The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-04-17

- BERLIN Dec II, 1886
The .4nneration Of Craco.o-T The Sanctv Of Treaties
Commercial .4Gairs-Engish Church in Berlin
The political calm which had pervaded Europe for the
last five six years, after being disturbed BY The
vexed question Spanish marriage has received
q fresh shock from the annexation of cracov 10 tho
Austrian monarchy This event, though IL might have
been iorsecn the last Polish instruction
taken the French and English newspaper wrtcrs Of
the cabinets thensevcs) quite by surprise, and raised
storm OF indignation against tho three northern powers
whicho the superficial observer woud kelly pro-
ducc general confagration. The French Journals
partc ulsy outrageous aud by the high offended
morality they indulge in, By the in which they
talk Of the sancty oftreaes the breach Of interna.
tional pledges aud no forth you would imagine their
nation to be quite nmac uatc in that respect This,
however is far from being the the treaty of 1915
broken repeatedly by themselves ~ to enable the
three powers To make Of the Of the 7esue
Of dynasty of July is fragrant breach OF The
compact entered into ut Vienna and the separation OF
Belgium from Holland II possible, Is still greater one
1t Is true that not only England, but Austria
Prussia and Russia yielded tardy and reluctant conssu
to both these acts but under what crcumsances Tho
july revolution was begun and ended In tho three days.
and the previous order Of things could only be restored
at the expense q general The disruption Of Bel
GUM was effected while Austria engaged in Italy,
Russia in Poland and England in the internal struggles
attending on the passing of tho reform bill by o.
assistance of the French the Beans worc enabled q
establish an independent kingdom in 1881 French
army dislodgcd the Dutch from the citadel Of Antwerp
in 1892 Lord Pamcrston who was then under the In
Hucncc Of that nrch-dccciver Taeyrand was induced
to join in the confcdcracy against Holland and the
the three northern powers were Obliged bonsre mas
to submit to circumstances to wink the hole made In
the treaty Of Vienna and to acknowledge tho Joit
eomph This time the boot is tho other leg bat II
may be confidently prognosicntcd that the result will
be the There will he long speeches In the French
Chambers. procstations interpretations aud iamenta-
marc'sncst be discovered in Morocco, tho Sandwich
Islands. or at tho North Pole and Cracow will be
gradually consigned to oblivion Neither In this country
in Austria the governments appear to enterta,
tho least approximations Of any serious dincuty the
whole military establishment continues quo-not
a regiment has changed its quarters nor a soldier moro
been called out than the usual number There
rumors indeed of large Russian army having been
scmbed the frontiers Of volhyna but this is stand
ing dish which Is up about every months and
Is grown quite stale.
These views. we'll arc Numerically oppos-
cd to those you have formed from tho pcrusal Of
the French and English journals whose dieta chiefly
listened to by the American public in questions Of
European policy But violent invcctive and eloquent
defamation will serve TO bolster up the most himsy
reasoning and in this well In avery otncr 10
best to hear both sides before giving final verdict
Commercial affairs Just present wear rather a gloo-
my aspect money is scarce and the partial failure Of
tho crops has produced scarcity OF provisions which
painfully felt by the mddlng and lower classes One Of
the first houses in Breslau Schiller Co. stopped pay
mcnt the other day their liabilities said TO exceed
$4,000 and many OF principal merchants will DO
particulars Of the monetary and financial state Of this
country and Of the disastrous consequences occaonsd
by the mania for speculnting in railway shares.
and American residents Of Berlin have been aceommo-
dated with place Of worship, which. however was
united at distance from the centre OF the and in
a very Ineligible neighborhood Through the exertions
of tho chaplain Rev Mr. Bellson whose ON this oc-
cnson cannot be much cxtolled a more appropriate
locale has been obtained Ia the principal street
of this metropolis called the Linden and ON Sunday the
29th November divine service was performed there for
the first time 1t attended by a numerous and re-
spectacle congregation including the English Ambassa-
dor and Lady Westmoroland. the American Minister,
lions and have no doubt this now arrangement win
tend materially to the comfort only OF the residents
but Of the travellers Of both nations who pass through
Berlin In considerable numbers during the summer sea-