St. Mary's beacon., 1857-02-05


War clouds have again showed them
selves in Europe; and there are indica.
tons OF bloody conflict between Prus-
sia and Switzerland, in which other ma
tions may become involved. TO show
the origin Of sibe difficulty betweei, the
TIVE Fsserss We sQhjOin the following ar
ticle written by correspondents OF the
New York CommetcialIa fewv eeks ago.
What awful thing has been done by
our sister republic ofISwitzerland 10 stir
up the wrath sof the .despotisms that en-
cotnpss herr How haupehsit that the
ittIe "Trip OF territory called Ne6fchsteI.
a.lerrilrFy, thirty niles. long by nine or
ten miles broad, has become an apple OF
diseofd among the great powers OF, Eu-
roprs ssNhat - dhere about this little
community ot seventy thousand watch
rHakrFse that should render h an Object
OF so much .inportapce III the ewes OI
politicians and Eiplomatistss The geo.
graphies set down NeuIchatel as can
ton OF Switzerland, and on maps il is
marked and coloFed sas one OF the Swiss
cations. L. IT, bounded on one side by
France and onthfee others BY Swisscan-
tons.'' = ,aaflI kiae Lssassssss.l isF i
The parties immediateiy interested in
this, ,controy ersy are the Swiss Confeder-
alton and The King of Prussia. Bnt what
has Prussia to do with Neufchatsl; !, is
= geographiczi point of view, noiIa whit
more than tlie State Of New York has TO
do WITH The State Of Kentucky. The
hiHsdars &C PENssia iasnpt s;patignoas 10
NeuffhEleis pr 10 any part Of the, Swiss
Territories. IN Z sihgle poiae And vet
Eredetick WilliaH5ihe fourfl claim: 10
be the ngl,tful SOW. reign of Neufchatel; |;
and On the ihlrd day Of Seprember lass IN
insnirectinn was ra;2cds against lhe fede-
Fal authorities in fatherance iof hi. pre-.
tensions. Thesinsurrectinnawas nrompi-
" suPpsessed.s Several of she acssnspiira-
tors were arrested. snd are now aWaitius
their t,iaI. The king, through his am
bassador at Berne, has demanded The M.
esndiiiqnsl liberty Of the PRISONERS. wilh-
out sflal and insthis demand he il sup.
ported BY the goyernmrnts of Austria
end BAdeas The last. sleass,er. fem En-.
roPs bfought the uews &C the suaanimos,s
refusal of the FFderal UonncilgfwI,icb
answers to our PFesidens) to accsdstofee
demand, 4 is generally understood that
the Gonneil wall not rs Ieaseihe pFssocers,
exesHt upon the eondnion ulsi the King
Tenoance. once and forever, his pretens
sions 10 the soyeFeignty or Neufchatel.
Thus Il seems THAI che kllse cloud which.
= short time ago, seemed no bigger tsssh
. mans hand. has grown 80 large ss 10
pverahadow temporarily other subjects
ef epniEoveFFys and seriously threaten the
Pesce es Enrppease ss.s.s s..ses ssys. = j,
: - history only eanb found ihe osssein
and wllaFsctes Of these psetenxions uf: tie
Kins "a pfnssias The count % urinri-
pally Of Neufchatei was 4 Eief of she
old Kingdom of Bungnndy. In the year
1883 Il passed 4 the house al ChaIons.
Ar sill lzleF q lhat of LonelevIIIe.-
Henfy II. q LonaaryiiIe was tie hns.
band giFihe celebsatrd lady whose nae-
nsoir has fecenlly been written by Il.
Eoasin. 0Ashis decease.s and thai of lis
s0as and dau9hter. She iastof uhnsh faed
ID the yfaF 1907 the house nGlIsongue-
xiIIe became extinct Sesssal bFFlen-
ders 10 Aalse sovereignty Of Neafchaiel
lhsp sPFeaFeds sad 4 T. l'npo tank to besF
y mind fhpl The decision upon he lains
q thfse prrteRdfna Raa n0t tlaEl ao i Cen
gEess os Eafopeau bowers. b. . Ne.sf-
cllatsI itselE . - fsglll q the Nenfcl.z-
lelois 70 choose a III 9Mn sNIsfs. ~ wegg..
'stbeif oNh fsrns az eoverhment, does
aot seem nf thai asrs<& r. e 49, il. - j