The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-12

Austria. ........ 100000 90
Sweden Norway. les,a4o 10 10 AGA
1t is necessary to observe that the landwehr
is included in the above estimate of the Prus-
sian army, whilst in the return of that Of Den
mark it is altogether omitted. After the Russian
the Austrian army stands highest as regards
the number of its effective troops, the estimate
above given including neither militia nor land
weir.
Now let us see how these figures will work
out, stratagetically speaking. When Napoleon
invaded Russia his army amounted to little
short Of 100000 men, about half of whom were
French, and the remainder troops composed of
half a dozen different nations Such mass of
combatants had never been assembled under
one command since the great invasion of the
Cimbrians and Huns. Now, leaving out Of
question Austria and the other German Powers
operation is not only doubtful but may at
any moment be thrown into the scale against
them, can the coalition hope to concen-
trate for the invasion of Russia any thing like
the number Of troops which the first Napoleon
deemed necessary for an expedition of such
difficulty and magnitude. A glance at the
above table will at once show that they cannot.
The present effective force of the French army
is, in round numbers, about 500, 900 men, that
Of the English $4,000, and that of the Turkish
100000; giving grand total of 1920 men.
Even admitting that the new levies may bring
the effective of the French army up to 100000
men, there cannot, in presence of the events
that are likely to render large standing army
at home necessary, be spared for foreign SER
vice more than from zoo, 900 to 25OOOO men.
The activity of the revolutionary party and
the demands of the African service will find
full employment for the remainder, to say no
thing of the not very improbable contingency
that the French Emperor may before long be
compelled to provide for the integrity of his
own dominions. England cannot contribute
at the outside, more than from $4,000 to
10000 troops, and Turkey cannot spare sin
gle man for the purpose of an aggressive move
ment into the Russian territory. Now, the re-
gular peace establishment of the Russian empire
is about 1,OO6,OO0 men, including the military
establishment of the Emperor, military SER
wants, invalids, &c. To meet the invasion of
1872 the Emperor Alexander only deemed it
to call out a levy of 3 in 500 of the
population whilst to meet the present emer-
gency the Emperor Nicholas has ordered q levy
Of in the 1000. This will produce another
million of troops. With the ordinary estab-
lishment, after supplying with their full COM
plement of troops the corps of the Caucasus,
Siberia, Orenburg. Finland Lithuania, the
military colonies, the Gordon miiitaire garri-
sons &c, there still remains disposable force
of $4,000 men, SO that after fully providing for
the defence of his frontiers and the internal Sc
curity of his government, the Russian Emperor
will find himself, with the new levies, at the
head of a movable army greatly exceeding in
amount that of the combined forces of the CO.
alition.
Assuming, OF course the neutrality of the
German Powers as the basis Of this calculation,
we think that it demonstrates pretty clearly
that the Gar will be able '.to hold his own"
and bid defiance to all the efforts of his enc
mics. But there is another and equally pro-
bable view to be taken Of his position, which
suggests the likelihood Of his adopting ere
many months a more active plan of operations,
and of his endeavoring to cripple the power of
his adversaries by carrying the war into their
territories. We have assumed, for argument
sake, a neutral position on the part of Austria
and Prussia; but we have never attached any
faith to this hypothesis. The sympathies of
those governments are known to be arrayed on
the side of Russia, and it is only temporary
considerations that induced them to evince a
disposition to act with the coalition. They are
Russian by the affinity Of their political sys-
tens, Russian by their alliances, and Russian
by their antagonism to the progress of liberal
principles. 1t is only their dread of the revo-
element that has kept under restraint
for time the active demonstration Of those
sympathies. Who can doubt that the moment
Russia brings into q state Of efficiency the vast
armies that she is now organizing, and prepared
to assume offensive operations. these powers will
throw aside the mask, and cast their prepon-
derance into the scale on the side of Russia
Then we should probably see realized at once
the famous Cos: ack prediction Of the first Ma
poleon, and the project at one time seriously
agitatcd between the Derby Cabinet aud the
Northern Powers--the dethronement of his
nephew and successor. AS the French Emperor
has been throughout the prime mover in all
these complications and troubles, and as ne Is
regarded by the despotic governments OF hh-
rope as u sort Of political Mephistopheies, VINO
is likely to keep them in perpetual hot WAFER
IL is certain that the first result Of combined nc