It was announced on Tuesday that Count Czernin had resigned,
and that his resignation had been accepted. A Vienna telegram to the Berlin Lokalanzeiger suggested that he had resigned because the Emperor's letter to Prince Sixtus was unknown to him ; and the German Press harmoniously adopted this view, at the same time praising the Count for loyalty to the Alliance, and for his success in the Rumanian negotiations. But we cannot presume his ignorance of the Emperor's letter. We may refer his fall partly to his notorious speech to the Vienna City Council in which he " denounced his own fellow-countrymen in Bohemia and embraced the Germans and the Magyars." The speech caused great confusion in Austria and Germany. Possibly he was inspired by Herr von Kuhlmann to make a demonstration of Austro-German solidarity and of the strong hand in Austria. His departure is a personal success for M. Clemenceau ; but it is not likely to influence the policy which Germany dictates to Austria. Baron Burian succeeds him.
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