The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
DANCE ATTENDANCE
PRESIDENT AND MINISTRY OF
FRANCE COOL THEIR HEELS
WAITING. ON NICHOLAS II.
EMPEROR TAKES HIS TIME
Conferences Held Between Gar and
French Premier, and Between
Russian and French For
eign Minister'S.

COMPIEGNE, Sept. 20-Emperor Mich
olas exercised the preprogative of an
autocrat today and kept President Lou
bet and all the French occupants of the
chateau Compiegne marking time the
Whole morning until he had Signified his
desires. 1t was fully expected that he
would drive to Pierrefonds and visit the
castle and that afterwards he would go
shooting in the great park attached TO
the chateau Compiegne. All the arrange
ments had been made and 500 pheasantS
were brought specially last evening and
let loose in the covers. But he did moth
ing of the kind.
His majesty remained in his apart
ments after breakfast quietly until III
o'clock, when he took a short promenade
in the gardens, attired in dark lounge
suit and top-boots, with the czarina clad
in her invariable half mourning and fol-
lowed by a hound. The empress carried
her camera, with which she took NUM-
Der of views. Their majesties passed a
squad of infantry stationed in the park
and the officer gave the order to present
arms. Thereupon the czarlna pnoto-
graphed the group, subsequently conVers-
ing with the officer and promising that
he should have the photograph.
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE.
After returning to the chateau the en-
deck Rousseau, the French premier. 1t
lasted at least two hours. Count Lams-
dorff, the Russian foreign minister also
conferred with M. Delcasse, the French
minister of foreign affairs, Naturally,
what took place has not been diyulged,
but it is whispered that the principal
subject of the two interviews was the
commercial relations between France and
Russia.
After giving it to be understood that
he would arrive at PierrefondS, the czar
t left the chateau with the czarlna IN
victoria at 3 o'clock with no escort except
a few detectives on bicycles, who Kept
discreetly in the background, thus giving
him the illusion of a private urive and
the life of an ordinary mortal. Measures
were taken within the park, however,
that absolutely precluded the approach
of any stranger. The entire outer circuit
of the park was patrolled by culrasslefs,
while every few yards along the pal1sade
enclosing the park were stationed loot
soldiers with fixed bayonets. Numerous
detectives were hidden in the woods. IN
order to test the measures taken to safe
guard his majesty's person during the
drive five detectives were instructed to
attempt to- enter the park last evening
under cover of the darkness. In every
case they were captured before getting
inside the chateau gardens.
CROWDS DISAPPOINTED.
The emperor wore the undress. uniform
of the Prevbrajenski regiment He
changed his route quite Unexpectedly;
and, instead of proceeding to Pierrefonds.
took short drive to the village OF
Beauxmonts, returning to the Chateau
Compiegne at 5 o'clock.
In the meantime crowds assembled in
ha Of piarrafoDdc AWAITING
expected arrival, The streets were gaily
decorated by the local authorities. Ex-
pectation, however, was destined to be
disappointed. The route was kept free
of traffic by gendarmes, but all to no
purpose
The streets of Compiegne presented
most animated aspect all day-long. In
the afternoon an immense coneourse
gathered in the hope of witnessing the
czar and czarina drive through a part
of the town or the outer park. But the
only satisfaction enjoyed was "a pleasant
surprise visit to the town hall from M.
Loubet. His progress between the
Chateau Compiegne and the town hall
constituted striking comment upon the
extraordinary precautions surrounding
every step the czar has taken since he
set foot on French soil. NJ. Loubet gave
no inkling of his intention. The first
thing known, not merely to the general
public but to the police, was when the
president, accompanied by M. Waldeck-
Rousseau and Gen. Dubois, chief of the
military household emerged from the
gates of the chateau on foot. The road
to the town hall was hastily cleared as
we'll as possible.
The mayor, who was at the town hall
with view to the possibility of such a
visit, even had to send out and gather
in the members Of the town council, who
were quietly slipping after-lunch coffee
in the neighboring cafes. The manner
in which the visit was conducted was one
of those charming touches that endear
M. Loubet to the French people,.
All ceremony was absolutely excluded
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