It is affirmed with some confidence that General Kaulbara will
not be allowed to rejoin his appointment as Russian Mili- tary Attaché at Vienna. It will be remembered that Count Kalnoky spoke of his " mission " with quite unusual bitterness, the Hungarians are strongly excited against him, and the feeling in the Austrian Army will, it is said, induce the Emperor to refuse to receive him. The recognised military journals com- plain that General Kanlbars, being an officer, and not a diplomatist, ought not to have violated the general maxims of military life by protecting officers who had mutinied, and inciting others to break their military oath. They, say" a military missionary who preaches contempt for military principles ought not to be Military Attaché at Vienna," and threaten that he shall be "cut" in military circles. The incident, though not important in itself, as another post can easily be found for General Kaulbars, shows how completely his conduct offended even the highest conservative opinion. The whole intrigue which ended in Prince Alexander's abdication was, in fact, a breach of every principle upon which legitimate thrones- and regular armies are supposed to rest.
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