The Times is said to have done a spirited thing.
It has estab- lished a wire for itself from Paris to its own office, and publishes its correspondent's letters, frequently occupying columns, as received by telegraph. That is worthy of the old days of journalism, but we should not wonder if Prince Bismarck inter- fered. Why should Englishmen take all that interest in French politics, when Germany is at the head of the world? The wire ought to have gone to Berlin. Quite true, only there would have been nothing to report. One does not want a wire to report what the German Chancellor thinks, and the interesting points in the politics of Germany are the thoughts in his bosom. In France, even under the Septennat, there is an Assembly, and there are Ministers ; in Germany, there are only a Reichsrath and the Chancellor's clerks.
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