Lord Salisbury's speech has been received on the Con- tinent
with various feelings. The Austrian newspapers are, on the whole, much pleased, but think his pledges not definite enough ; while the Hungarian newspapers are delighted. The German Press is friendly, but cautious ; and
the Press of Italy is entirely favourable. The Russians say sneeringly that Austria is pushed to the front; but only the French are decidedly hostile. They say that by her action in Egypt, Great Britain justifies Russian action in Bulgaria, and apparently hope that Russia will give England some check in her Eastern policy. It is difficult to imagine the cause of this burst of Anglophobia ; but it is obviously not unacceptable to the French Government, which desires, we fancy, to describe its proposals about Egypt as forced upon it by public opinion. It is, however, frankly, though morosely, admitted that for the present England must be let alone, though" she is opposing French interests in every quarter of the world." There is no evidence that she is resisting them anywhere, though she may not be furthering them to the extent desired by M. de Freycinet's Government. That Government has not given up its projects in Judo-China yet.
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