The Emperor of Germany remained four days at Stettin, but
the Czar of Russia did not pay him any visit. Considering that the Russian Emperor is staying at Copenhagen, distant only a few hours' steaming, that he is grand-nephew of the aged Monarch, that he will probably never see him again, and that the courtesy of Sovereigns required the visit, the Germans think the admission one more proof that the Russian Court is sullen and dissatisfied. If it is so, the cause must be distrust of Prince Bismarck, for the German Chancellor loses no oppor- tunity of assuring St. Petersburg that Germany cares nothing about Bulgaria. He did not, however, support the pro- posal that a Russian General should go to Sofia as Turkish Commissioner, and he has demanded permission for three German ironclads to cruise off Rustchuk. The reason assigned is some wretched insult in a Bulgarian newspaper ; but the German Empire hardly sends fleets to chastise editors, and the true reason must be that Prince Bismarck is acutely interested in the fate of Bulgaria, and. intends to make his interest heavily felt.
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