One object at least of the Emperor's visit to Posen
appears to have been to convince his Polish subjects that they had nothing to hope from any quarrel between Germany and Russia. His Majesty invited the Governor-General of Warsaw to the festivities, and the commanding officers of the two Russian regiments of which he is titular Colonel. He addressed to these latter on Wednesday a speech in which he spoke of " the old comradeship in arms which has united our armies for the last century," quoted the abolition of the fortified radius round Posen as a proof of his sentiments for Russia, and ended by declaring that his Russian aiguillettes were "links in the strong chain" which bound himself and their august master " in links of true friendship." Sovereign's hardly speak like that without a motive. It is said by a corre- spondent of the Daily Mail that the Russian officers were not impressed, and had been markedly courteous to the leading Poles of Posen, who did not attend the Review; but that may be gossip, and in any case only accentuates the Emperor's desire to keep the old " wire " between Berlin and St. Petersburg unbroken. •
