The sun., 1902-12-21
FRANCES DIPLOMATIC WOES,
ANTICLERICALS UNDERMINE THE
ALLIANCE WITH Russia.
italy Alone Profits by Understanding
With France-Iiins Victor Plays 50.
voy's Old Game Between Contc ending
FOes-Freuch and Russian Poll.
cies NJ LogScrhcads In the LcNant.

ROME, Nov. 23.--Tho Vatican has learned
that, through the agency Of VI. Barrcrc.
NJ. Waldeck- Rousseau had an interview with
the King Of Italy at San Rossorc. between
Florence and Pisa. On both banks Of the
Tibcr the return 20 power of tho former
President OF the Council h. rcgJrtie! Cs being
near at hand. and 1t Is beloved that he viii
then give new direction - the diplomacy
of the French Republic The coming to-
Eether of France and Italy opens the new
diplomatic period; according TO NJ. Naquct,
TO NJ Jaures and the Drcy!usard tiers,
1t Is only beginning.
All at once the republic throws the Eu-
ropean chessboard into confusion. The
Quai d 'Orsay finds all assistant in the Quiri-
nal To the do-no;hing King Humbcrt l.,
a sovereign ca ger for action succeeds. Anti
clerical, col,lly passionate, anxious to re-
quite the proud in1cxibility Of the Pope,
very much opposed to France. but concilia-
tory and an opportunist, Victor Emmanuel
III selves the favorable chance.
The people was drawing away from his
dynasty, which played with its hopes, At
the moment when - win back popular con-
ElcAce h" rests his throne on socialism, he
PUTS matters in order. through the unex-
ported assistance Of the republic hides the
Internal distress behind the prestige of the
consuta. and tries to Isolate the Holy Sec.
desperate gambler, when he does not
stake his vengeance on ono card, he stakes
lis dynasty on it. The gold of France re-
stores order 20 his finances: her international
agreement Restores the prest ice of Italian
diplomacy. The renewal of the Triple
Alliance the collaboration with England in
the Red Sea. ant thcri7c ,he Quirinal to make
use of its allies Of to-day and its adversaries
of Yesterday and - play them against each
other. II speaks TO the monarchies in the
name Of the republic, and the courts aid him
In lis negotiations with France. II is
system of perfect equilibrium in which the
Savoyard gives nothing and receives every
thing.
In the Mediterranean on the Tunis border
the Quai d'Orsay encourages him to round
ont colonial domain. and, kindness
with no return, thereby alienates from the
Ouai d Orsay Turkey, the retention of whose
possessions in th,ir integrity nevertf"
less assures the preservation of the French
privileges, while partial dtspoilment
would increase the power OF the other
States, without the possibility Cf any OF
its fragments ever increasing the terri
tory of the republic,
What brings out clearly the true charac-
ter Of the Franco-Italian understanding
il that the Consulta. counting on this aban-
donment and on the slsvish following OF
an anti-national doctrine, IL carrying on
everywhere its work Of direct opposition
to the interests Of France. Every conflict
finds Italy opposed to the republic and on
the side Of Germany and England. At
the time of the Mtylcne expedition she
conspired at the Sultan's court with
Frances rivals in the matter Of the protec-
torate On the occasion Of the recent ap-
pointment Of a Governor of Lebanon in the
tange OF intrigues, shN voted against NJ.
Constans with the British Foreign Office and
the Wilhelmstrasse, When the last Italian
pilgrimage TO Jerusalem took place. the
air Of triumph of the Quirinal and the joy
full comments Of its newspapers constantly
revealed the secret of her diplomacy.
namely. to take the place Of the republic
and 10 clip away from its Levantine inheri-
tance
That is the way the debtor acts. but the
creditor seems to be so delighted at his
ingratitude that he begs for the chance
TO 60 bankrupt il he can only satisfy whlm
the Western" whim. The Jacobin re-
venge must be extended to diplomacy,
no matter at what cost; the foreign policy
must be brought into line with the war
against the Church and the congregations
II j. Of no Use for self-interest to protest;
tic o-der il one which NJ b pdy disobeys
And 20 or ,wn this enterprise. which should
call her, ic, il il were not senscess, the credit
of the Quai d'Orsay at Peterhof is strained
to the utmost in order 70 put Russia at the
service of the House of Savoy.
1t il unfortunately only n beginning
NJ Delcass' is making ready for his sue
cessor; he is performing function which
will increase with the circumst ances. His
attitude toward Russia still holds him fast
to power, for the French people is attached
10 the Franco Russian alliance, which it
looks upon as a guarantee. Tempori2ation
and diplomacy will precede the real evolI-
tion. The .declercazing- of diplomacy
opens the way for Juggling off the alliance
with the Car. Does not the Franco
Russian alliance appear on the map Of the
world as a remnant of clericalismt
The intruder who has brought about the
change is the anti-clerica combination
The real reasons for the lack Of results
from the Franco Russian alliance and for
the two Governments keeping up for mont hs
silent struggle must be sought in these
NJ Constans, the French Ambassador.
opposes NJ. Snovien, the Russian Ambas-
sador. who adds the Cars revenge TO the
-treachery" Of the republicans. Every
negotiation, every affair, brings tho diplo-
macy OF the two friends" iIto opposition;
i'm Armenia when the Car decides against
France the last stages Of the massacres
business, a. was shown by the appointment
of the Catholicos of Sis, the Primate of
Cilic'a and Greater Anatolia; in the heart
of the Lebanon, at the time Of Muzafer
Pasha's election; during the melodramatic
episode at Mitylcne. when the Russian
Go lernment protected Abdul Hamid ii
against a claims and ordered the with
drawal Of the French fleet; in the Persian
Gulf by he contribution Of French money
for the German Bagdad Railroad, which
Is so contrary 70 Russias interests.