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Show I oo (CZAR SENDS I HIS REPLY Great Secrecy, Observed Regarding Answer to Francis Joseph St. Petersburg, Feb 8. Emperor Nicholas today handed his reply to the autograph letter from Kmperor Francis Joseph of ustiia to Prince llohenlohe-Waldenburg - Schillings erst, who leaves this evening for Vienna Vi-enna The greatest secrecy is observed ob-served here as to the nature of the Austrian emperors letter and that -jf the Russian emperor's reply, the draft of which was submitted to Sergius Sazanoff the Russian foreign mltns ter. yesterday. Financiers here appar .-nth consider the outlook in the Balkans Bal-kans favorable Judging from the strength of today's bourse. bile the Pan Slavis leaders are lilling the Chauvinist press with in dlcnant denunciations of Foreign Min ister Sazonoff and of Russian diplomacy diplo-macy In betraying the Slav cause and placing the interests ofiFurope higher high-er than those of Russia, the Pan-Slav banquet which the police forbade on February 1 because the leading part to be piayed by i hisl1 Russian off. cial at the function would bavr- given Austria Just grounds for protesting. Is to be held tomorrow It is an nounced that speeches virulently agalnfll Austria and condemnatory of the Russian foreign office are to be delivered |