The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-12

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rights have been acknowledged. The coasts Of n
pan are no longer to be known TO th3 listresse
whsler or to the shipwrecked mariner a. inhosp
table coasts, more to be dreaded than death. d
link more has been added to the chain which aha
bind in one continuous belt Western America IN
Eastern Asia. The projected line Of steamer
across the Pacific viii furnish some tangib1
means OF proof Of the good results Of CJu
modore Perry's expedition and the laying dow
of tho California route to the United States an
even to Europe may yet opportunity remedy u
prospective danger Of . T. ana o. monopoly, 3
vantage Of o wen regulated competition. Thoz
who cross over the Pacific In the projected line q
steamers may remember our old friend the Conmd
dore when bis v course OF public lie 10 run an
become more widely opened, and % q higher civil
cation creates new tastes and wants; and above al
when the pure stream Of Christianity and the nvin
and M poiso med by priestly and political intxi&pd
shall have flo we'd onward and irrigated with gu th|
~elevatipg influences of q beaveD-derived faith, thiI
moral desert in the furthest East, Japan, may the
occupy no uncomfortable share in a worlds com
merce and fulfil no ordinary part in the history d
the kin d0m Of Christ.
The Political and Military Relations or Aust
tia, Prussia and France.
[From the London Times, January 49,
The diplomatic correspondence which we pub
lished yesterday and re-pnblish to day, from the Min
listers Of Foreign Affairs in Prussia, France and
Austria, throws consid 'rable light upon the presen
relations of the leading continental States. AM
brings dovn the narrative Of contemporary occur
rer ces to the latest period. inasmuch as these ded
patches are all dated within the current month o
January. With the assistance Of these authentic
docune emit we are enabled to determine with tho
utmost precision the attitude Of the three court
from which they proceed.
It was on the Gath Of December, when the tern
OF negotiation assigned by the treaty eff the I'd q
December was drawing TO Q close, that the Cabinel
of Vienna announced TO that OF Berlin that thu
time was come to consider the nature Of thu
military measures to be taken by Prussia and bj
the Germanlc Confederation, In virtue Of the CON
article Of the 26th Of November. The Prussial
government replied to this summons on the 9th O
January, having in the meantime learnt that q con
ference OF great importance had been held at Vienn
excluded. The extreme ~tartness and ill-humor o
the Prussian despatch 10 evidently attributable, Id
great part, TO this circumstances; but the ~irritstidJ
Of the Prussian ministers does not render them led
the demands of their confederates. The King
Prussia reverts to his old assurances that Russia hal
never entertained the idea Of proceeding aggred
sively against Germany; that she has shown Q sin
cere desire to come to an Understandings; and ha
unreselvedly accepted the -Four Points proposed
TO her, which, ut the date Of thezdespatch we an
quoting from, what was not true. But the PrusHiaI
government adds that, having nothing TO do with
IL + jul tI VIII ~ AWvCIVIobhsAOu WHICH
has been given them, it takes It's stand ON th@
treaty Of the goth of April. and keeps within thu
circle OF those engagements. So that the cabinet o
Berlin first excludes itself from the regular cours@
of EffaiTs by refusing TO take part In the subsequent
arrangements OF the other Powers, and then, in an
swer 10 their demands, pleads a prior convention
concluded under q different state of Things. and
within three weeks after the declaration OF war
1t first rejects the form OF proceeding to which Aus
tria, Fran &c, and England have agreed, and theI
declares that "there cannot be any mutual c0mmot
action a. long ss Prussia does not share in the III
ttrpretasion Of those points and influence the same.
Yet the King OF Prussia asserts, with the utm0,
~teDaci.y, and viii maintain with the whole f1
and perseverance, Of true patriotism" his right
be considered as one OF the great Powers of Earop
"a rieht Of wnich no one but himself and his pre-
point the reply OF the French government, to whor
the Prussian note was communicated, is 80 keen and
rushing, that we extract the passage as II stands
The Cabinet of Paris does not pretend to contest :
asst two years it has often reminded her Of the oblfvY
ions Of that high rank of whish she is 30 justly pro
Bur 1t feels II a duty to observe that the quality {
great Power is permanent-it cannot be cast OFF whei
implies onerous duties, and resumed when 1t only Of
advantages. Privileges and duties of this Important
re absolutely correlstive. The one 10 inseparsble frop
the other. 1t is not TO be supposed that England an
Austria take a different view Of the case from Francs
But 20 much is certain, that France viii never allow tbs
3 Power which, from its own free win, toox no part i
the great events which are occurring In the world, sha2
afterwards maintain a claim TO regulate the conss
N'N AHV 'Sh&tS istht shu W
are only for the beligerent Powers, and the advantage
of the present war-which are essentially moral advan
tages-consist in the right OF participation, for the in
terest Of Europe. in the regulations Of peace. Prpssii
has not done anything az yet for that OBJECT. She ha
refused to proclaim her neutrality. That resolution doe
her honor. But, in reality, on what side 10 sheY II hos
tilities continue, will she be with or against the allied
PowersS This is what no one can tell.
With the refusal Of Prussia to concur in the milf
tary measures proposed by Austria 70 the Germanid
Confederation we have no rightto interfere; but the
pIetersi0n q Prussia 70 throw herself between
Russia and the other allied powers deserves to ID
repened with the utmost severity, and IL has NOT
otter happened that tue conduct Of oae Of ihe~brin}
cipal Cabinets Of Europe has been exposed TO criti-
cism ss plain spoken and as searching as that we have
now before us. M. Usedom's mission to this country
BY which some hopes were excited Of q reaction 81
the Pmssian Court, is only Q fresh proof Of thd
hresolution and perplexity which govern the policy
Of that country. The French despatch Informs I'd
that the real object Of that mission was TO prevent
the allies from wsging war upon the vnlnerabld
point Of the enemy-by which Ia meant the POLISH
territory and to prevent the passage o. the allied
armies through Germany.
In exchsr ge for these concessions, Prussia offered
to place q corps d'armse on her own Polish frontier
de L'Huys might well excfsim that such proposition
should have been carried, not to London, but to 81
Petersburg.
The Austrian government has answered thu
Prnttisn despatch with less ssperity tran M
DrouIn de LfHuys; but Count Buofs note is write.
with a degree OF force and precision which We d
not sften find in diplomatic documents, and which
is wholly wanting in the communication tn ~hsct|
IL IL addressed. These declarations Of the Austria.
Cabinet are Of the highest importance, because
they were made o week after Prince Gore
chskof's alleged acceptance Of the -Four Points
and they rem,ve all doubt Of the fact tina
Austria has not been stopped by that overture from
continuing to combine her plan Of military operation
with the allied powers. Count Buol observes, III
the first place, that there Is no guarantee for thd
reiterated assurance Of Russia that she viii condnd
herself TO the defence Of her own territory, and taaI
such Q promise Is sinpularly Inconsistent With thsl
fact that within the last few days Q fresh RuRtIl
attack has been made on the right bank Of thd
Danube. On these grounds the Austrian Govern
mept holdsSthst the state Of affairs has lost nothlng @
its threatening character; that the Emperor mul
remain In a state OF preparation tor all contingent
eies, 81 d that the approaching negotistionsfor pesc|