The exact results of the German Elections are still unknown,
as sixty-six second ballots are necessary, but it is certain, as stated elsewhere, that three-quarters of a million of electors have voted for Socialists, that the Ultramontanes have come to an agreement with them, and that if the Ultramontanes, Democrats, Socialists, Ptuticularists, and Poles vote together, they will make up a body of about 140 members, who, in case of any dis- ruption among the majority, will hold the balance of power. It would seem, from intimations in the German journals, that Prince Bismarck proposes to meet this state of affairs by greatly strengthening the laws against Socialist teaching, but to this many Liberals will not agree. He is much more likely in the long-run to come to terms with Rome, and so deprive the Opposition of its centre. With war in Europe, he will not need to trail the anti- clerical red-herring.
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