We publish elsewhere an account of the curious intrigue which
has been going on for some months between Russia and France. It is based upon information upon which we have been accustomed to rely, and completely confirms our own view, that Russia has consented to the unity of Germany on conditions which may relate only to Poland, but may also relate to Turkey. The differ- ence betwen this statement and that in the invalide Russe, sup- posed to be official, is simply this,—that the Russian Minister accuses Napoleon of changing his mind, while our informant believes that Napoleon's offers were rejected by the Czar, and indeed mentioned to Count von Bismarck, who certainly was not happy in Paris. The total effect of the two stories on our minds is that Turkey had better end that Cretau affair somehow, and not be too punctilious about Servian proceedings.
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