The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-07-26
Gar and KAISER
RoNARCBS Meet ON BOARD no.
HENzoLLERN.
Considerable importance Attached
to the e1eetlNg, which was I'm.
heraIded, end About which Moth.
Inc Is Publicly Known Beyond
Fact That u Occurred.

st. Petersburg, July 24.-The meet.
ing between the car and the kaiser,
which took place on board the impe.
rial yacht Hohenzollern in the Gulf Of
Finland, has caused even more Of .
sensation here than did the news that
Russia had consented to consider Pres.
ident Roosevelt's peace offer.
Incidentally there are grave feelings
that this action on the part of the GEAR
will be followed BY unpleasant results
in France, which 10 not likely to ap-
prove Of the head of the Russian ma.
ton comforting with her ancient enc.
my.
Inasmuch as the French bankers
have furnished the sinews Of war in
the past, this phase Of the situation 10
considered, to say the least, very nm.
fortunate by leading Russian politi-
clans.
There IL an absolute dearth Of off,
cisl information regarding the meeting
between the two men rulers. Other
than to admit that they reached the
appointed rendezvous on Sunday on
board their respective yachts, the car
on the Pole Star and the kaiser on the
Hohenzollern, and that the meeting
was arranged on the initiative Of the
emperor Of Germany, official circles
maintain an attitude Of extreme reti.
oence on the subject.
without official Attendance.
It 10 notable that there is no repre-.
sentative Of the Russian foreign Office
among the emperor's encourage, nor 10
the German ambassador, Count Al
vensleben, on board the Pole Star.
The GEAR was accompanied by the
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch,
and 90 soon as the vessel reached the
place of meeting he was escorted on
board the imperial German yacht. The
kaiser entertained his guests at dinner,
and q secret conference was held,
which IL reported to have lasted for
some time.
Another conference, it is reoprted,
will be held on the Pole Star today,
after which the car will return to st.
Petersburg.
What the subject under consideration
was, IL, Of course. unknown, nor 10 IL
likely that it will be revealed. How
ever, there 10 no doubt that IL will have
an important bearing ON the result of
peace negotiations to be begun in the
United States next month.
kaiser Has Sounded Europe.
The kaiser has sounded other Euro.
pean monarchs and he 10 in position
to indicate to the car what they de-
sire, and it is likely that the latter will
be governed in q great measure by
what he thus learns.
The attitude Of France is the thing
that promises most trouble. While the
relations between France and Germany
are by no means 90 badly strained az
they were some weeks ago, still there
is certain amount Of resentment left,
growing out of the Moroccan affair,
and there is q chance that sentiment
in France will demand a cutting loose
from Russia and the dissolution of the
treaty obligations.
Should this follow, there is q grow
ing belief that Great Britain will ne
gotiate an offensive and defensive
treaty with France, and thus fortify
herself against any prospective Rus.
sian. German treaty or understanding.
The situation Is very delicate at pres.
emit, and Russian diplomats do not
care to discuss it pending an official
announcement Of the result Of the
conference in the Gulf of Finland.