Count von Bismarck recently announced to the Austrian Government that
events had united Germany, notwithstanding the Treaty of Prague, and that his master had been invited to assume the Imperial Crown. The reply of the Emperor, to whom this transfer of his old dignity to his hereditary rival must be most galling, is not without the grave stateliness peculiar to the Haps- burgs. Count Beust considers it inadvisable to enter into further particulars about the Treaty of Prague, as it " is the interest of the parties to avoid further discussion in that direction," believes that Austria and Hungary sincerely desire friendly relations with the new power, and avers that " similar sentiments animate his Majesty the Emperor, by whom the exalting recollections which link his dynasty during a glorious history of centuries with the history of the German people will not be remembered otherwise than with the wannest sympathies for that people's further national development."
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