Count Kalnoky, the Austrian Chancellor, on Saturday made an important
speech to the Delegations, in which he stated his belief that all danger of foreign interference had been warded off from Bulgaria. Prince Ferdinand had been legitimately elected, but he could only be recognised as a de facto ruler until he had received the approbation of the Great Powers. "He could not admit, however, that a collective approval by those Powers" was necessary, a sentence which may mean that the decision of the majority should be binding. In that case, Prince Ferdinand is already ruler de jure as well as de facto, for only two of the seven Powers concerned are opposed to him. It is believed that all the Powers except Russia and France will transact business with Prince Ferdinand, and that he will be let alone until Russia thinks the time has arrived for war. In the meanwhile, he is in no danger of being either kidnapped or assassinated ; and his mother has gone to Sofia to preside over his Court. It is curious to notice how much easier even hostile dynasties make matters for a Saxe. Coburg than for any one not accepted as of their own caste. Big Kings do not like little Kings to be stolen.
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