A curious rumour is spreading that Prince Bismarck does not
at all approve the meeting of the Three Emperors. Now he is coming to Berlin to be present at the Congress, and again, he is not coming, and then he is coming if he can, and so on. It is safe to predict, nevertheless, that if the interview conies off, the German Chancellor will be upon the spot. Disagreeable points, such as the claims of Denmark, and the evacuation of France, and the position of Hospodar Karl, and others, may be raised; but they will not be suppressed by his absence, or be settled on account of that absence more precisely to his mind. Besides, though Prince Bismarck is a very great personage, observers must not forget that he is still, as he declared himself at the beginning, the " vassal of the Hohenzollerns," most unlikely publicly to discredit a favourite idea of his master's. Another rumour that the Cesarevitch entirely disapproves the assemblage is much more probable, but heirs apparent almost always disapprove the policy of reigning Sovereigns, and only adopt it heartily when themselves upon the throne.
