The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-16

their anchors simultaneously the
king and princes took their places IN
the barge The crew pulled out into
ne stream and the flashes and smoke
leaped from the sides of the French
warships as they gave their salute,
King Receives president.
The king was only a few mputes
on board. .Accompan !ed by the presi
dent he re-entered the barge, which
pulled for the palace steps. As the
sixteen blue blades were flung up in
salute, the barge swept a good hun
dred feet without a stroke, to the steps
and the King and president landed.
There was another little delay and
the erenadiers of the guard were in
spected. Then the king entered the
royal carriage. The bands struck up
the Marseillaise, the guns Numbered
for the last time. and surrounded by a
regiment Of horse guards, the six
horses OF the carriage trotted up the
steep incline. and the king. and presi-
drnt disappeared into the palace.
What happened behind those doors
was much more interesting than what
ever happened outside. Whilst the
guns were booming men in the streets
were asking for news az to the rela-
tons between Austria and Servia. The
Swedish papers pointed out that the
solution here depended. as It always
does, on Russia. 1t Is always Russia
that interests Sweden Germany
their papers said stood solid with
Austria. Would the tar incite Kin>
Peter to defy Austria? If SO, the
storm cloud might burst in the Near
East ana Sweden gain at any rate,
time.
Last year" said well known
Swede. Il was much in Russia i saw
l. \ D
north or south, Petersburg or Odessa,
the cry was the same. The Russian
soldier, they would frankly say. Is
beginning to think; there Is the dan
ger.
presently there will be an explo-
sion. but that explosion must he out
side of Russia. Where will 1t be? In
Persia The entente holds good for
the time being. In the Near East?
That means Germany as wen as Aus
tria. There remains Scandinavia. We
must have a warm water port, and
what port better than Narvik? Just
and we shall all be comfortable. An
escape for Russian unrest will have
been found, an escape TO the Atlantic"
Provision Sweden breads.
It Is Just this provision of an es-
cape for Russian energy that Sweden
breads. Monsieur Poincare Will need
all his diplomacy to convince her that
Goblin is the friend and not Short, the
tar and not the kaiser
The cards are against him. IT Is
not out of pure philanthropy that
the Russian strategic railways have
been brought to the Swedish border.
1t Is an awkward coincidence that
Narvik Is the terminus of the Lapland
railway built for the purpose of con-
tveying the ore from the Swedish IRON
mines TO the sea. It's annexation
would mean that Sweden would lose
it's most valuable mining district, and
Norway one of its best ports.
scandinavian eyes turn, therefore,
naturally towards Berlin, and the man
on the quay asks. with unusual in
terest, What OF Belgrade If Scandi.
navla increases the orbit OF the triple
alliance, the dual alliance will find
another rock ahead. So. NJ. Poincare
went in q French battleship to Stock
holm to rea ssure the kind that Rus
sian generals have no power in the
Russian foreign office. But Stockholm
thouEh il enjoys the spectacle, re-
lna'rs unconvinced.
TITO president went very much as
he had come. At 10 o clock when the
waters OF the harbor were golden with
thousands OF lights. and the palace
landing stage blazing with torches, he
drove rapidly down to the quay, MIA
carriage preceded by mounted ofn-
Ger carrying torch. As the barge
swung out into the stream the guns