Cologne, October 18. The King is consistent at any rate. His
Majesty never contradicts himself. On the occasion of the festival
celebrating the building of Cologne’s cathedral, he told the
delegation of the Frankfurt National Assembly:

“Gentlemen, I fully understand the significance of your Assembly. I realise very
well how important your Assembly is!” The voice of His Majesty then assumed a very
solemn and biting tone: “But please do not forget that there are still sovereigns in
Germany”—at this point His Majesty placed his hand upon his heart and spoke with
uncommon emphasis—“and do not forget that I am one of them!”

A similar reply was also given to the delegation of the Berlin
Assembly when it visited His Majesty at Bellevue Castle on October
15* in order to congratulate him. The King said:

“We are in the process of const:ucting an edifice which is to last for centuries. But,
gentlemen, I would like to call your attention to one matter. We still possess an
hereditary authority by the grace of God’’—these words were spoken by the King with
great emphasis—“which is surely envied in many places and which is still endowed
with full powers. It is the only foundation upon which that edifice can be constructed
if it is to last for as long as I have indicated.”

The King is consistent. He would always have been consistent had
it not been for the unfortunate fact that the March days interposed
that fateful scrap of paper between His Majesty and his people.*"’

At this moment, His Majesty, just as he did before the March days,
seems again to believe in Slavdom’s “legs of iron”>. Perhaps the

people in Vienna will turn out to be the magician who will transform
the iron into clay.