The German elections have ended, and the Business Bureau of
the Reichstag calculates that the total numbers are :- " Centre, 110 ; Conservatives, 77 ; Progressists, 60 ; National Liberals, 45 ; Secessionists, 48 ; Popular Party, 7 ; Social Demo- crats, 13; Poles, 18 ; Alsace-Lorrainers, 15 ; and ' Savages,' 4." That means that if the Bismarckians and the Centre act together, the Chancellor will have 187 votes, and the Liberals, including the Social Democrats, 173, leaving 33 Poles and Alsatians, and 4 eccentrics, to hold the balance of power. That is not a comfortable Parliament, and Prince Bismarck, according to a telegram of Friday, now says that he shall introduce his Bills one by one, that he shall be very slow, and that, if resisted, he shall attend to foreign affairs, and appoint a Vice-Chancellor to manage Par- liamentary business. The truth appears to be, as we have mentioned elsewhere, that the ill-health of the Emperor makes a pause desirable, and compels the Chancellor to hesitate before he makes definite overtures to any party.
