The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-02 00:00:00

FRANCE AND PRUSSIA.

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The Spectator has an article comparing the nil:
tary and naval strength of France and Prussia;
Germany north of the Maine, when reckoned up a
generals reckon up states, is not yet the strongee
power of the two. Her area is less by a fiftb,t tst
figures being 7,538 German square miles arel,
9,850, her population by seven millions, or 0031.4
a million and a half of arms-bearing men.
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true that in very great wars area is 11°- go
much importance, and that Berlin is 2,619
miles from the French frontier, while pares 10
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only 130 miles from that of Prussia. It is 111
true that population in Prussia augments at "tie
rate of 21 per cent. per annum, doubling in
more than forty years, while that of France is stet
tionary ; but we are speaking not of the future, bio
the present. And, finally, it is true that, excePti3O
a war like that between the North and South a t'
Union, the ultimate resources in men are never er
hausted, and a difference even of millions 110
therefore, never count ; but, on the other hand, tar
Hohenzollerns have not above 300,000 regri
troops in garrison or reserve—in the strict raillo,
sense of thoso words—while France has 60°1°
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When mobilised the two powers are tolerably ectoot
but it may be doubted if the- Hohenzollerns, wituthe
utterly disorganising society, could suniceolli,
900,000 men whom Napoleon, without alter
pating conscriptions, has the legal power to 0,
pend. At sea the comparison is even re°re lets
favourable to North Germany. She has a spree
did merchant service, comprising, when tbeoB 000
Towns are added, 1,150,000 tons against I,l:Vara-
tons belonging to France, and, owing to tlif,frefore
ter of her trade, her ships are bigger, and tu" only
better fitted for transport. But she bits
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549 guns at sea altogether, and only three ir°b tido
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frigates, and it would take months t° ted,
any large new supply. Doubtless, if the war!bitoSogli
she could obtain more, for North GerrnanY7 och
her administration is expensive, is only half asugh
taxed as France. But this advantage, th°,. orice•
enormous one in the long run,
Prussia' re-
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France might be exhausted before
for
France, as M. Magne has shown, can
wars °`
sent obtain any money she wants, and the.wilieh
to-day are rarely carried up to the point stt of all
national exhaustion begins to be felt, 105,5 deed
wars for reputation and territory. It 'flay
that Prussia has no reservoir of energy like
will not tell at

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THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.—hue
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crowdedliis audience assembled within thee.) -walls t° -ue
s Batoman's " Leah." That* fact, tog-ether vrithfre
enthusiasm displayed, is strong confirmation ef `the oat
quently expressed conviction that her perfortnauce °.0500
character is ono of the most extraordinary
day.m At first the hypercritically inclined would ion"ake people believe that the charm of the renderieg -
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sisted in ' its perfect novelty. The brilliant 100— to s'
plauded her as warmly as over which was a precoll4oritf
of the P' foja
timony to her ability, for it was manifest that their or og
were familiar with the performance. The curtaitoo,
raised after every act, in compliance with the PP,
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and three times was she called before the curtain.---'I
pool Daily Post.