After a debate in which there were violent speeches from
the extremist leaders and an onslaught on the policy of the Foreign Minister from a reactionary Member, especially as regards the policy of friendship with Great Britain (n, speech which, we are told, was listened to by the majority of the House in scornful silence), the House agreed to a Resolution drawn up by the Centre Party expressing warm sympathy with kindred Slav peoples and States, and also a strong hope that the Government would make every effort to .safeguard their legitimate interests. The Resolution further expressed the conviction that this object could be attained by pacific) means. The Resolution was carried against the Extreme Left and the Right. M. Isvolsky's speech, though it does not satisfy the extreme Slays, was, we think, on the whole a statesmanlike pronouncement. It seems to have been favour- ably received in Vienna, though we fear this is rather because of its pacific tone than front any true realisation in that capital of the terrible dangers which Austria-Hungary ie running by her unwillingness to agree to the Conference.
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