On Monday Count Goluchowski, the Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs,
made his annual statement on foreign policy, addressed this year to the Hungarian Delegates, since the Delegations are sitting at Vienna. The speech was full of confidence and optimism as to the external relations of the Dual Monarchy, whatever the condition of its own household. Special emphasis was laid on the friendship with Germany and the loyalty to the Triple Alliance, though it is to be remarked that the Alliance was not alluded to by name. Dealing with the question of the Near East, Count Goluchowski read the Sultan a lesson, praised the international Financial Delegates, and urged Greece and Servia to follow Bulgaria's example in dealing strictly with insurgent bands. The work of Macedonian reform was slow, but could not be considered a failure, and would yet be crowned with success if all parties loyally fulfilled their engagements. He concluded with some remarks on the Moroccan Conference, and the part played in the settlement by Austria-Hungary. Her attitude was marked by " scrupulous objectivity and intelligence," and as the friend of both France and Germany she was enabled to mediate without incurring suspicion. This is not quite the " second-in- the-duel" attitude of the Kaiser's telegram.
