The political crisla in Vienna continues, but matters are no
worse, and the events of the past week lend a certain measure of support to the optimistic view taken by Die Information. That journal contends that the irrecon- cilable extremists were committed in advance to a coup dc theatre in order to satisfy their constituents; that the riotous scenes were premeditated and therefore insincere. It further asserts that the Government is resolved to show the utmost forbearance before interfering with the delibera- tions of the Reichsrath, that the largest political groups are united in the desire to terminate the Parliamentary inter- regnum, and that the Emperor's appeal has created a pro- found impression. In a word, the Reichsrath can only be destroyed by an act of suicide. The situation is not lost unless the majority abandons it. If they adhere to the dictum of Cflausewitz, "the first essential of victory is the firm and in- exorable resolve to win," the disintegrating forces of the factious minority may yet be frustrated, and the dangerous farce now being enacted in the Austrian Parliament give place to a restemption of its normal functions.
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