The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-29
Forecast by the Cars Toast
at St. Petersburg.
KAISER MORE THAN ALLY"
According to Emperor Nicholas at !
Gala Luncheon Given by Him in
Honor Of Emperor WI
lian's Birthday.

London, Jan. 29.--A new grouping Of
the powers Of Europe, with Germany and
Russia arrayed side BY side III the clos
est friendship and the mlsmatched ALI
ance Of the Russian empire with re-
publican France tagging III the rear,
was forecast BY the words Of Emperor
Nicholas at gala luncheon at Tsarkoe-
Selo Saturday in honor Of Emperor viii
Iiam's birthday. Rising before brill
liant company Of Russian and German
representatives to propose toast TO the
German emperor, Emperor Nicholas lift
ed his glass and said slowly and dis.
tinetiy, as If Weighing every word; II
drink the health OF the emperor of Ger
many and king Of Prussia, my brother
and very dear friend. The phrases chos.
en- were significant enough in themselves,
tho emperor in previous years having
proposed to the health Of the emperor.
king without the qualifying expression
81 brotherhood and friendship; bit turn
ing to Herr Won sehoen, the German
ambassador, who was standing at his
right, the emperor grasped him by the
hand and is reported to have said
"Ffere, c'est plus que allie!" ("Brother;
that's more than allyn
The stage Of the momentous utter
ance was the great dining hall OF the
Alexander or little palace at Tsarkoc-
Selo, where the emperor has his winter
residence. The empress and Grand Duke
Michael were present at the luncheon,
To which were invited, besides all the
! members Of the German embassy staff,
Court Minister FredeTicks, many high
| dignitaries Of the court, generals. adj
mirals, all the Russian knights of the
German order Of the Black Eagle, while
the presence Of Count White, the prem,
Ter, and Count LarnsdoFa, the foreign
minister, gave ministerial sanction 10 the
significant utterance. s II were in full
uniform, The emperor and Grand Duke
| Michael wore the uniforms Of the Prus-
sian regiments of which they are honor
airy commanders.
The emperor's choice Of the word 'al-
| w" indicates that the defensive alliance
with France is still considered binding,
but undoubtedly, as has been the gossip
in diplomatic circles AZ Sc. Petersburg
7 for some time, not hairs breadth be,
1 yond the letter Of the treaty providing
! for common action only IN case France
il not the aggressor, end there is no
telling how soon il will be allowed to
pass into desuetude, The present rela.
tions between Germany and Russia have
been matter OF slow but steady growth
and signs Of the new alignment have
long been in the air. Since the outbreak
of the Russo-Japanese war the warm
personal friendship always existing be-
| tween the two moHarchs has been knit
closer and the many material tokens Of
friendship manifested by Germany dur
ing the war compared with the luke.
warm support to which France was linn.
tied by her new-feuud entente with
Great Britain has combined to build up
strong Germanophile sentiment in iniu-
l-ential quarters in st. Petersburg, AT
the same time much of the necessity
10 France of the Franco-Russian ALI
anee vanished when France claSped hands
with Great Britain and practically as
sured herself Of an ally in case of
war
The present relations between Ger
many and Russia were also the text Of
an address delivered by Ambassador Won
! Schoenk before the German residents Of
St. Petersburg who assembled Saturday
evening in honor of Emperor Williams
anniversary. He spoke with confidence
OF the amity existing between the two
empires and declared their relations were
no closer or more friendly now perhaps
than before in the history Of the two
nations. Among the callers at the Ger
man embassay Saturday to offer their
congratulations on the emperor's birth
day was Mr.. Meyer, the American am
bassador Foreign Minister Lamsdorff
also called in person.