There is a general lull on the Continent, which has
none of the effect of-peace. The Emperor is sunning himself at Vichy, but his new-Director of the Press wants to compel foreign correspondents to sign-their names to their letters, an order which, as France is not yet mistress df tile earth, is as futile as it is malicious. The Emperor Of Austria hesitates as to his reply to the Diet, but the Hungarian. Chancellor has resigned in indignation at the demands pressed upon hisvountry. The King of Italy is, supported in- Parlianient, bat Nailee is in a state of anarchy, and Cialdiui, the first soldier of the monarchy, has been required to restrain the thousands of peasants in whom love for the true faith has developed a taste for brigandage. Ladly, the Prussian King, wandering in Baden to receive the pleasant Welcome of the delighted people, has been shot at by a student who considered him an obstacle to the German millennium. Kings make bad targets, His Majesty was only wounded, and the event has only served to intensify the dislike of the upper classes of Prussia towards the Liberal party. The assassin explains his motives with fearless simplicity, and seems to be rather a political maniac than a criminal
