New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-19
PEUs-.Ay POLICY.

PEIs-.AN POLICY.
Tie policy Of Prussia in the pening mtise of
Europe hss evoked many unfrierdy and violent CON-
ments from the English and French newspapers. Ia
this the journals 20 hand in hand with western d.
pouaey whose main OBJ ect cow is to draw Prussia
actively into the crusade against Russia by persuasion
BIZ threats of wsr. revolution whatever else is in
convenient and alarming TO timil Government. But
let the final decision which this power may take under
tie pressure events and unavoidable necessities be
What il may. the facts Of the case deserve to be
considered strictly they stand at present and this
il Whist we now propose 10 do.
Great stress is laid on the family connection
existing between the royal house OF Berlin and the
Gar hut we do accord this tie the prePonder-
atng influence generally attributed TO it. For more
than thirty years 10 real friendly feeling has existed
between the present King and Nicholas. who was
great favore with the King deceased father. Even
when be was only Prince Royal. Frederick William
yer often abseuted himself from Berlin when his
Imperial brother-ia-aw visited there. since he
mounted the throne various eyents-too long csta
locue in fact to be enumerated here-haYe con-
trbu:ed on both sides to strengthen rather than to
remove this alienation. Besides, the truth Is that
ROYAL alliances of family have never stood and never
c.n
mands Of policy. Without going far back for ustra-
tions we may recall the separation OF Belgium from
Holsnd, Which took place notwithstanding the House
Of Orange united with that of Prussia and Russia
by several ntermarriages and other family ties-too
weak oil OF them to secure the possession OF the
Belgian crown.
N1rarcles never seldom so 10 war tor princl-
res or even to avert distant contingent dangers;
N i,.u.o
date advantage Nonsrches are influenced likewise
BY traditions especially by such as are deeply rooted
in the minds of tie dominant party OF the nation.
such in Prussia is the military class, snd the country
delights 20 call itself Military State. Whatever
may be said to the contrary, three-ourths of this
party, as represented by Generals, Coonels Majors
and other officers still preserve vivid recoectons OF
the national struggle OF l5l3-'li-'l5. All the supe
rior officers fought at that time side by side with the
Russians against the French, for whom they have
still no liking; and it will be difficult ii not impossible
to- bring them change their prepossessons. Indeed,
dstrust if not hatred of the French is still active
in the Prussian army. These feelings were recently
publicly uttered by Count Dobna, the military patrl-
arch of Prussia with the applause of numerous
corps OF officers, of whom the majority is far from
Austrian Envoy sni 10 Berlin TO conclude the recent
Military Convention, said-if reports are true that
" he found RUSSIA Berlin SotOO the people at large
still recount the eats the French campaigns and sing
songs drawn nom that epoch and from time to time
tie tcaers amuse the public with plays recalling the
French oppression and inamng anew the national hos
tiii,y. Tie generation of mature men and women
who to-day count about fifty years Of age, and who
were educated during and in the years following the
Napoleonic struggle do not generally know
FIrCh. at that time its study almost excluded
from tie public schools and from private teaching.
Bcsidss Prussia proper-that is. the Prussia extend
ing nom tie right bank OF the Rhine to the Russian
b. nGariesiiyes in constant dread of the loss of the
khciish provinces, whose possession, as forming
natural frontier is the daily aspiration OF every
Fl,uchnan from the peasant up to the Emperor. In
case such a danger should become urgent only the
succor OF Russia could give to Prussia substantial
guarantee against the unsated appetite of France
In the ensuing struggle, Prussia has nothing to win
but everything to lose by especially if she should
engage in il while, as now, its issues still vague
and ndistinct. The western powers cannot prefer
her any positive advantage TO be gained by embracing
their Cause and if France or her ruler shall eventu
ally be foiled the event will be hailed jOyiIlly at
Berlin where the BOnapartes are most cordially hated
Tie bait Of loland thrown 10 Prussia recently by Ma
poleon. did not take She can hardly manage the
part of the Polish territory and people she already
possesses. The Prssians hate and despise the Poles
and tie general feeling is ayerse to any new acquis
ton in that quarter On the other hand Prussia ncurs
danger, while she anticipate benefit by any
dsmemberment of the Turkish empire. Austria. to
be sure, would not object to acquire Bosnia, any
Herzegovina md serya; but where on the map OF
Europe is there any compensation for Prussia
Stretched out she is across Germany like long
sausa age TIED ia the middle Prussia might cOyet Han
over, or Soxony, if in general contlagration those
two countries should side with opposite camp.
Hsnoyer she La, already once almost thankfully, ac-
c.pted from Napoleon. and her longing for saxony
was disappointed Vienna in 1915. by the iaEerposi-
ton France and England and the underhand dealings
III Austria. This power Will always oppose any ag-
grandzem ent of Prussia in Germany under any con-
ditons wha,eyer. They know this we'll at Berlin,
snd are not over eager 10 bind together the desnes
Of the two Governments.
For all these the Cabinet OF Berlin ia not in
bury to plunge into war which offers 10 cOmpen-
eaton. Tie kingdom il not rich by nature, but made
50 by Industry. activity sud economy. These benef-
cent results peace and peace alone may and must be
destroyed BY On untmey Already the export trade
of Russis and, indeed nearly all the import trade is
forced into the Prussian channels and if the war
Should he protracted the poorest part Of Prussia that
bordering IthGanis will reap the fruits OF
neutrality sud by this new commercial opening &C.