--the Spsaksr-goes 90 far az to set
forth the sold reasons for expecting that
such a union should endure. IL says
Like all modern alliances. tho Dual
Alliance has . purely political character.
and u based upon reasons OF interest; Il is,
therefore. beside the mark 10 wonder at
the friendship between two States which
are at opposite poles IN their Constitution
and ideals. It Il probable for that matter.
that an old misspprehe Of the relations
between the csar and his people. ard tho
nature OF . sovereignty which is rather .
popular theocracy than q depotism proper.
makes the contrast seem even more violent
than IL is In fact In any case. Il In on tho
ground OF political utili' that all that IL most
republican In France Oor the sociaust pro-
test 10 merely an incident OF French do
mestio pohticr). Ike all that 10 most auto.
cratic In Russia, has long ago accepted the
alliancs-
1t IL something when no positive antip-
athy proceeding from tho memory
OF recent injuries las Is TO some eI-
tent the case with countries forming the
Triple Alhance) divides the peoples whose
masters commit them TO q dynastio amity.
Tho quarrcls between France and Russia
IN the past have only been dynAstic: their
interests In most parts Of the world are
identical: and. perhaps. the only serious
possibility OF their ever conflicting oon-
Germs the protector ates which they sIer-
cise In Syria and other parts OF the Otto
man Empire over the Latin and orthodox
Christians respectively. hut there are
also certain moral bonds between the two.
Much - tho national characters differ.
II must not be forgotten that either Ia es-
senually q people OF PEASANTS; and that
they have In common q genius for sym-
pathetic assimilation which no other
European race has shown. Moreover,
from the time when the Empress Catherine
corrceponded with the Encyclopedsts,
the educated classes OF Russia have BEEN
the most faithful vassals Of tie French
intellectual empire
The Stdtist, taking the entirely material
view Of the question. deas with Russias
financial requirements.
1T Ia. no doubt an eIaggeration,s ssys
the writer. sto cay that only about one
tenth OF Russia yields a surplus revenue.
But IL n true that only comparatively a
very small part Of that great empire does
really give q surplus revenue. Many parts
Of Russia cost much moro than they yield,
and others barely pay for themselves.
The real surplus revenue II derived chiefly
from Poland and from the neighbor hood
Of Odessa. At the ssme time. Russia has
immense material resourccs which only
need development. Hsr population Is grow
ing at q very rapid rate. And. therefore,
abe has the greatest Of all elements OF
~ealth-abundance Of labor, Moreover,
In spite Of all her back~aryiness. she has
made very great progress during tho past
century Therofore, IL Ia OF tho utmost
Importance that Russia should obtain
capital. TO enable her To advance still moro
rapidly. and 70 raise the whole popc,Ation
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