Berlin is greatly excited by reports of a reconciliation pending
between the Emperor and Prince Bismarck. It seems that the Emperor, hearing of the Prince's illness, sent him a kind letter, and forwarded him a bottle of rare wine, invited nvited him to Berlin to stay in the Royal Palace. Prince Bismarck, greatly softened, responded by accepting the Emperor's offer, and, it is reported, proceeded on Friday to Berlin. The Conservative Germans, and more especially the Agrarian party, are delighted, and even talk of Prince Bismarck resuming power; but there is no sign of a founda- tion for this rumour. The Prince is now an aged man, seventy-eight, and could not endure the fatigue of office, while his Sovereign has become accustomed to manage his own affairs. It is more probable that the Emperor feels the inde- corum of a quarrel with such a servant, and desires his opinion upon some points of foreign policy, especially the conduct which ought to be pursued if the Reichstag, as seems likely, rejects the treaty with Russia. That is an intrusion of Parliament into the domain of Foreign policy hitherto unprecedented in Germany, and one which Prince Bismarck, when in power, would have very summarily chastised.
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