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THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY E4EqING, MUCH 23, 1867.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE FRENCH PRESS ON THE GERMAN

TREATIES.
The Paris journals continue to make comments
on the German treaties. The Epoque Bays :

It must be admitted that Count de Bismarck has very
well chosen his time for giving us warning. Originally, the
treaties were intended to remain eecret. The statesman
who had concluded them doubtless thought it prudent to
keep them in the shade till the day when he should
want to use them. But the last discussions in the
French parliament have enlightened his mind. With
that precision of view which characterises him, he
measured his own power and calculated his own audacity ;
and he found that as the latter, great though it be, is
inferior to the former, he could make, to his own au x.
prise, a still bolder venture. And wh►t, in fact,
did Count de Bisinarek see? An opposition losing itself
in sterile recriminations about what ought to have been
done, and naively declaring that there was no ground for
alarm, as the Prussian work could not last ; a majority
voting, on the assurance of the government, that all is going
on well, that Germany is more divided than ever, and that
France is now in a better situation than last year ;
deputy, aspiring to be minister, assuring us that the unity
of Germany, which detests us and has proved it, should be
fraternally accepted. That is what Count de Bismarck
saw ; and certainly nothing more was wanting to dissipate
his last doubts. At present he can dare everything, and
in fact he does so, till the day when- But let us
not anticipate events ; we have quite enough sorrow in
having foreseen and predicted them.

The Liberty terminates a long article in these
words :

Success, always success ; great enterprises following
great enterprises ; victories everywhere and always—such
is, then, the inflexible law of governments similar to that
of Count de Bismarck. The day they cape-
Hem* a check they lose their prestige ; the day
they lose their prestige they have no longer •
basis ; for, not having right for a foundation, they
have nothing to rest upon but credit. That is exactly
why the Germany of M. de Bismarck is a grave danger to
Europe. •Ife is compelled to seek success incessantly; and
he must find it always. He is obliged to multiply great
affairs that he may heap up successes, so u to hide his
18th Brumaire from the eyes of his people and the obser-
vation of history. In virtue of that law he has united the
Confederation of the South to that of the North, and in
virtue of that he will go on to the end of his work—he
will go on imperturbably, inflexibly, without remission ;
for his only condition of existence, his explanation if not
his justification, is success at any price.
The Temps of to-day says :

The German empire is made. M. de Bismarck bound*
us, without interruption, from Longwy to Bile•
The ally of Italy, the protector of Belgium—the new
master of Germany—is more powerful than was ever
Charles V. ; for, though he is not master of Spain, he has
the alliance of Russia—a power now formidable, but
unknown in the lGth century, and he has no fear from
Turkey, one of the allies of Francis I. This danger of
France is likewise a peril for liberty. We have lately seen
an amendment in favour of the maintenance of the
political liberties of the constitution, rejected by the
Berlin parliament. A great military and arbitrary mo-
narchy has been established in the centre of Europe. In
order to conjure this two-fold peril, France is
asked to double the number of her soldiers. We
have been told that the power of a nation
is to be measured by the amount of its armed force. But
we must not forget that the danger is immediate, and that
King William has already a larger population to recruit
from than we, and that Prussia is ahead of us in military
organisation, and in her armaments."
The Temps concludes as follows :

Our greatness, our independence, the independence of
Europe, gravely menaced, have no other refuge than the
prompt and sincere return of our country to the principles
of the French revolution.

THE DUC D'AUMALE AND THE FRENCH
ARMY.

A pamphlet, published by Mr. Jeffs, of Bur-
lington Arcade, has just appeared, from the
pen of the Duc d'Aumale, entitled " Les Institu_
tiona do la France." The opinion of the duke is
that the military institutions of France ani not so
defective as some persons would represent, but that
they require to have their sincerity, their unity, and
their effectiveness restored to them. If a change is
to be made in them it should be by their vigorous
development in a national sense, and by placing
them under the aegis of liberty. " Liberty," he
says, " doubles the power of military institutions ;
it regulates and moderates their use ; it has nothing
to fear from them as long as the people do not
abdicate their rights ; its guarantee is in the force
of opinion, and not in the weakness of the military
force."

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE NORTH GERMAN PARLIAMENT.'
BERLIN, MARCH Et

In to-day's sitting of the North German Parlia-
ment Art. sof the draft of the Federal constitu-
tion, with the addition proposed by Herr Twesten,
wan adopted by a large majority. The amendment
of Herr Zachariae was rejected.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN. MARCH V.

The Berlin papers of this morning confirm the
statement that the King, at his reception of the
diplomatic body yesterday, particularly dis-
tinguished M. Benedetti, the French Ambassador,
and gave him the most positive assurances of the
maintenance of peace.
Berlin was splendidly illuminated last night in
honour of the King's birthday. The most brilliant
display was made at the hotel of the English
Embassy. The illumination at the Austrian Em-
bassy also attracted great attention ; it consisted
of the following words, in illuminated letters,
taken from a popular German song, " Heil dir im
Siegeskranx" (Hail to thee, laurel crowned victor).
A royal decree has been published to-day,
creating a new artillery regiment (the 12th),
which will be exclusively destined for besieging
operations.

KOSSUTH AND HUNGARY.
FLUME, MARCH ZL

Herr Kossuth has published a statement deny-
ing that ho approves of the course of events in
Hungary, and expresses his opinion that Hungary
has committed political suicide as a state and a
nation by her arrangement with Austria.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 22.

The French ambassador in this capital energeti-
cally advocates the improvement of the position of
the Turkish subjects without distinction of their
religious belief.

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