The Tsar and the Empress of Russia arrived at Cherbourg
on board the ' Standart ' last Saturday to visit the President of the French Republic. M. Fallieres, who had come to Cherbourg for the purpose, was accompanied by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, War, and Marine. The Tsar was accom- panied by M. Isvolsky, with whom M. Pichon, the French Foreign Minister, had a long conversation. At the dinner on board the French battleship Verite ' in the evening both the Tsar and M. Fallieres used very cordial language in speaking of the Franco-Russian Alliance ; indeed, the Tsar has never before spoken with so much warmth and impressiveness. There was nothing in the speeches to which any other Power could take exception. Britain was not mentioned, and we are glad to think that there is, therefore, no visible excuse for talking of a campaign between France, Russia, and Britain to hem in Germany. M. Isvolsky announced in an interview that the Tsar would visit the King of Italy and the Sultan of Turkey in the autumn.
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