Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-23
THE RELATIONS OF AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA
WILL GERMANY BE A BATTLE FIELD.
From the London Chronicle.


We publish day the reply o. the Prussian govern
mcnt to tho Aus.riin of the 3Oh ult. This docu
men, chiefly remarkable for pilry spenotic tone in
reference to idle questions OF etiquette aud pcifoggng
effort wrggle Of tho obig ,ions contracted by the
treaty 81 April last. Thi, is ctly what was expected
from land its subserycnt nnisters) which, ike
is predecessor OF 1906 is best described in the words OF
Napoleon Oien bette ct bicn fiassc." There is ano,-
feature in the Prusan reply however which ptoroes
Comment and that ia the laborcd attempt 10 present tho
Prussan and cIbiuo 10 tho character OF champion,
OF the interests Of Germany The changes rung in
oyery paragraph upon tho phrases /" German point o
view "siTrs interesting Germany" Sherman inter-
cstsr Nov the French and English nations are most an
lou, that due weight should be given tho interests OF
Germany, and thoy believed that the interests Of
Germany vitality affected by the struggle In pro
gress bu, France aud England do believe that either
Prussan Interest, Austrian interest" in the
in which these Phrases arc used by the Courts OF Berlin
and Vienna, synonym with "Germau interests "
aud apart from German eress france aud England are
wonjrousy 10 iicrcDt TO what called Austrian aud
Prussian interests
With immediate reference 10 tho war, II s decidedly
"Goman interest" that Germany shall not be the
battle field Of quarrel in which Russia and Turkey
the Powers most directly concerned Germany knows by
the experience Of centuries what II IL TO be made the bat
lie field OF qnarres which only affect II In secondary
indirect manner f at all Germany was the theatre o
the thirty years war, because Rcheeu had the deketty
to transfer from the fields oi France TO those OF Germany
tho contest between the House Of bourbon aud tho
ish aud Austrian branches Of the House OF Hapsbutg
Germany again made the theatre oil war IN the day.
Of Marlborough aud Eugene, because Louis NV had the
dcItcrity TO compel the rival dynasty Of Aust 70 hgh.
him, not IN France, not IN his hereditary territories
bu. 10 the ineracent territories Of the German empire
From 1903 10 1913 Germany again the theatre OF al
ncessnDt wars for the assertion of It's own rgh
interests bu, 20 determine whether Europe should be
lordcd by tho bran desposn Of tho first Napo-
leon, the older dcspo,isms OF Austria, Prussis and
Russia Again Germany Is IN danger Of being nsde the
theatre OF which Of right ought not to be waged
within It's borders II ia for the interests ofGermsny that
the westward march Of Russian despotsm aud barbarsn
shall be arrested but n the Courts aud Cabinets OF Ven
and Berlin really had heart the "Ge'min interests
about which they necessarily prsiing, they would Ia.
they csn) take good that the battle was fought on
in territories subject to Russia. The Cont OF Prussi'
however, has 10 is ins,ne subsvency TO Ru,sa enter
ed upon of action that scarcely a TO involve
Il in bostiltes with Ansts add Austfs relying on the
support Of France aud England seems rather 10 court
than shun the collision. The last number OF tue Vieuna