The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-28
Europe In A Crisis.


For nearly whole century Europe has not
been in such position as the present. No
such crisis has been witnessed, at all events
since the French revolution of 1892 and the
disasters which followed it on the Continent
Speculation runs riot on the consequences Of
the complications that are daily arising. 1t is
impossible to foresee, with any tolerable degree
of accuracy, even the events OF a single week
One mail brings US news of war the next pros
poets of peace, and third intelligence more
decidedly warlike than ever. Any day may
witness the occurrence Of incidents which may
give an entirely new aspect to the whole affair.
Any steamer may be bearer of tidings of
revolution in France, of a popular outbreak in
Hungary or Italy. Of a domestic tragedy at St.
Petersburg, of the assassination of Napoleon
III, of the overthrow of the British ministry, Or
Of decisive battle either in the Principalities,
in Asia, or On the Black Sea. 1t is impossible
to say that our next mails may not startle US
with the intelligence that the Quadruple ALI
ance is broken up, and Austria and Prussia
have openly taken sides with Russia while, on
the other hand, it would be rash to pronounce
the entrance of the Baltic by British and
French feet or the landing of thirty or forty
thousand soldiers at Constantinople, to be i'm
possibilities. Everything is possible. Each
day brings with it some change -each morrow
contradicts yesterday We, who have this ad-
vantage over our Transatlantic friends. that
we receive several days news together-the con-
tradiction with the mis-statement the antidote
with the poison--must prepare our minds for
misapprehension after Misrepresentation correc-
ion after correction, and final issue such as
perhaps no man dreams Of
Among the few points which, in this mystic
rious, ever-changing imbroglio, we may regard
as reasonably certain, we must certainly rank
the existing antagonism between the hereditary
monarchs of Europe and their subjects. We
have already seen how much it must have cost
the reigning dynasties Of Prussia and Austria to
enter into an alliance against their Russian
kinsman. They are not the only crowned heads
who could own to personal sympathy for the
Gar: all the princes and mobiles of Germany are
necessarily BIASED in his favor Some are al
lied to his family by marriage others have
been, or hope to be- in his pay and not few
naturally incline to the side of aristocratic des-
potism Besides these the Royal Family Of
England cannot be indifferent to the struggle
now in progress. We all know that Prince Al
bert. whose obscurity has hitherto been HE best
safeguard is generally believed to entertain
the same opinions as the old house of Coburg,
which defeated Napoleon the First. His~ifini-
tes for the old dynasties are matter of motto.
riety in England; and though the etiquette oi
newspaper discussion has hitherto kept The
| Queens name ont OF the controversy, there
cannot be any reasonable doubt that she thinks
| with her husband on the point. The British
| constitution opposes an effectual bar to the
| practical Developments OF these royal pen
| chants, but that such prociyities are fostered