New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-12
THE STATE OF EUROPE.

LONDON, Friday, June ~ 1900.
Austria, which since the year 1916 has nearly
doubled her debt, sees at last that she csnnOt
continue to keep an army of 100000 men, and
has decreed a reduction Of AS, 900 soldiers, who
are put on furough; and as the losses by death
during the last year are likewise not to be sup
pltd by new levy, the effective force OF the
army is decreased BY 10000 men, In 1851 tho
Austrian deficit amounted to sixty-two mil
lions of aorns, in 1852 to ifty-three, in 1853 to
ffty-seven, in 1854 to one hundred and forty
millions while the years 1886 1850 added three
hundred aud fifty millions to the debt. Besides.
Austria does not see any reason why she should
keep up Der play with the West She has al
ready got the Danubian PrInci paiIies, as ma
terisl guarantee Of her preteDsion to act as tho
mediatng power between the belligerents
whenever she may think fit to interfere. She
keeps the balance of power; and seeing that the
occupation of the Sea of Azof by the Allies in
jured the position Of rhe Russians ia the Crimes,
she releases the Russian Army Of Observation
in Poland by reducing suddenly her own power;
and the Guards OF the Gar are accordingly
on .heir march to the seat of war. England re-
seDts this diplomatic check, and Lord West
moreland leaves Vienna-of course only on
leave for the restoration of his health, but it Is
understood that no English Embas ,ador is to
reside at the Court of SchonbrunD until Austrian
policy becomes more friendly to the Western
Powers. Just in the same way aSAustria keeps
only Charge at Xurin, England has its routine
business dispatched at Vienna by the Secretary
of Legation.
The discussion in the House of Peers on Tues
day last brought no additional light 10 bear upon
the position of Austria. Lord Lyndhurst, in
very able and cautious speech, after having gone
to The extent of prsising Austria for her beha-
yior in 1854, did not hesitate to say: 81 believe
"thst Austria has secret understanding with
Russia, that in pursuance Of it she has with
sdrawn her forces from the frontiers Of Cali
"cia, and that those two powers have come
substantially to a neutrality treaty" Lord
Clarendon, in his position as Minister OF Foreign
Affairs, defended Francis Joseph, and declared
that "Austria has announced to US that she
"will continue to occupy the PriDcipalities, by
Virtue Of the treaty with Turkey, until peace
"shall be concluded. To that announcement
Gord Carendon) can offer no objection, be-
cause the occupation of the Prlncipalities by
"Austrisn troops prevents Austria from assum-
"ing position Of neutrality" O. Still, at the
end Of Lis speech he expresses his opinion, that
the conduct Of Austria does lot justly censure,
nor deserve praise, and that the result of the
recent ne gotiations with her had left England
ard Franco free and unlettered to make peace
OF their own terms Now, whether this last
senter ce implies final abandonme ut Of the -Four
Points, or whether re shall next Woter again
hear more about them, depends entirely on the
success If the Allies. Another important rev.
elation of Lord Palmerston informs u, that
though Mr. LoDgwortb is ia Amps, and Col
LLOYD somewhere else in Circassis, to open COM
munieatons with the people, there are no re-
lations subsistiDg between Her Mojssty's Gov
erument and the Circassian chiefs, except thcsa
arising out Of occasional cooperatioa-as Coz in
stance. when it was intended to attack Anapa.
The Piedmontese troops are suffering in,
tensely in the CTimea by cholera and typhus,
and the expe edition becomes day by day more
unpopular in Sardinia, as the prospects
for a speedy termination of the campaign
become more and more gloomy. The
losses Of the Allies On the 10th by the re
pulsed attack on tie Malakoff Tower turn out to
be far smaller than was anticipated; still sA'
Russians can boast Of 600 French prisoners, "
cludirg IL officers; and, what always aapYa