Prince Bismarck has been very ill at Kissingen, and the
German Emperor, who was shooting with the Emperor of Austria at Guns, telegraphed to him on September 9th, "thanking God" for BOWS of his convalescence, and offering him, for climatic reasons, one of the Imperial castles to reside in during winter. Prince Bismarck, in reply, thanked his Majesty, but declared that his disease being nervous, his recovery depended on his remaining "in the domestic circle, and the surroundings to which I have been so long accus- tomed." The correspondence getting public, evoked a fever of enthusiasm in Germany, and reports were everywhere cir- culated that the Emperor and the Prince were reconciled, and that the ex-Chancellor, who is nearly eighty, would resume office. There was no foundation for these ideas, the Emperor having only wished to be courteous to his great en- Minister ; and they have now been formally contradicted. It is now, however, clear that a large section of the German politicians would gladly revert to the old regime and to Prince Bismarck's main ideas, which are supposed to be peace with Russia, war with Socialism, and protection for agricul- tnre. The fury of the agriculturists at the present policy is beyond belief.
