The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-14 00:00:00

THE FRENCH OCCUPATION OF ROME.

The Florence correspondent of the Mots, writ-
ing on the 9th, says :—" It is probable that the
French occupation of Rome will nut be maintained
much longer. The French government itself
appears desirous of putting an end to it, and en-
deavours are at this moment being made to tind—
not a mode of compromise—but what our papers
call a modus viomidi. The thing is to so arrange
that Rome and the kingdom of Italy may be able
to live side by side, without annoying each other
too much ; without endangering the peace
at every moment ; and yet without re-
nouncing any principle on either side. I have
reason to believe that the Italian government is
quite disposed to accept anything reasonable which
will render the status quo endurable without en-
gaging the future. Will it be the same with Rome I
It may be doubted ; illusion seems to have crossed
the frontier and changed sides, if we may judge
by the military preparations which are making in
Rome, no one knows why, and the Bourbon intri-
gues, which are not, it is true, very dangerous."

MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN PRUSSIA.

The Lidtpendanec Beige says :

Some little light is gradually being thrown upon the
mysterious congi obtained at his own request by Count
Bismarck, which he has not yet availed himself of. There
is evidently some skirmishing going on in the upper govern-
mental regions of Berlin, the signs of which might have
been noticed in some observations =do by the Minister.
President in the Chamber of Deputies. Although Count
Bismarck has affirmed that the ministry generally is
agreed upon all the great internal questions, he has none
the leas indirectly criticised on various occasions
the acts of several of his eolleagnes, especially the former
Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior, who
more particularly represented in the cabinet the policy of
the COIIit.TVAIVO party. Count Lippe has been compelled
to surrender his plane to a man who is in no way connected
with that party ; the time for Count Eulenberg to leave
the cabinet, so as to render possible the entrance of a
liberal of mark, appears to have arrived. A telegram
indeed informs us that the portfolio of the Interior bas
been offered to the honourable President of the Chamber
of Deputies, Herr Forekenbeck, who has asked for time
to consider his decision. A crisis, therefore, positively
exists in Berlin, and it shows itself in the contest which is
at this moment going on between the go►ernmental and
conservative papers. It will reach its climax when the
Upper House, which was to assemble yesterday, dis-
cusses the law upon the provincial funds of Hanover,
which Count Bismarck has to some extent made a cabinet
question. Should this vote be in the negative, as is
generally expected, the struggle will be directly opened,
no longer between the President of the Council and his
former Mends the conservatives, but between that party
and the liberal opinion rallied behind Count Bismarck.
There is no need to say on which aide will be the victory.

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