17 APRIL 1909, Page 2

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states positively

in Friday's issue that, in spite of the denials that have been published, M. Isvolsky has already resigned the office of Foreign Minister, and that M. Goremykin has been appointed his successor. M. Goremykin is a man of over seventy, is a reactionary in home politics, and is believed to be open to German influences. If this news is true, the tem- porary sterilisation of Russian diplomacy is not likely to be altered.