19 AUGUST 1882, Page 3

• The German Government appears to be very angry with

Turkey for not agreeing with her adversary quickly while she was in the way with him, and sending troops to Egypt, which might have earned, some of the credit of the restoration of order. Germany wished to rehabilitate the Porte as far as it could, but the Porte's insuperable dilatoriness, together with its great fear of irritating to an intolerable point its fanatical supporters, has triumphed over all the good-will of Austria and Germany. On the whole, however, Germany has behaved very well to us. Prince Bismarck is always in favour of decision and firmness, and, no doubt, Mr. Gladstone seems to him more truly his 4c colleague " now, than at the time when, apparently in satire, he applied that expression to the Prime Minister.