Count Arnim has forwarded a letter to the Times, denying
in the most solemn manner that he ever had any correspondence with the Empress of Germany, or any interchange of ideas, public or private, with Her Majesty ; that he ever forwarded to the Emperor any letter or report, except through the Foreign Office ; or that he has ever knowingly opposed the politics of the Chan- cellor. He refuses "to lay himself open to the reproach of having glorified himself by an intimacy which never existed, and an influence which he never had and never wished to acquire." This letter makes the imbroglio deeper than ever. It is impossible that the Count should not be exact, for any failure in accuracy would be patent to the Emperor, who knows all the facts, yet be admits that Prince Bis- marck di i speak to him about the subject. He is only "perfectly ignorant of the facts, real or imaginary, from which Prince Bismarck may have drawn the conviction which made him say what he said to me about this subject." Letters from Count Arnim may, of course, have been shown to the Emperor or Empress without his knowledge.
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