Our Russian visitor, M. Sazonoff, the Foreign Minister of the
Tsar, who has been spending the greater part of the week at Balmoral, where Sir Edward Grey has been in attendance, will come to London next Monday and on Wednesday will leave for Paris. Though there has been a great deal of speculation in regard to what H. Sazonoff has said and done while in England, nothing authentic is known. We may feel sure, however, that the object of the visit has been the development of the Anglo-Russian Agree- ment, and that special attention has been paid to the situation in Persia, and in the Balkans. As we have pointed oat else- where, the peace of the world in the lest resort rests on the .Anglo-Russian Agreement, and it is therefore a matter of no small congratulation to believe, as there is good ground for believing, that M. Sazonoff and Sir Edward Grey have approached the subject in the best possible spirit. Each Minister realizes the necessity for frankness, forbearance and good faith, and we do not doubt that the visit of the Russian Foreign Minister will have greatly strengthened the cause of peace. While Russia, Britain, and France hold together, the peaoe of the world in the great sense will remain intact, even if the worst should happen in the Balkans.
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