Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-05-09

The London Times, in leading article, de.
scribes as follows the present state of affairs;
Austria can place upon the Ticino 200, 900
men within the three days of grace fixed in the
imperative demand of the Austrian Govern.
ment. Sardinia occupies the opposite bank of
the IicinC, with a force which could not pro-
badly delay for one day its own destruction by
that gigantic enemy II may be that Sardinia
can show 10 600 men in arms, including her
free corps After making reductions Tor her
garrison, Sardinia may be able to arrange 40,
600 in line Of battle. Three days Of respite are
all that is given. II the demand has been al.
ready made next Sunday (April 24) may see an
Austrian army in quick advance upon Turin. -
Ii Austria and Sardinia are left to themselves,
we shall hear, in a few days, ofan invasion and
battle Everything points this out as the
natural consequence, The sudden ultimatum
and the short repreve are evidently part of
wecOnsidered military policy formed by Aus
tria. 1t is clearly her interest, if she is re-
solved upon war, or if she feels that she will be
compelled 10 accept war, to crush the Sandman
army before the French can arrive to its assist
ance. The march from the banks of the Tcino
to Turin offers every facility for the advance of
great army. Three days would bring the
Austrian general to the unprotected city of
Turin. There is nothing between the frontier
and the capital but the army, and the bodies of
the 4O,OUO Sandman troops who are so vastly
outuumbered by the Austrians To crush that
army, TO effect by force the disarmament de.
manded, and to dictate terms at Turin, would
be but the effort OF few days if Sardinia re-
mlined unfriended. The Times examines the
prospect of SARDINIA receiving timely assistance,
and speaks as follows "We may assume, per.
haps that the passage Of the Ticino will he
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declaration of war by Austria, and that, while
the Austrans are marching from the east ON
Turin, the French Emperor will pour his col.
umns from the west, and march through the
passes of the Alps to meet the Austrian invad.
ers, and to anticipate, if possible, their arrival
at the Sandman capital
But we should not be very confident in trust
ing the safety of a kingdom TO the possibility of
uniting, before Turin, columns which had 10
penetrate the Alps, and to arrive from Genoa.
If one condition of the military success of such
an operation were that the concentration would
be effective in three or four days, or even five or
six days, perhaps we may count something for
the delay which may reasonably be expected to
be interposed by the SardiniIn army, either
fighting or retreating but, failing this, or
those otter chances of war which never can be
fGy calculated the military heads who seem
to have conceived this plan Of opening the cam
paign, have not failed in sfrategetic ability -
The Times concludes by remarkiag that, phys
icllly speaking, if the war is to come, the pow
er which strikes the first blow, and chooses its
own field of action, will have the advantage Nor
ally speaking the picture is reversed The En-
peror Napoleon is threatened with Europe.
an coalition TO prevent a general war The
Times says 1t discems spark of hope that
Louis Napoleon may not make hasty rush to
take up the glove that is now so rashly thrown,
The Emperor of the French il save, must bv
this time have medtated on the fact that
Russia, Germany, aud England. have assumed
an attitude already passvely hostile, and are
tending towards state of even coercion if
fortune should give him victory in the war and
If his ambition should carry him beyond certain
very narrow limits. When Prussia puts her
troops in motion, the Emperor NAPoLEoN may
be assured II is not without some knowledge of
the part which Russia is prepared TO play. As
to Austria the telegraph has by this time car.
ried to the Court of Vienna the strongest pro
test of England against hasty menace against
Sardinia ltis hoped there is yet time to enable
England to prevail upon Austria not to precipi-
tate war though the hope is but slender"