Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-02-01
STRONG NEW RUsso-eERMAN AL.
LANCE FORMED.
FRANCE TRAILS BEHIND
Old Understanding Between Paris and
St. Petersburg Governments Seems
to Have OUTLINED Its Usefulness
Gar Calls William Friend on the
Latter's Birthday.

st. Petersburg, Jan. ga new
grouping of the powers of Europe.
with Germany and Russia arrayed
side by side in the closest friendship
and the mismatched alliance of the
empire with the republic of France
tagging in the rear, was forecasted by
the words of Emperor Nicholas at
gala luncheon at Tsarskoe-Selo Sat
urday in honor of Emperor Williams
birthday.
Rising to his feet before brilliant
company of Russian and German rep
resentatives to propose a toast to the
German emperor. Emperor Nicholas
lifted his glass and said slowly and
distinctly as if writing every word:
Il drink to the health of the emper-
or of Germany and king of Prussia.
my brother and very dear friend"
The phrases chosen were significant
enough in themselves, the emperor in
previous years having proposed the
health of the emperor-king without
The qualifying expression of brother
hood and friendship; but turning to
the German ambassador Herr Schoen,
who was at his right, the emperor
grasped him by the hand and is re-
ported to have said:
"Frere c'est plus que allie (brother,
that's more tina ally).
The emperor's choice of the word
In nc thnX ~ 80
lance with France is still considered
binding, but undoubtedly not a hairs
breadth beyond the letter of the treaty
providing for common action only in
case France is not the aggressor, and
there is no telling how soon 1t will be
allowed to pass into desuetude.
The present relations between Ger
many and Russia were also the text
of an address by Ambassador Schoen
before the German residents of st.
Petersburg, who assembled Saturday
evening in honor of Emperor Will
Jams anniversary. He spoke with con-
fidence of the amity existing between
the two empires and declared that the
relations were closer and more friend
ly now perhaps than ever before in
the history of the two nations.
Among the callers at the German
embassy Saturday to offer their con-
gratulations on the emperor's birth
day were Mr.. Meyer, the American
ambassador.
Celebrate in Washington.
Washington, Jan. 2S.--German Am
bassador Sternburg Saturday night
gave dinner to the members of the
embassy and several distinguished
German residents, to celebrate the
birthday of the German emperor.
An Apostle Of Peace.
Berlin, Jan. 2S.--On the occasion
Saturday night of the reichstag's din
ner In honor of the emperor's birth
day, Count Won Ballestrem, president
OF the reichstag, toasted his majesty,
whose only ambition since his assoc
sion, he said, had been to preserve
peace for Germany and the other
nations of the world. He was remind
ed of the emperor's powerful. influence
in ending the Russo-Japanese war,
united with the noble hearted Roose
welt" and also in the misunderstood
ing over Morocco, which was almost
leading to bad end and which had
been adjusted. Ballestrem said that
strong ornaments were best for the
preservation of peace and that there
fore the reichstag ought to support
the emperor's policy and grant the
necessary means for an imposing
force in support of peace.