The news from Eastern Europe this week is nearly worthless.
It appears to be certain that the Russian party in the Bulgarian Sobranje will not exceed a fourth of the representatives ; but the fate of Bulgaria is hardly in their bands. It will depend on the action taken by the Czar, and his decision is as uncertain as any time this year. His agents worry the Sultan to send a Special Commissioner to Sofia ; but that astute, though ignorant Sovereign, likes to pick his chestnuts for his own eating. He knows he cannot eat Bulgaria. All that is certain is, that the Czar is not contented with Germany, or he would have left a card on his great-uncle at Stettin or Konigsberg, and that Prince Bismarck and Count Kalnoky parted at Friedrichsruh on Wednesday on the best of terms. The Hungarian Premier, Herr Tisza, nevertheless, made a speech on Tuesday in which he said that, although he saw no immediate prospect of war, the nations were in such a position that Hungary must keep armed. As he is most anxious to improve the bad financial condition of Hungary, it may be understood that he sees no present prospect of a settlement in the East.
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