The Austro.Hungarian Government is going through a crisis. It appears
that the Nuncio, Mgr. Agliardi, has been making a tour in Hungary, and has made speeches which, in the opinion of the Government, ought not to have been made by a foreign Ambassador, the Prince Primate alone representing the Pope within the Kingdom. Baron Banffy wrote out therefore a remonstrance to be sent to Rome, but Count Kalnoky, as Chancellor, did not forward it, though admitting that the Nuncio had exhibited a repre- hensible want of tact, and preferred to resign. The resig- nation was not, however, accepted by the Emperor, and it seems certain that representations will be forwarded to the Vatican. The Hungarians, in fact, insist that they shall, and it is believed that in consequence Count Kalnoky, who is a determined Ultramontane, after meeting the Delegations for the annual explanation of Foreign Affairs, will resign. The successor indicated is Baron Kallay, the most successful administrator in Europe, but we fancy he is too much wanted in Bosnia. The crisis is, in fact, a struggle between Hungary, which is " Gallican " in Church matters, against Austria, which is just now Ultramontane, for influence on foreign policy. The Emperor, who is a Hapsburg first and an Ultramontane afterwards, will probably succeed in devising a compromise, but the affair is a remarkable evidence of the still-living influence of the Catholic Church.
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