Chinn is " long wey off Paris and the Parisian, on the authority of Bismarck, was never.ood at geography: therefore I) would not guarantee thet he could stand examination even in tae main strategic campaign, But he has hi nevertheless, for disquietude.
milliards of francs do no more than money sunk by Fre ch investors: in Russian securities. Much of that money is gone for ever; much that is left momentarily at all events, lessened value. But it is not entirely that, score that the Parisian feels afri the contrary he i and he believes, that Rassiv will always pay interest to her bond-holders aa she did (even to her Eng-creditors) during the Crimean war. No, his disquiet-lo has xnovher and less "terra-A-terra" rowen, He sees that] seven months of the campaign have g by with never a success for the Grand Ally. The prestige of Russia and, indi rectly, the prestige o! France is damaged. Tt can no longer have any thunders for the Trip'e Alliance er serve as a sure counterweight to the Easern danger. And
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