New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-15
The Threatened lYar bal swItzerland.

The Threatened wax on 5MltlsrIan",
The Cologne Correspondent OF The D0"y lNe'os
writes as follows:
With the fall Of Schles Wig. Hostein, Germany
has entered a new phase, and that phase Is un-
mistakeably and absolutely revolutionary
We ma y regret this, we 10 regret IL out re-
grets will not change realities, and all Germany IS
now convinced that We are on the high road TO
general revolution. No persons are more deeply
convinced OF this than the Princes and their repre-
sentatives at Dresden and Frankfort. and above
ALL the statesmen of Russia. The seal OF fear is
imprinted on all that they are at this moment
doing At Dresden they organize an army OF
10000 men, to act as police in REFRESHING The
public spirit of Germany. They are preparing for
a war OF determination against ideas. The men
who are in power in Germany, and especially In
Russia well understand the danger which they
incur; shis is why they permit all sorts OF meas
ures Of public safety without any inquiry as 70
their legality or unPopularty. After as the de.
luge is their only sentiment, as II always Is OF
those who feel that they are lost, unless they can
impose on the world
The menaces directed to Switzerland are the
consequences Of the sane sentiment OF lear
The people know, they feel, that the day Is not
far distant when an lnsunectlon IN Germany, no
matter 10 what quarter 1t may take place, may
have ncalculable consequences, and run through
out Germany like spark falling on train Of
eunpowder. Possibly this spark may come from
Switzerland, should fear Of danger from this side
lead the powers Of Germany to make an attempt
TO re. establish Jesuitcal and sristocratic rule u
that country.
| have, however, the conyicotin that the me.
uaces addressed to Switzerland will never be ex-
ecuted A war with that object would be in
possible at tie present day with German armies.
Ia Switzerland the material force Of oar powers,
resting on no moral basis, would be broken If 1t
encountered any energetic resistance sufficient
10 give our German soldiers time 70 think. Should
iufatuation go further, and our Princes extend
the ssme policy to France l am convinced tina.
the German armies whether PrussiaR or Aus
trian, would decline the contest. In 1910 the
case was different France then menaced Ger
many. To day the German armies would be sent
TO pour out their blood in the interest OF Russia
The solemn moment in which we stand demands
frankness-therefore We say, without circumiocu-
ton, that we are convinced that an attack on
Switzerland would raise Baden, W nuremberg
Hesse and nearly al the Rhine, In favor Of that
country should its inhabitants resist bat for some
time, with energy and decision Bat campsignin
France. for Russia. and against liberty and the
iudependence of Europe would induce the Ger
man regiments to go over 70 the French With
drums bestiDg and colors flying. That is my con
victioD. and any one who thinks that the German
nation is dead and buried is grestly mistaken.
real war against France and Switzerland
would decide the fate Of Europe in a very brief
space. But without this war Germany viii none
the less progress toward her future. She has
population Of forty millions, who can work and
hsht as well SIS any other and are not usually
sdered inferior in intelligence. If at the present
dsy this people fails to rouse Itself it is because
It's time is not yet come because the reaction now
prevailing is as natural as night after day, as
sleep after work, especially after a work beyond
measure harsssiHg. and carried on under condi-
items the most disastrous imaginable. Germany
v IN have it's revolution since its reform has been
refused, and lot until that revolution has taken
place will the destiny Of the country be accomp-
lished. Vsuquished by Russia she would become
Russian; bat we are persuaded that on the day
when Germany shall rise Russia will lose the
couQuests Of the laIt two centuries, and see her
European vocation ended.