NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE Vienna correspondent of the Standard vouches for a story which, if true, is the strongest testimony yet received to the genuineness of the German Emperor's desire for peace. He was dining with the Archduke Albrecht at Goffritz, after -the Austrian manoeuvres, when some one at table raised the question of the expediency of refusing a suspected enemy time to collect his strength. The Emperor, raising his voice, said: "I strongly believe that the enormous responsibility which war in our time imposes must override all theories adopted in military science. I would not begin a war if I knew that, by delaying it, I could secure a single year, nay, a single month, of peace, trusting in the success of my good cause, even if chances were equal on both sides, and there were no previous advantage on mine. There is much to be gained in having several months more of peace." Germany, in fact, will only invade when attacked, a most reassuring decision, when we remember that even, Count von Moltke, who was no hothead, recommended an early attack on Russia.
