We are glad to learn that M. Fallieres has been
deeply gratified by the spontaneity and sincerity of his welcome in England. He is further credited with the conviction that his visit has sensibly promoted the consolidation of the Entente, and fortified the prospect of a prolonged period of peace. It is now officially announced that the President will undertake a second journey in a couple of months to visit the Sovereigns of the Scandinavian States and the Emperor of Russia. M. Fallieres's visit to England, it may be added, seems to have converted M. Hanotaux to the unhesitating support of the Anglo-French Agreement, from which at the outset he was inclined to withhold his approval. He now writes that "under whatever name the rapprochement between the two countries may be known—whether Entente Cordiale or Entente Permanente—it has become the desire of the two peoples, as it has become part of the nature of things. Every- body inclines towards it, desires it, and rejoices at it."
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