The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-27

Wrench government, M Mazzini and tho other
IeuSes nave .ass TO through
tcipal French refugees will withdraw from Switzer-
land either through Germany or France.
The Dtbats has the following on the Swiss ques-
tom
the terms and the limits in which the question Of
the refugees in Switzerland should be laid down.
The night which Prussia, Austria, Piedmont,
france, and, in word, all the States contiguous to
switzerland, have to demand from the federal
government the removal Of the refugees who con-
tinue their plots against the repose and the security
of their country, cannot be disputed IL il not, by
any goysmmen. which wishes TO live in peace with
government OF Switzerland. The States owe re-
Ecprocel respect TO the common rights OF all: We
have sincerely expressed the hope that the federal
government would find both the will and the
strength to give just satisfaction to the demands
which addressed to it, but if 1t will not, or can
not do 1t, 1t is inconestibe that the powers whose
themselves justice, as well as to take guarantees
Tor the future IN cases of the Same nature. The
question is, therefore, one OF International right,
and IT ls to that character We think, 1t should be
confined. The question is for the powers to In
teIfere in affairs which concern them and which
affect the relations of the confederation with the
neiRhboring States. But that 10 ALL As to what
concerns the internal affairs Of Switzerland, the
color Of the government which any particular can
ton may choose to give itself, the changes which
may be made In any particular constitutional a
word, what may concern the use which the Swiss
people may think proper to make OF It's sovereignty,
that does not concern us, and we have no right to
look into the affairs of an independent and sovereign
people, any more than they have look into ours.
Iron the London Times, Feb IL
The Swiss Confederation had about three years
in tho revolutionary movement which has since
gone the round OF Europe, and il seems destined
ere long again TO become the scene of events OF
the utmost importance. The effect Of the various
in he adj 0f Rs.
den, Lombardy and Venice. which have ended in
the defeat and exile Of the revolutionary leaders,
mas naturally been to drive these formidable fug-
nves into the SWISS cantons, which at once sup
Piled them with the nearest asylum, and with the
most convenient means OF carrying on their ma
chinations from a place Of safety. The federal
government, jealous of the neutrality and iade-
pcndence Of their country, have shown conside-
fa6ie anxiety to comply with the succe requi-
sitlons OF neIghboring powers, and to rid the Con-
iederanon OF Its interruptions guests But If the
sense and moderation, those qualities but little
known amongst the radical governments of the
several cantons which have sprung into existence
since the dissolution OF the Sonderbund and the
termination of the civil war.
There Is, we believe, abundant evidence that
some OF the most important Swiss towns are be-
come the seats Of powerful foreign associations
and that the secret societies which correspond
with Lyons on the one side, and with Southern
Germany on the other, owe the strength which
they have acquired TO the advantageous position of
land used to be regarded, until the late civil war,
with less interest than they deserve; but 1t can
hardly escape even superficial observer, that her
geographical position and her triangular form,
lgive TO Switzerland very important natural In
fuence over the adjacent coun tries; and the neu-
traliy of her territory, which Is one of the funda-
mental conditions OF peace and security In Europe,
becomes word of derison and reproach when
this citadel OF freedom and independence is used
by nest OF fugitives TO direct their attacks aud
invssions against States and governments which
have been tor ages at amity with the coniede-
Istion.
II Under these circumstances, Austria and Prussia
have presented TO the federal government their
formal demand for the>expulsion of tie revolution
AIRY refugees, who continue to agitate on all sides
of them; and this demand is accompanied with
clear innmaton that these powers are pre- pared to
support il by all the means required to obtain that
prompt and complete satisfaction which they
allege that their own security requires We have
reason to believe, from various authentic sources
of information, that the German powers are fully
prepared TO carry through thus policy; and, indeed,
the enormous and increasing magnitude OF the
forces they have now unoer arms, raises a strong
probability that the parisans OF the revolution will
not be left TO regain their former strength in this,
their last continental reueat The federal govern
nent, alarmed By these requlsitlons. and unable
either TO deny the existense OF the evil, to re-
move it-unwipg TO resist and pow eress TO obey
| has addressed itsef 10 the French cabinet, to
know what course Louis Napoleon would be dis
posed TO adopt, la the event Of invasion OF the
rights the territory Of the confederation. On the
other side, the German governments, anxious TO
II identify the policy of the French President with
II their own, and ~ diyest their intended course of
II action OF all appearance OF aggression France,
III have invited Louis Napoleon 10 concur and par
II tcipate the circumstances and operations which
may become necssssary Inc Question Is brought
no both Sides and IL Is, beyond all comp arson, the
II most delicate and intricate which he has yet had
II TO determine. The neutrality and undergraduates Of
II Switzerland are principles, defence of which no
/ State Is more interested than France, and no man
L in France more bound than Louis Napoleon. AL
most the last time, when the fronuers Ut the con-
/ federation were menaced by hostile armies, he HIM
sell was the fugitive and the agfator, whose re-
II moval the government ct the day thought itself
X justified m demanding, and when that principle Of
inds pendence was menaced IN hts person, the PEG.
pie Of the not unpre pared TO defend IL
/ by arms. To this II may be added, that his early
connection with Switzerland, and his personal at
tachment TO General Dafaur, must tend materially
| 70 increase the reluctance OF LOUIS Napoleon to
| assume an Appearance OF hostility towards that
country. But, the other nand, The radical party
the cantons has carried to the last that
power which II seized by the iorcible and arbitrary
measures al 1871. or ali the neighboring countres
| none are more actively menacrd than France, and
| II 10 extremely probable that, before many weeks
have elapsed fresh disturbances will be kndled IN
/ Lyons or the south, by emssaries, and encourage
ment from the Swiss frontier the principle on
which such an Intervention could alone be Jusfi-
fed. in scarcely disiingushable from that which
the expedition to Rome was undertaken, and the
danger to France is here infinitely nearer and
greater. IL Prussia were to re-enter Neufchatel,
as her own principally, and throw her troops
across the Rhine, into the Northern cantons,
whilst Austria advances from the Vorsrlberg, on
the west and the centre OF the COME derafion, IL
would become all but impossible for France to
remain Inactive, difficult for her to act with the
allies, dangerous, IN the highest degree, to act
against them.
In the interest Of all parties in the Swiss Confe-
Iteration, and Of the general peace, we earnestly
hope that the present state OF affairs ia that