FOREIGN RELATIONS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 212, 1 June 1908, Page 7

FOREIGN RELATIONS.

" ' 6—— ; .. , M. FAILURES' VISIT. MESSAGE TO KING EDWARD. " EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCES." GY TELEGB'APn—PRESS AESOOIiTION—OOPVIiIOHT London, Slay 29. ; - Tho King, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Christian bade farewell to M. Eallieres, the' French .-Victoria'Station.- - (Rec. May 31, 4.23 p.m.) London, May 30. M. Pichon, Minister for Foreign Affairs,, and. Admiral Jaureginb'erry, of tho cruiser Leon Gambetta, have been created honorary Knights of the Grand Cross of tho Victorian Order. ' - M. .Fallieros, on quitting Dover,, sent a ntossago to King Edward, conveying renewed . thanks for tho warm reception ho had received, and assuring the King that he carried away'.everlasting femembrane'es of his stay in London.' ' King Edward sent a felicitous reply. THE GOOD UNDERSTANDING. HAS' STOOD \THE TEST OF TIME. (Roc. May 31, 4.18 p.m.) London, Slay 30. Presiding! at the Liberal Unionist Club's dinner to Mr. Balfour at tho Hotel Cecil, Lord Lansdowne, after the t-o'ast of the King, gavo that, of President Fallieros, and stated .that the good understanding initiated by the Unionist-Government had stood the test of time, and'.promised, to .continue.- It.,had found favour with tho people because it made' for the greatest of all British interests —peace. ■ ■ ■ . ■ " M. PICHON INTERVIEWED. ■ ■ I ' .- "A CLOSE AND PERMANENT ENTENTE V CORDIALE." '• PariSj/ May . 2&. ; M. Pichon, on being interviewed, said that. M., Fallieres had been profoundly, impressed by' the magnificent reception accorded him. It was most cheering to see the policy of an understanding • with''. Great- Britain become; triumphant in the form of a close and permanent entente cor'dialo. L , 1 ; . " Both nations," added M. Pichon, : " feel ■ instinctively that, this .is .one of the, surest means-of counteracting all combinations, interfering with their interests or. threatening peace." ... BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. .. THE KING'S VISIT TO THE TSAE. . MEMORIAL FROM LABOUR MEMBERS. ■ v London, May 29. ' Labour MJVs arid some Liberals will memorialise the King, representing that, in view- of. the terrible ' event's in .Kiissia arid the iiatureof its Government, his visit should not. be of a State or official character. x ; Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, Labour M.P.', in : an artiolo in a journal, calls the Tsar a common murderer, who. is .-responsible for ail the bloodshed, torture, arid pain daily 'inflicted.in Russia.,.He|urges ; Lab,our to,' hold hundreds, of '..meetings: on Sunday, .with the. object -of pressing - King Edward to cancel his visit, and refrain from hurting the fool-, .irigs'of His people, who now hung their heads in sliame. .! > 1 '- '■ 1 - " While offering tho right hand of fellowship to the Russian people,-, upon the Tsar," continues .tlie article, "ive bestow our spittle of conenipt."r ;