The retirement of Count Andrassy from the Austrian Chan- cellorship
was officially announced on the 9th inst., the Gazette publishing a letter from the Emperor, dated October 8th, to the retiring statesman. In this letter the Emperor tells the Count that he " relieves him with regret and reluctance," compli- ments him on the " courage, force, and success" with which he has conducted affairs, and acknowledges his " most eminent services to the Monarchy and to my House." "I do not consider, how- ever, your present retreat as the end of your political activity. On the contrary, your loyalty to me, and the self-sacrificing de- votion with which you testified this, are a pledge to me that you will most readily follow my call, whenever and in whatever sphere I may again require your trusty services. You retain my full confidence, not less than my grateful recognition." This letter is considered an assurance that Baron Haymerle, who is gazetted Minister of the Imperial House and Foreign Affairs, will follow the policy of Count Andrassy, which is, in the main, to keep friends with Germany, to govern leniently, and to seek in the Balkan peninsula full compensation for the loss of Italy.
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