Though we hear so little that is intelligible from the
seat of war, there are indications that feeling is running very high in Russia against Britain. To a great extent this is fostered by the military party, who hope by inflaming opinion against this country to divert attention from their own blunders. Some of them, indeed, are said actually to desire a war with Britain, believing that it would be very popular, and could not make things worse, and by bringing in France might even improve them. We have dealt with the matter at length elsewhere, and will only say here that though we realise that great allowance must be made for the ferment caused by war, and especially by a war so humiliating to national pride, and therefore are not inclined to take an alarmist view of the situation, we still feel that it is one requiring the most careful watching by our Government, and the greatest vigilance and circumspection throughout the diplomatic field.
