The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY I ENING, J ULY 27, 1870.

eyes of the curious. Nancy, like all the other centres of
the French army, is a place of suspicion and precaution.
The utmost care is taken to prevent the slightest
information about military movements from oozing
out. Any strange person entering the town is im-
mediately subjected to the most rigid scrutiny. He is
surrounded, watched, interrogated, and run to earth, if
he have no proper credentials, with the most relentleF s
severity. Sometimes a spy turns up, or, at any rate, the
authorities get hold of a person whom they believe to he
a spy. One very singular story of this kind is circulat-
ing here. It has reference to Metz.- A workman who
was some years ago employed in the Luxembourg fortifica-
tions was there treated with excessive brutality by a
Prussian Major. Coming to Metz he found work on
the fortifications of that very strong place. Soon
amongst his companions he observed one who bore a
very striking resemblance to the well remembered
figure of the major. After some hesitation he
imparted his suspicions to one or two of his comrades, who
laughed at him ; for how was it possible, said they, that a
major should do carpenters' work in such excellent style ?
But these scoffers had not come under the influence of the
major's cane; the other had. He went and told
the commandant on the fort, who, accosting
the sni disant carpenter as " major," made him
display signs of confusion which were at once construed
into evidence of guilt. The major is now in gaol. Here,
as well as at Metz, the "gentlemen of the press "have a
hard time of it. One of them went up to the top of a
church the other day to take a bird's-eye view of the fine
scene of martial activity around. He was immediately
collared as a Prussian spy endeavouring to make a plan
of the French dispositions, committed to the custody of
the police, and not released until a brother of the Paris
press had duly established the needful proof. It is quite
impossible to make any adequate estimation of the
number of soldiers round Nancy. It is useless and dan-
gerous to ask a soldier ; and the intelligent civilian counts
by hundreds of thousands, and is not occasionally even
ashamed of millions. Would that lies of this kind consti-
tuted his sole exercise with the long bow. He libels
his unfortunate enemies with the most intense zeal.
METZ, SUNDAY

The chief business of the chronicler of events in this
region is to record the sufferings and troubles of his
illustrious profession. It is a most exciting campaign, this
which is being carried on against the journalists. TO-day
we have the news of a fine pitched battle, in which the
correspondent of a Paris journal gained a victory
over the impertinent authorities (such triumphs are not
common) ; yesterday the representative of the Standard
had been defeated and taken prisoner; and just previously
the Times correspondent had his flank turned, and was
for some time in serious danger of rout. As
nobody knows whose turn may come next, the
excitement of uncertainty is most pleasing. We
have no war to talk about, we are not allowed to talk
about troops, and hence there is the more time to devote
to this literary business. The great difficulty is the
liability of the correspondents to be taken for
spies. A look at a fort is an offence, the
production of a piece of paper is as gross an outrage
in Metz as at a University examination. No man dare
show a pencil here any more than he dare produce a re-
volver in Pall Mall. There is a constant sufveillance,
dogging, watching, and questioning kept up. Corres
pondents are liable to be regarded as spies
from their well developed habits of intelligent
observation ; but there are here a great many persons of
German extraction, and these, too, are constantly falling
into military clutches. Nor is this caution excessive, for
Metz is too near the frontier, and is too important a place
to escape the operations of spies. Now and then the
genuine article is hit upon. One was captured in the
costume of a peasant ; another in the dress of a pries
escaped.

With respect to the war (that against Prussia) there
are abundance of symptoms, but no events. There are
neither skirmishes nor battles to record ; but
the most warlike uproar reigns all through
Metz. The town is gaily hung with flags,
the movement is continuous, the crowd enormous. The
hotels are full up to the very doors, and have relays of
attendants day and night. Not only is the throng of the
densest, but the confusion is at present most unmistake-
able. Nobody knows where he ought to go, what he
ought to do, or where his property is. Everywhere one
sees officers looking for their baggage. There is a want
of tents, a want of clothes, a want of everything, even
to coffee mills, for which there is just now a tremendous
outcry. They tell us that things are bad at Strasbourg ;
they are worse here. The officers are, in
many cases, destitute of anything like proper
' eating apparatus ; some of them literally eat
with their fingers. Several were to be seen to-day cook-
ing eggs in a dish cover, turning the contents out on long
pieces of bread, and satisfying their appetites with this
kind of repast, Up to yesterday, when the military chest
arrived, to the intense satisfaction of every-
body, there was no organised treasury. Eight
thousand pounds for the use of one division was bor-
rowed from a place on the frontier the other day. At
Bitsche things have been in a similar plight, the inhabi-
tants being paid for their solid substance in bills, with
which they were little satisfied. The soldiers are gay enough
and sing and dance after sunset, when they have finished
their soup with small consideration for the desperate task
that awaits them. The officers are less demonstrative.
Some of them, indeed, are well advanced in years, and,
after a long rest in the pleasant plains of France, are
little fit to cope with the hardships and privations
of a campaign. The rank and file, on the other
hand, are mostly young and hdrdy men, and well
calculated to do good duty. The French soldier is small,
but not deficient in stamina, whilst in point of dash he is
superior to his Prussian adversary. What the men about
here seem to lack most is coolness. They are mostly in-
experienced, and are liable to panic. Every night
there is a false alarm amongst the advanced
posts, which are pushed out towards the frontier.
The other day a fusillade was heard running from one
sentinel to the other, without any apparent cause. A
sous-lieutenant and a sergeant-major advanced to put
a stop to this waste of powder. One sentinel,
a chasseur l pied, evidently had his mind agitated by
spectres of Uhlans, for he fired in the obscurity and shot
the sergeant-major in the heart. The officers are report-
ing some improvement in this state of nervousness, which,
by the way, is not unnatural to men quite unaccustomed
to warfare. It will not do, however, for the chassepot to
be managed by nervous hands.

There can be no doubt of the fact, though it is con-
cealed as much as possible, that a great movement
forward is going on here. There is an advance all along
the line. Soon Metz will be left behind, and the busy
hum of war will centre in a region still more close to the
Prussian borders.

FROM METZ.—The Daily News correspondent,
writin a day or two ago, says :—This morning we had
two important arrivals—the postal military service, and
the military chest. All the money that has come is in
gold ; a fact worth noticing, as it seems to shew that the
troops are to quit French territory, and to go where
French bank-notes will not be taken. Great
distress has already begun to prevail in the
factories here for want of coal from Belgium.
Much importance is attached here to the gun-
boats which are to operate on the Rhine, the Moselle, and
possibly on the Saar as well, should the Prussians defend
it. Each gunboat is to carry one cannon and twelve
men, and to be commanded by a lieutenant de vaieseau.
It is believed here that the Prussians have none of
these vessels, and of course the exultation is great accord-
ingly.

THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND PEA CE. —Th C
Times Paris correspondent argues that the French Minis-
try, or, at least, some of them, were by no means so irre-
vocably committed to war as has been represented. He
says :—" It is impossible to doubt the truthfulness of
certain members of the French Government who declare
upon their honour that they never dreamt of war until
the Hohenzollern nomination burst upon them like a
thunderclap. Nor even then, startled and indignant
though they were, did they look upon a conflict as inevit-
able. They defend the terms of the Gramont declaration
to the Chamber—in England deemed unnecessarily
irritating—by saying that the 'best chance of maintain-
ing peace was to be found in a decided attitude.
They appeal to the conduct of the Government on
previous and recent occasions (as, for instance, in the affair
of the St. Gothard), as proof of their pacific desires. They
were well aware of the delicate footing on which France
stood with Prussia, and they were anxious to avaid giving
pretext for strife. It is beyond a doubt that M. 011ivier
was drawing up a pacific declaration to be made that day
to the Chamber, when M. de Gramont entered his room
bringing with him news of the telegraphic communica-
tions addressed by Prussia to various Courts, stating the
rebuff M. Benedetti had received. This was looked upon
as an insult not to be borne, and the half written
words of peace were thrust aside. When latelysketching the
circumstances of M. Strat's mission to Sigmaringen. I
omitted to mention that scarcely had he obtained the
Prince's renunciation of the Spanish Crown when an envoy
arrived from the King of Prussia charge I to recommend
delay in complying with the demand. This certainly is
not confirmatory of the sincerity of Prussia's assurances
that she wished to avoid war.
FROM FRANKFORT.— " Observer " writes from
Frankfort on the Mein, to express his favourable opinion
of the German troops lie saw there :—I am free to confess
that these people do convey to me a very
favourable, and, as respects the warfare to be
waged, a most grave and serious impression. It is
quite clear that the national soul has been stirred to its
very depths, that long-dormant passions have been aroused,
and that they will not be calmed or appeased until grea t
events have occurred. I dine at the 7 o'clock table
d'hote, chiefly with a view of studying the question. There
are a vast number of officers here, and many dine at this
hour. It is impossible not to be struck with the general
appearance and bearing of these men. The great majority
are finely, firmly, and fully developed men, mostly over
sft. 10in., and not exceeding Eft. ; well-looking, simply
but carefully dressed, and remarkable for their, in almost
every case, splendid frontal development. Another
quality which, I confess, has a great value in
my mind, is the universal frankness with which every
man looks you in the face—the dark gray eyes play no
game of hide-and-seek, but look you steadily, calmly, but
still amiably in the face. There is no fuss or bombast.
They sit together, talk low and earnestly, but with a cer-
tain quiet, self-possessed cheerfulness which, I think,
augurs well for King William's cause. All is kept with
wondrous secrecy here, and I have no doubt that one of
the striking characteristics of the approaching struggle
will be the sudden and unprepared nature of the facts
which will shed joy or sorrow over either land as French
dash or Prussian endurance bears away the palm of
victory,
FROM D CSSELDORF. —Great excitement prevails in
this usually quiet, not to say dull, town. Preparations for
the approaching struggle are going on at a great pace.
Men are coming in by thousands, horses by hundreds.
The English residents are doubtful whether they shall
discreetly " slope off " at once, or valorously wait a little
longer, and see what a few weeks may bring forth. The
Queen's proclamation, that all women are expected in
this crisis to do their duty to Fatherland, is already
producing fruit. Sheets, bandages, and other hospital
appliances are being got ready by the benevolent ladies
who meet daily for that purpose in the Louisen School,
while the very children are not allowed to have their
fingers idle, but prepare lint, which may be wanted in
such enormous quantities, no one can say how soon.
This town, we hear, will probably before long
be one vast lazaretto. The hospitals, the music-hall,
the two principal schools, and' other public buildings are
to be devoted to the reception of the wounded. At present
troops are assembling here in great numbers, and lucky
will that family be on which half-a-dozen soldiers are not
billeted to-night. Every Prussian under a certain age is
a soldier either in esse or in posse, and all the Reserve is
now being called into active service. The peasants,
who were just about to begin the rye harvest, the
colliers, the factory hands, all must leave their work and
their families, and join their respective regiments. How-
ever, there is no lack of enthusiasm on their part. They
seem jolly enough as they come into the town, twenty
or thirty together, shouting patriotic songs. As
yet we have not seen much of the pride,
pomp, and circumstance of glorious war. Men arrive
in their ordinary working dress, with nothing
`military about them but a cross or medal gained in
some previous campaign hanging outside the blouse.
With even less parade are those who are ready for the
war sent off, no bands playing or colours flying, or any-
thing of that sort. As to horses, there will be none
left in the country soon but the veriest " screws."
Every decent animal is taken possession of by the autho-
rities, and turned into a charger, the owner receiving re-
gulation price.—Times Occasional Correspondent.

THE WAR DEPARTMENT AND THE GUN

TRADE.

A correspondent of the Birmingham Gazette writes :
Surprise is expressed in all quarters at Mr. Cardwell's de-
cision, or rather indecisior, in so vital a matter
as a reserve of breech-loaders. I learn that the
inquiries from neutral Continental Powers as to the
number of guns in the hands of private makers
have been manifold ; and I further know that
most of the the large gunmakers delayed replying
to these inquiries until Government was consulted. Well,
Government has been consulted, and the formal stereo-
typed answer is, "At present your services are not re-
quired." One large contract from Russia is now being
executed in this country, and Holland and Belgium are
both in the English market for arms. Of course, " for the
present," the gunmaking trade of this country will not
standstill, but will undoubtedly fill their houses with
foreign orders, and then woe to Mr. Cardwell and his
clique should he be forced into the market to buy,

AN HUSH Run IN THE UNITED STATES.

The New York papers of the 13th and 14th instant,
recount a terrible riot which took place in that city on the
anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, between Orange-
men and Irish Catholics. The " American Protestant
Association " had announced for some weeks that they
would hold a picnic in Elm Park, New York, on the
12th of July. As they were holding their festival, how-
ever, they were attacked by some fifty Irish labourers,
and a regular fight ensued. Shots were exchanged
stones thrown, and peace was with difficulty restored by
a strong detachment of police. Three persons were killed
and one hundred more or less injured, some of them very
seriously two of them dying the next day. The riot is
described as one of the most dreadful that had occurred in
New York for a number of years, and it has produced the
greatest excitement.

drill been taught in which the soldier makes a rest of hi
shako—for the remainder of the kit was perfection
—the retention of the shako appeared absurd ?
When we consider that each man . had his
Chassepot and 90 rounds of ball cartridge, the
weight carried by the private cannot be esti-
mated at less than 451 b. A battalion marched past, then
came the drums and bugles of another, a second battalion,
and a third. A regiment had gone by, but I had ob-
served no eagle—the mounted officers, of which there
were f. w, had their trousers tucked into large boots• with
a roll of blanket before them. The officers on foot wore
their swords. I observed no revolvers, and each
had a satchel or ordinary travelling bag slung
at the side. Then came the music and a
second regiment, a general officer, with an aide-de-
camp, attended by a hussar leading a spare horse. Then
a battery of four guns, with four waggons, and two pair
of spare horses, with four or five mounted officers, and
some officers, including a shoeing smith. There were no
more waggons or horses. Each gun and waggon was
drawn by four horses ; six or seven gunners bearing car-
bines followed, each on foot, more riding on the limners ;
the driver carried his kit upon the horse he rode, leaving
the other or off-horse looking almost bare-backed. The
guns were unencumbered with tools or stores, and were
ready for immediate action. The waggons were filled
to excess with forage and tents, kits and stores of
every kind. Then came baggage carts, three or four
of a stronger nature, and dragged by two horses, led
the van, followed by four carts of vivandikvs, these
had their names thus: Madame Moinet, Ist Regiment,
Ist Brigade, Ist Division, printed in large type upon their
carts. (I do not care to give the true numbers.) Some
of the women drove their own carts, others had a soldier
or a civilian sitting beside them. They were not smartly
dressed, and were got up for work. They seemed to enjoy
the attention which their red trousers drew to them, anc
looked as gay as if going to a regimental ball. In all no
more than 20 or 25 carts followed the brigade, some tw,
or-three were each pulled by a single horse. The secon,
brigade followed; it also consisted of two regiments, bu
was without artillery, A rear guard of 100 men close(
the march.—Daily Nelas Correspondent at Strasboui

LAM AND POLICE

THE CASE OF £2,500 DAMAGES FOR A WIFE.—In the
' Court of Divorce, on Tuesday, Mr. Bayford moved for a
rule for a new trial in the cause of " Broad v. Broad and
Bird," on the ground that the damages were excessive.
He pointed out that the co-respondent was an officer in
the 51st Regiment, and had enough to do to pay his way.
Lord Penzance said that without expressing any opinion
as to whether the damages were too high, or the reverse.
he would say that they were high. If he granted a rule
for a new trial could the co-respondent pay any money into
Court ? Mr. Bayford, after consulting with his client,
said that the utmost that could be raised was £5OO. Lord
Penzance pointed out that the co-respondent also rendered
himself liable for the costs of the new trial ; but if £5OO
was paid into court, there would be a rule nisi for a new
trial on the ground stated.
THE CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST A CLERGYMAN.—The
Rev. Simcox Lea, incumbent of Trinity Church, Stepney,
writes to the Times, to do an act of justice to "a very
zealous clergyman " the Rev. Mr. Wallace, the gentle-
man fined on Monday for assaulting a boy. Mr. Lea
says—No one is more ready than Mr. Wallace him-
self to admit that he acted hastily and injudi-
ciously in this instance. But I have before me
a lump of granite, weighing considerably more
than half a pound, which I brought from the
interior of St. Luke's Church on Sunday night. Much
larger stones had been thrown through the windows during
service within the last few weeks, and one very heavy
one had struck the book board close to the head of a
chorister. Mr. Wallace had about a month ago
carried a bag full of these lumps of road metal
to the Thames Police-court, and had begged for
his congregation the protection of the police. No
abatement of the nuisance and danger had been secured,
and the services, which are held every evening, were
still disturbed in the same way. Mr. Wallace may have
been mistaken in supposing the boy in question to be one
of the perpetrators of this dangerous mischief, but when
Mr. Lushington tells him, as he did from the bench, that
"he was not justified in taking the law into his own
hands," and fines him for having done so, it is but fair
your readers should know that he did not do so till he ha(
appealed in vain for the protection of the law at the tour
here Mr. Lushington administers it.

advice,

THE EUROPEAN WAR.
The situation in Europe is substantially unchanged,
The tone of the despatches that have been exchanged is a
little more deliberate than that of the hasty notes sent a
day or two ago, but not less firm. The dignity of Prussia
forbids that it should discourage .and put an end to a
movement about which Bismarck insists that he knew
nothing until Spaiu had acted without his"
The self-respect of Spain is concerned in
.avour of maintaining a position which is of its
own seeking and choice, and about which it need
not ask the advice of its neighbours. And the
ambition and the fears of Napoleon prevent him from
consenting to or passively allowing the elevation to the
throne of Spain of one who would almost certainly be
opposed to him if any fresh complications should arise in
southern Europe. Austria naturally sides against Prussia,
and leaves no substantial reason to doubt that the report
of a fresh alliance between the two emperors is true.
War seems inevitable. Spain cannot withdraw from her
position at the dictation of a foreign power. France
cannot peacefully allow the plans to go into
effect. The note of preparation is heard. French
troops are under orders. Passports are to be
demanded by ambassadors, and official relations between
the hostile governments are to be ruptured immediately.
The standing armies of Europe render any extended period
of preparation unnecessary, and if the war which now
seems impending is soon proclaimed, it will be but a few
weeks before active hostilities will have begun. It is no
slight complication of the difficulty that both the great
powers concerned, France and Prussia, have ambitious
plans for territorial extension, and consequently a war of
this sort, short though it must be,will very likely cause some
changes in the map of Europe.— Boston Advertiser, July
4th.

THE WAR-CLOUD IN EUROPE.
WASHINGTON, July 13.
It is belie's ed here in official circles that forty-eight
ours will develop whether there is to be peace or war.
The general opinion is that nothing can avert war, because
Napoleon desires to measure strength with his great rival,
King William. Ever since the battle of Sadowa he is
considered to have been preparing and thirst-
ing for a brush with Prussia, and now
that some pretext is offered he has seized
it eagerly, and without the desire or intention
of accepting peaceful explanations. M. Berth6my
is said to believe that war is inevitable, and Baron Gerolt
entertains about the same opinion. The late pacific dis-
patches from Paris, Berlin, and London are believed to
be mere ruses of the speculators, who desire to affect the
markets. While this is the general opinion in official
circles here, still it is not to be denied that there are
some who entertain very different views. I have
heard some men in high office declare that
Napoleon is no longer responsible for his acts,
that his intellectual as well as physical powers
have become greatly weakened within a few
years, and that his medical advisers are of the opinion
that his trouble is softening of the brain. An incident
tending to confirm this story of Napoleon's mental in-
firmity is related to me. While Marshal Niel, the late
French Secretary of War, was on his last bed of sickness
Louis got one of his severest attacks. One of his aids
going to see him one morning during this sick spell was as-
tonished to hear the Emperor say to him, "Howls Marshal
Pellissier ?" The latter had been dead some years, and the
aid observed, " Your Majesty must mean Marshal Niel, not
Pelissier." "No ! no ! no !" impatiently replied the Em-
peror, " I mean Pelissier ; how is he ?" The aid bowed
submissively and retired, reporting the conversation
to Marshal Niel. The latter directed the aid to go
back and report that the Secretary of War was a
good deal better. This little anecdote is related to
chew that this present war move of Napoleon must
be the result of some insane malady ; but it seems
pretty, evident that if Louis is " looney " he has com-
municated some of his disease to 011ivier, Gram-
mont, and some of the brightest minds in the em-
pire. There is another story, to the effect that the
candidacy of Prince Leopold is the result of a secret un-
derstanding between Napoleon and Prim. These two have
had several conferences lately, and it is mysteriously sug-
gested that they have made an arrangement by which,
should Prussia accept war with France, Spain will come
to the assistance of the latter through Prim, the head of
the army. As a compensation for this support it is said
that Napoleon will aid Prim himself to the Spanish crown:
and thus at the same time settle the question who wil
rule over Spain and which power shall dominate in Europe
France or Prussia.

[NTER-OCEANIC COMMUNICATION BY A
SHIP CANAL.

It has been amply demonstrated that a ship canal from
the Atlantic to the Pacific would secure results of incal-
culable commercial and political importance. The capi-
talists, political economists and statesmen of the present
day unite in endorsing the enlightened views of William
Paterson, the founder of a colony at Caledonia Harbour,
and subsequently of the Bank of England. That
extraordinary man anticipated one hundred and
seventy-four years ago —as it were, with Scottish.
" second sight "—the possibility of " removing dis-
tances and drawing nations nearer to each other"
—of lessening more than one-half the time and
expense of navigation to China, Japan, the Spice Islands
and the greater part of the East Indies, and of more than
doubling the consumption of European commodities and
manufactures by means of the Isthmus of Darien, which
he called "the door of the seas and key of the universe."
The arguments by which Paterson supported his theory
have now acquired tenfold strength. Other arguments
have been yearly multiplied by the development of Ameri-
can commerce, and to both the latter and the former
additional weight and urgency have recently been given
by the mission of the late Mr. Burlingame from the
Chinese Emperor to the United States and to
the Great European Powers, and by the rising
flood of Chinese immigration to this country.
The Herald has lost no opportunity of insisting upon the
cosmopolitan importance of a ship canal across the
isthmus. It has heartily encouraged the scientific explora-
tions which have been recently made under the auspices
of the United States Navy in order to discover a feasible
route for a canal, which would be the tenth wonder of the
world. While we have faithfully chronicled the progress
of the Darien Expedition of 1870, its successes and its
failures, we have recognised the fact that, were it only by
proving the impracticably of the several routes examined
at Caledonia and Sassardi and San Blas, this expedition
has rendered a great service to science and to commerce
by eliminating so large a portion of the isthmus from future
inquiry. Even if the explorations to be undertaken during
the next dry season should prove that all the other pro-
posed routes from the Atrato to the line of the Panama
Railway are equally impracticable, we should not abandon
the hope that what the London Times calls " the grandest
physical work the world can witness " will yet be accom-
plished, and the prediction of the London Sun may be
verified that " ere long Darien will be the great inter-
oceanic portal, the door of the seas, the entrep6t of the
world, thf storehouse of nations, the grand highway of
nations." Notwithstanding the formidable array of
names of prominent capitalists and politicians of New
York city in favour of reviving the old project of an in-
teroceanic canal via Nicaragua, we cannot easily believe
that American enterprise will be reduced to so forlorn a
hope as this route, all the conceded advantages of which
would seem to be neutralised by its great length, its start-
ling cost, its almost insuperable difficulties, and the
wretched harbours at both ends of it. Nevertheless we
are confident that whatever route may ultimately be de-
cided upon a ship canal will yet connect the Atlantic and
the Pacific. The 19th century must add this jewel to her
crown.—New York Herald.

THE WHEAT CROP.—The present wheat crop in
Virginia is reported to be the largest and finest harvested
for years. From all parts of the country we get about the
same. Well, this wheat is just in season for the great
demand we shall have from Europe if the war really
breaks out. The old parson who always prays for a
long and moderate war in Europe is in town.—New York
Herald.

THE CHINESE QUESTION.
The Fourth of July debate in the United States
Senate, on the Chinese question, presented the most ex-
traordinary manifestation of statesmanship we have had
for a long time. The Congressional Globe of Wednesday
devotes several pages to it, but it is impossible to sum it up
even into a short compass. The senators from Nevada
and Oregon, both men of ability, and of good sense on
other subjects, took the command against these ferocious
invaders, and fought them at every point. Senator Wil-
son was willing to give the Chinamen a chance
in the abstract, but when the test came voted against
them. Mr. Sumner stood almost alone, fighting the
battle on the old ground fought over ten thousand times,
that men who came here honestly were entitled to con-
sideration according to their merits, and not according
to the place where they were born. The majority were
against him, but that is an "idle tale." The majority
will soon be reversed. No foreigners, whether they
come from Ireland, or Germany, or Africa, or China, or
any other part of the world, will be driven back until
there has been another revolution.—Boston Advertiser.

EFFECTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF A
WAR IN EUROPE.
War in Europe will have its first effect here by im-
mensely increasing the flow of immigration. Already
every careful father who can gather the cash and scents
the conscription afar off is paying the passage of his boys
to America. From America they may return home again
richer than they went, or the father, perchance, may
follow on the voyage ; from the army they wonld pro-
bably never return. And this result is secured to us merely
by the war fever, even without the war. Next to
the increase in immigration will be a demand for
our breadstuffs and high prices for our splendid grain
crops. If the war lasts we shall even fill some big gun
contracts, and our workshops will burn gas. Europe will
go on the debtor side of the books in a very unqualified
way. Our bonds at first will go down in the markets of
Europe ; for there will be a rush for money to be handled
in the great financial transactions, and all values held as
investments will be on the market ; but this will be only a
first effect. Later it will be realised that the bonds of
this great, prosperous, peaceable people are the only secu-
rities worth holding, and they will be in demand at any
price. —New York Herald.