A statement was published on Friday in the Standard that
Count Andrassy had definitively declined an English alliance, A statement was published on Friday in the Standard that Count Andrassy had definitively declined an English alliance, but it is possibly an invention. It is certain, however, that the Austrian Chancellor has challenged the Hungarian Deputies to show that the Empire is as yet " damnified " in any way ; and that Austrian policy swerves strongly towards the maintenance of the alliance of the Three Emperors. The idea of the occupation of Bosnia has been revived since the six mil- lions were granted, and the stories of the Turkish effort to re- garrison the province are declared, we know not how truly, to be unfounded. At all events, the present idea of the Austrian Government is that the Condiess should meet, and that its own views as to the future of Turkey should be frankly stated and discussed.
