The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-17 00:00:00

THE ZINO OP PRUSSIA AND THE POLES.

(non the num.)

The King or Prussia has hastened to conclude
with the Barka Emperor a convention, the object of
whisk is to help him in reducing mice more to slavery the
Amami people who have again risen against his government.
No doubt the stipulations are mutual, and if any dis-
ttebeame takes place in Prussian Poland the King will
have • right to call on St. Petersburg for assistance.
But far the present the war is confined to the Rus-
Men territory, and the only meaning of the conven-
tion is that the troops of the Prusaian monarchy
shertid be employed spinet the Poles beyond its own
!ruttier. We have not the details of the convention, but,
as will be seat by our eerrespondeees, 10,1E3 man ere Wag
comentrated in the eastern provinces of Prone, and, if the
insurrection lasts, may be expected soon to arms the fron-
tier. In the meantime, the Russian troops are permitted
freely to enter the Prussian territory in furtherance of their
military operations, and they receive all the aid the King's
' °Moors eat give them. This alliance indicates that in the
opinion of the two governments the insurrection is an event
of &every highest importance. Were it, as represented by
the Bessites, merely • class movement, or confined
to ere or two districts, there would be no 044/18-
eft for so humiliating • contortion of impotence
as Is involved in a convention with the court of
Bartle. It must have been no small trial to the oride of the
Bossier family thus to follow the example of Austria,
struggling at once with Hungarian and Italian revolutiou,
and sinking into the gulf of bankruptcy. But, apparently,
the spread of the rebellion has forced the Csar to lay aside any
such fastidiousness.• • • The southern parte of the country
are represented to be now entirely in the power of the in.
wargeste ; the Russian commanders hold only one or two
towns in eseb, and the ground on which their troops may
beppss to be enamped. It is a war it which the fatigues
red hardships will be many, the chances of glory nothing,
while cruelty and horrible retaliations will cause every man
el real military feeling to shrink from taking • pert in it.
And this is the war into which the King of Prussia would
thrust his subjects, without allowing them to judge whether
the matter concerns them, or whether the strength of end
the most civilised nations of Europe should be devoted
to the destruction of an unhappy people who are fighting
for the last liberties of human beings Cultivated and en-
lightened Ostm•ey is to be enlisted oo behalf et • tyranny
so unbearable that to avoid it multitudes of young OM
brought up in ocenfort have lied at this inelemeat season
from their homes, and takes refuge in woods am) inmates.
What has the Premien army to say to the noble campaign
which King Willem designs for it! Are the claims sol-
diers of • constitutional country ready to become the con-
script catchers of the Rumen government? Whatever
fends there have been between Gara•m and Pole in pees
times, we cannot believe that any section of the German
people will give its sanction to so fool au attack on national
sod Immo rights. Certain it is that inch am intervention
as the Hine purposes will destroy every sympathy that
exiles betimes him and the English people. Ilf this be the
mid for whirls the Prussian power aside —if • holy alliance
more emempeloto than that of • former generation really
mashie the last hopes of Poland—then Englishmen will
lee without come= any calamity which may fall on the
Prretrim mosenthy. But that such an intervention will
take pees we manot believe. Tim King forgets that he has
• chamber to check him, and that that both German sad
Poles are interested in forbidding the extravaganee which
he contemplates.

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