NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE day for the meeting of the three Emperors is not fixed, but it is known that the time will be about the 15th inst., and the scene the Castle of Skernievice, in the neighbourhood of Warsaw. The Czar was coldly received in that capital; but in spite of the excessive precautions taken, he drove with the Czarina through the city, in an open carriage, and appeared at the opera unprotected. The object of the meeting is kept carefully secret; but it is admitted that the Sovereigns and their chief Ministers will discuss the suppression of the Anarchists, will combine against external attack, and will agree to adhere for five years to the status quo in the Balkans. None of these objects are in them- selves blameworthy ; but all will be sought through a dispiriting and oppressive system of repression. The absurd rumours about a Continental alliance against England are now discredited ; but it is believed to be true that Prince Bismarck will, if he can, throw obstacles in the way of Mr. Gladstone. He thinks that the Liberal Government has not shown him the respect due to the position of Germany in Europe, and desires to avenge himself. He has a solid, though small, grievance in the delays of our Colonial Office ; bursuch conduct is both petty and unwise. Count Minster should understand by this time that violent scolding from any foreign Press distinctly strengthens the hands of a British Ministry by rousing the insular hatred of interference. The Papacy might as well hope to put down Protestantism by solemnly excom- municating the Archbishop of Canterbury.
