THE RUSSIAN FLEET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9335, 19 October 1893, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN FLEET.

Press As»ociaHon.«-El9ctrlcT«legraph.-CopjTight. , ... \-r, ~ ,; Paris, October, 17. .' The Russian officers to-day arrived in Paris. , A tremendous crowd assembled to welcome them, and it is estimated that a hundred thousand people were, in the streets. .« .:, ■•■ ■-.»-'[< Paris, October 18. ] The Russian sailors Were received with delirious enthusiasm on their arrival in Paris. Officers were escorted to the official residence of the President at the Elysee in a triumphal procession of , astounding proportions. During, their passage through the streets they received continued ovations of a most frenzied and ridiculous character from the inhabitants, who seemed, for the time being, to have taken leave of their senses. Well-dressed ladies were to be seen everywhere embracing Russians in the streets. President Carnot gave the visitors a warm welcome on their arrival at the Elysee, but his speech was of a pacific nature. London, October 18. The Pall Mall Gazette's correspondent says that the visit of the Russians has turned Paris into an inland sea of tears of joy. The freaks of the people were amazingly amusing, and the utterances of the press perfectly hysterical. 1