The Emperor Alexander III., on October 27th, forwarded to M.
Carnot a telegram expressing his gratitude for " the splendid reception which his sailors have everywhere found on French soil. The testimonies of warm sympathy which have been once more manifested with so much eloquence will add a fresh link to those already uniting the two countries, and will contribute, I hope, to the strengthening of the general peace,—the object of their efforts, and of their most constant wishes." The message has greatly impressed the French, who detect in it an admission that there is now an alliance between the two peoples, though an alliance for the purposes of peace, It has also greatly impressed the Germans, who are saying everywhere that Germany, and England also, will now be impeded at every turn by the diplomacy of the two united Powers. That is not very probable, for though France is governed by second-rate men, who give way to spite, it is a little difficult to imagine that even they will help to compel England to join the Triple Alliance. That would be foolish to the last degree ; but it would happen if England were seriously threatened, either in Egypt or in India. The French, however, like the Irish, have "a genius for worry."
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