Content Description | Comments on the escape of the Russian Emperor from an assassination attempt; discusses the Prussian answer to a recent proposal, stating that it had been well received at Vienna and that he hoped there would be a 'mutual disarmament', although the question of the Duchies remained; informs him that Bismarck was in poor health and that he had seen a private doctor from Frankfurt; discusses the possibility of a German parliament and who should be head of state; reports that the Crown Princess [Victoria] had ordered a special train to Potsdam and had given birth to her baby shortly after arriving there; an English doctor and Lady Barrington had attended her afterwards; reports the arrival of Colonel Crealock from Warsaw. |