It is nearly impossible to form an opinion on the
true rela- tions of Germany and Russia, but we are bound to record that the Czar is evidently exerting himself strongly to maintain peace. He has entrusted the Grand Duke Vladimir with some message to Vienna, which, if it only refers to a future meeting of the Emperors, is conciliatory, and has absolutely forbidden farther intrigues in the Balkans. The Russian Consul at Sophia, M. Hitrovo, is said to have conveyed this message to all Bulgarians in unmistakable terms. The Germans them- selves acknowledge a decided change of tone in the Russian capital, but say that this does not release them from alarm, because, in the absence of war, they hold revolution to be un- avoidable. There are symptoms of revolution in Russia, no doubt, but the Germane forget how powerless an educated class is when superimposed on a huge mass like the Russian peasantry. They have, as yet, given no serious sign of even wishing for a great change.
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