TSAR AND KAISER

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 967, 7 November 1910, Page 7

TSAR AND KAISER

-: —* PROLONGED INTERVIEWS. By Tclcsraph—Pres3 Association-Copyright (Rcc. November 6, 5.5 p.m.) ! Berllrii November 5. Tho Kaiser- warmly welcomed tho i'sar on his visit to Potsdam. The town was not decorated, and tho military display was the chief spectacular feature of the visit. International detectives, mostly French, havo been studying tho topography of tho town, and tho police removed numbers of insulting placards calling for a demonstration of protest against tho Tsar's visit. Tho Sovereigns had prolonged private interviews. ' ; . REMOVING POINTS 0E FRICTION. Paris, , November 5, The newspaper "Lo Matin's" ■ St. Petersburg correspondent, referring to tho Royal meeting at Potsdam, states that tho Tsar believes that it is desirable to alloviate certain relations which are occasionally strained, and especially to remove difficult points wherein friction arises between Russia and Germany. RUSSIAN ROYALTY ON TOUR. EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS. The military display has been the chief feature of most of the Tsar's visits abroad, particularly during recent years. Writing of tho Tsar's visit to the Duke of Hesse in August, a London paper said:— "The Castle of Friedberg, where he is to stay, now' stands in the state, approximating that of a. siege, which is deemed necessary to seoure the safety of its guest. Every entrance is permanently barred, but the one by the main gate, and through this only snch persons are allowed to pass as are' in the possession of a permit personally signed by the Court Chamberlain. The walls surrounding the castle garden have been covered with long spikes, and the drains leading out of the castle have each been blocked with £ heavy iron grating, to prevent all possibility of subterranean access. "In a few days every house within a certain radius.of tho castle will have to he vacated by the tenants to make room for the detectives who will bo billeted there, plain-clothes policemen, with three police dogs, have arrived, in the little town, and will be stationed in the neighbourhood of the castle in a variety of disguises, while n military guard of 200 men, mounted and on foot, are to furnish a patrol that will move ceaselessly round the walls. "Each of, these men has been supplied with a'.copy of the latest photograph of the Czar. This is to prevent the recurrence of an : unfortunate incident, which happened on tho Emperor's last visit, when both he and hie host were arrested nt the point of tho bayonet by an imported sentry who did not know their faces. "Hotelkeepers and private residents have been warned, that they will bo liable to penalties if fhey fail to. givo notice to the police within three, hours of their letting rooms to strangers."