The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-06
switzerland.

Our latest adSces from Geneva are IL th, 2tth
limO.
That the difference with France was regarded
quite r. muck question Of h, internal policy az
OF III. fare On relations Of Swze land il proved Nv
the nature Of the controversy that survives its set
Element Berne and the Central Power. AGAINST tie
ncNa and esntonal Independence are the powers
still conflicting. The refugees have been abandoned
with toietahle readiness by both parties: hut The
question Of rights and jurisdictions raised in re-
ference to III esn. seems likely to continue The
dispute I'D not turn by any much on
whether they Should be expelled or not on the de-
mand Of France as on which power the central or
the lccal-should eSpel them. Even now tina, most
Of them gone. and that il is quite certain any
number. which may be hereafter demanded viii be
as readily expelled the question as to where the
power OF expulsion lies is still debated. The organ
OF the federal council acknowledges that the &c
nevese government has ''doue it, duty in the
matter Of the refugees. in manner that
has ''n@t compromised the confederation =
that. to the French demand. it showed no wish,
much less disposition 10 resist it. 1T is not the
foreign power that has TO complain of Geneva but
the federal government. To the foreign power"
If il gains its end, il must be Of comparative minor
importance by whom the expulsions at its dictation
are effected: and to those expelled il is exactly the
same thing whether they are given up by the local or
central power. But 10 the respective authorities
thus brought into conflict the question raised. not
for the first time. retains all its interest II is,
therefore. continued with all the strength that
domestic disputes assume But though there
plates active measures against the eantoGal author
tiles OF Geneva, and that even military occupation
Of the canton by the federal troops has been threat
ened. it may be safely assumed that no such steps
will be taken The charges of resistance TO the CEN
trail authority on the part Of Geneva have been ex-
aggeraed. II must be recollected that the govern
mens. established by the defeat Of the conservative
party in several Of the canton have ganst them the
conservatives not only Of the canton itself but Of
the whole Of Switzerland. and such charges arc null
tiplied and magnifed with zeal that does not al
ways weigh evidence. The supposition that either
the federal government or that OF Geneva has shown
a dangerous ch,9lry in defence OF the "exiles'; is
quite unfoundcd: the terms Of the demand we're o.
fensiye, but the demand itself not likely to he
resisted Ever since the mass of . refugees" tho
detits OF the army Of Baden, crossed the frontier.
the visitation was the Of welcome: but with
aims IN their hands and in possession Of all the
Baden artillery. the persons composing that irrur-
ton could not he denied an asylum. They received
httle more; tine want, and the inability to pay
for w is hospitality, have dispersed them till they
are reduced 10 fraction Of the org nal number.
hardly worth the notice Of France OF any other
power. But few their Numbers were. they bave
sufficed 10 raise this conflict between the Central
Power and the cantonai jurisdiction. NM. frog and
kein Tho Federal ccInmissaIies, are still Al Geneva
but their reports 10 B,nc are understood 70 he far
les uiiiaNoIabe 10 tue government cG Geneva than
they have cd