The Emperor of Russia arrived in Berlin on Thursday. He
was met on the platform not only by the Kaiser, but by King George, with a great assembly of German personages of distinction. The Tsar is said to have looked extremely well, and to have seemed much pleased at his reception. The State banquet took place at eight o'clock in the White Hall of the Royal Palace. There were no toasts. The Emperor took in Queen Mary, and King George took in the Empress, while the Emperor of Russia took in the Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden, the Crown Prince the Duchess of Cumberland, and the Duke of Cumberland the Crown Princess. Though no doubt it would be easy to exaggerate the importance of the meeting from a political point of view, yet the desire of the sovereigns assembled to show good feeling and good will is evident, and ought to prove useful.
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