The Times of Tuesday published a rather remarkable telegram from
its correspondent in St. Petersburg. It con- tains a statement, worded with a sort of official care, that the Servian revolution will have less effect in Russia than is expected. The Panslavic party, it is true, is always for action ; but the Czar is a " real autocrat," he is outside their influence, and he cannot be led away. M. de Giers is only the Czar's servant, and for the present, it is implied, the Czar's will is peace. We are inclined to believe that this statement is accurate, and that the Czar abhors the responsibility which would fall on him in the event of war; but it is subject to the rider that he cannot resist either a national expression of feeling, or a demand strongly put forward by the Army. The danger is not of his moving, but of some event occurring in Paris, Belgrade, or Sofia which would make every Russian think that he ought to move. Alexander III. lives a secluded life in Gratschina ; but an absolute monarch, surrounded by jealous intriguers, can, if he pleases, hear almost everything.
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