On Monday it was announced that Count Goluchowski, the Austro-Hungarian
Minister for Foreign Affairs, had resigned. The event was not unexpected, but the causes of it are still obscure. He was regarded with distrust by the Hungarian
Nationalists, who suspected him of anti-Magyar prejudices, and some friction with the Hungarian Delegates may be the explanation of his retirement. He belonged to the old school of Austrian statesmen, who were not conciliatory towards popular aspirations. While in no sense of the word a great man, Count Golnchowski was a most useful and successful Foreign Minister. To him is largely due the repeated reaffirmations of friendliness between his country and our own, and the moderating part which Austria-Hungary has played within the Triple Alliance, and notably at the Algeciras Conference. For such a master as the Emperor Francis- Joseph no better lieutenant could be imagined. On Thursday it was announced that his successor was to be Baron von Aerenthal, at present Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at St. Petersburg. The appointment is acceptable to Hungary, and will undoubtedly promote friendly relations with Russia, the new Foreign Minister having the reputation of leaning to the side rather of the Czar than of the Kaiser.
