The contest between M. Katkoff; the editor of the Moscow
Gazette, and the Russian Foreign Office, excites great attention in Germany. M. Katkoff had severely attacked communiqua from M. de Giers favourable to Germany, declaring, as we men- tioned last week, that-the true Government of Russia was pur- suing an entirely different policy. Two warnings were sent him, but he persisted in his course, and—the third warning was not sent. The journals of Berlin affirm, therefore, with some show of reason, that M. Katkoff and not M. de Giers expresses the mind of the Czar, and that his Majesty is at heart entirely hostile to Germany. It is more probable that the Czar, who has, it is reported, again been attacked by the Nihilists, this time within Gatsohina itself, is unwilling to silence the Panslavists, whose mouthpiece is M. Katkoff, and who pro- fess devotion to his person and his autocracy ; but the Ger- mans are alarmed, and the Berlin Post says openly that the Government of Germany "is never wanting in resolution." It appears to be admitted that the "agreement of Skiernivice " has expired, and that the Czar has resolved at all events to keep Russia free of engagements. The situation suggests that be is waiting for an event; but he may still be only making his own mind up.
