Count Scimouvaloff returns to London, and on his road has
stopped in I'esth and Vienna to confer with the Emperor and Count Andrassy. The rumours consequently are endless. The Austrian Government is asked by Russia to join in a new partition, to throw over all British proposals, to allow Russian troops to remain,—this, that, and the other. There is, however, no proof of the authenticity of any of these stories, the only thing certain being that the two Emperors find it expedient to come to an understanding about something. The Emperor of Austria, on opening the Delega- tions, told the Members that he should adhere to the Treaty of Berlin, and there is no visible temptation to him to break it. It is probable that he desires the cession of Bosnia and the Ilerzegovina in full sovereignty, for the present state of affairs is inconvenient, and the Notables of Bosnia are allowed to petition for annexation ; but that arrangement is not in contravention of the Treaty—is, indeed, only a method of carrying out its obvious meaning. Russia can greatly facilitate this improvement, and probably asks in return that Austria should be more friendly to Greece and Montenegro. Austria likes neither,—Greece, because she might become an Adriatic Power, and Montenegro, because her Prince could, by alliance with Servia, shut the road to Salonica, a road which Count Andrassy, who has dreams about the future, never for a moment forgets.
