THE CZAR'S TOUR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10621, 13 October 1896, Page 2

THE CZAR'S TOUR.

Pre- Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Paeis, October 11.

Tbe riiviow of tbe French troops at Chalons by the C-ir was a brilliant spectacle. Ninety thousand men were under arras, and half a million spectators looked on. Sixteen thousand cavalry executed the charge in splendid style, stopping only a few yards in front of the Czar. Tha magnificence and glitter of tbe display worked those present Into a state of frenzied enthusiasm. The President, in proposing the toast of tbe Russian forces, said that tbe Imperial visit would leave ineffaceable memories, and solemnly affirmed the unchangeable friendship of the two nations. Tbe Czar, in reply, expressed his delight at the spectacle they bad just seen, and endorsed M. ffaure's remarks about the friendship batween the armies of the two nations, which, he said, would be animated by a profound sentiment of fraternity.

While crossing the frontier on bis way to Darmstadt, the Czar wired to President F.iuro that he felt that the heart of tha EVench nation was with bim, and the recollections of his visit to Paris would be deeply engraved in his memory. ... Moscow, October 11,

The Moscow Gazette says that the speeches delivered at Chalons are a solid guarantee of peace and of greater value than any written treaty.