Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-27
Gar and KAISER.
MONARCHS Meet ON BOARD HO.
HENzOLLERN.
Considerable importance Attached
to the r1eetinQ, Which Was Tn.
heralded, and About Which Moth.
ing Is publicly Known Beyond
Fact That II Occurred.

St. Petersburg, July 24.-The meet.
ing between the czar and the kaiser,
which took place on board the impe-
rial yacht Hohenzollern in the Gulf of
Finland, has caused even more of a
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 car
will be followed by unpleasant results
in France, which is 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 is
considered, to say the least, very I'm.
fortunate by leading Russian politi-
clans.
There is an absolute dearth of off,
cial 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 czar
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-
cence on the subject.
without Official Attendance.
1t is notable that there is no repre-
sentative Of the Russian foreign Office
among the emperor's encourage, nor is
the German ambassador, Count Al
vensleben, on board the Pole Star.
The czar was accompanied by the
Grand Duke Michael Alexsndrovitoh,
and 80 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 a secret conference was held,
which is reported to have lasted for
some time.
Another conference, it is reoprted,
will be held on the Pole Star today,
after which the czar will return to St.
Petersburg.
What the subject under consideration
was, is, Of course. unknown, nor is 1t
likely that it will be revealed. How
ever, there is no doubt that it 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 is in . position
to indicate to the czar what they de-
sire, and it is likely that the latter will
be governed in a 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 so badly strained as
they were some weeks ago, still there
is q certain amount of resentment left,
growing out of the Moroccan affair,
and there is chance that sentiment
in France will demand cutting loose
from Russia and the dissolution of the
treaty obligations.
Should this follow, there is a 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.