6 JULY 1912, Page 9

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

THE chief event of the week in foreign politics is the meeting between the Russian and German Emperors, who arrived on Thursday at Baltic Port. The two Emperors were in their yachts, the Standart ' and the Hohenzollern.' The Emperor of Russia is accompanied by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Telegrams in Friday's papers recount the usual visits and counter-visits and the usual "counter-change" of uniforms, the Tsar appear. ing as a German Admiral and the Emperor William as a Russian Grand Admiral. Reports of the customary speeches and toasts have not yet reached us as we write.