| Content Description | Informs him Sir Randal Roberts' story was true and that he had accompanied General Manteuffel on his campaigns and been awarded the Iron Cross by the Crown Prince of Germany; reports that Bismarck was ill and that the German Government was paralysed as a result; the Liberals tried to act independently regarding the Army Bill but would probably vote as Bismarck desired; comments on the passing of the Ecclesiastical Laws in Vienna; informs him that opinion in Germany was that Andrassy would re-open the 'Oriental question' and that he and Bismarck were agreed on the subject; Bismark, Bülow and Radowitz were claiming 'all was quiet in the East'; reports Bismarck had informed him he would do all he could to keep Andrassy in power should his enemies gain the ear of the Emperor, presuming him to mean Hohenlohe. |