A correspondent of the Times, who dates from Paris, signs
himself " Verax," and obviously knows what he is talking about, sends a short but pithy account of the recent crisis on the Con- tinent. The German representatives, he says, at Paris, London, St. Petersburg, Vienna, and Rome, officially complained of French armaments, General von Schweinitz, in particular, declaring at Vienna that "it was owing to Germany's long-suffering that war had not yet broken out." The Czar was so impresssed that he telegraphed to the German Emperor to take no irrevocable step till be had seen him, and instructed Count von Schouvaloff to suggest in London the expediency of British co-opera- tion on behalf of peace. What occurred at the interview between the Emperors is not known, but before leaving Berlin the Czar assured the Diplomatic Body that peace was insured. If we add to this account the statement that Prince Bismarck was rather overborne than convinced by the military party, which had nearly, but not quite, persuaded the Emperor, we shall, we suspect, have a close approximation to positive truth.
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