NEWS OF THE WEEK.
COUNT KALNOKY'S expected declaration was made to the Hungarian Delegations on Saturday, and proved to be important. He stated distinctly that while Germany and Austria had many separate interests—Bulgaria, which was an Austrian interest, being one of them—each was determined that the other should remain a strong first-class Power. England was sympathetic and Italy favourable, and the Emperor had therefore decided that, while Russia might influence Bul- garia, the Principality must remain in the position settled by the Treaty of Berlin, and a Russian occupation, whether of Bulgaria or part of it, would be resisted. This declaration was repeated on Thursday, in a speech in which Count Kalnoky protested earnestly that he desired only peace, but would main- tain the Treaty, and intimated that between Austria and Germany not only an understanding, but written engagements existed. He only wished he could produce them, as they would show that, although the Empires had good relations with Russia, their relations with each other " were of a very different kind."
