The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-12 00:00:00

ANOTHER SECRET TREATY.

The Cologne Gazette of Wednesday laysbefore its readers
the copy of another projected treaty, said to have been
proposed to Count Bismarck by Count Benedetti in
August, 1866. The Gazette says it has received the docu-
ment from a trustworthy source, and that a copy of it is
to be found in Count Benedetti's handwriting in the
archives of the North German Confederation. I t consists
of three articles, and is as follows :
ARTICLE I. The French Empire enters again into pos-
session of those portions of territory which to-day be-
longing to Prussia, were comprised within the boundaries
of France in 1814. .

ARTICLE IL Prussia engages to obtain from the King
of Bavaria and the Grand Duke of Hesse, whilst indemni-
fying these princes, the cession of those portions of territory
which they possess upon the left bank of the Rhine, and
their transference to the possession of France.
ARTICLE lII. All arrangements are annulled by which
the territories placed under the sovereignty of the King
of the Netherlands are connectedwith the. Germanic Con-
federation, as well as those relative to the right of gar-
rison in the fortress of Luxembourg.
The Cologne Gazette says that the circumstances con-
nected with the proposal of this projected treaty were as
follow :—A day or two before the sth of August
Count Benedetti asked Count Bismarck to give
a formal assent to the above concessions, and
added that, if they were rejected, war would
be inevitable. " Then," answered Count Bismarck, " let
there be war." The Prussian Premier went on to say
that he could not believe France was in earnest in its
threat to insist on such extravagant demands. Bene-
detti replied that he was on the point of setting
out for Paris, and far from advising the Ern-
, peror to give up these demands, he would advise
him to press them. Nothing, he continued, was so dear to
him as the continuation of the dynasty ; but the dynasty
would be lost if these compensations were not conceded.
On the sth of August, Count Bismarck received from the
French Ambassador a copy of the projected treaty, with
the following note :

" My DEAR PRESIDENT,—In reply to the communication
which I transmitted from Nicolsburg to Paris, in conse-
quence of our interview on the 26th ult., I receive from
Vichy the project of secret convention of which you will
find a copy enclosed. I hasten to bring it to your know-
ledge that you may be able to examine it at your leisure.
I am at your disposal to discuss the matter with you as
soon as you think that the right moment has come.—
Entirely yours, " BENEDETTI.
"Sunday, Aug. 5, 1866."

TUE CROWN PRINCE AND HIS SOLDIERS.
Dr. Russell, in his last letter to the Times from the seat
of war, writes as follows :

I have been the accidental and unseen witness of a little
Beene just now which is worth recording. A country cart
was rumbling down the street with two wounded officers
—young men—on their way to the station. An officer on
foot beckoned to the driver to stop and went up to the
cart, the occupants of which tried to salute him, but he
made a gesture, and leaning over entered into conversation
with them for ten minutes, evidently asking after their
wounds. On parting he shook each by the hand, and
continued his way up the street accompanied by two
other officers. He halted at my quarters and inquired
if there were any wounded inside—they had
been removed, some to their last resting-place---
then went on, and meeting a cart full of
wounded soldiers, talked to them each in turn,
and so went on visiting the hospitals and the
wounded in the most unostentatious manner. It was, the
Crown Prince. No wonder his men are fond of him.
Many did not know him till he had passed on. He
told how the soldiers, one and all, seem to rejoice
in their wounds, and make light of them for the
sake of the cause, and there was an honest exultation in
his tone at the honour of commanding such troops.