The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-06-30

scion. PernaPs - The Continent. Every step ON
= ressftlemen. must have the deepest interest
4 narch Of ,;rs ours. which is the common object
: COUNTRY i:srte TO the Powers that now assume
: my 50. ~ man of Europe. Austria viii have 70
4 snodel shock Of the conflict France md Ser-
y the IN arms on the one side ; on zoe other
rs are :. least take mp an attitude Of hostility
80 vii a. abserved towards her in the Eastern
d . AUS indeed. Alexander may so TAR yield
q PerhaPo' his more ~vindictive counsellors as
DE Insw bi- influence in Germany by an ac-
I ttrus ava! The Austrian States To meet these
Linrss'cn for the first two nzDnths at least
kcrr' hsrself alone. The Ministers Of Fran
4 rrss ne rs we should think, foreseen and cal
JcsePn his necessity. In fact, Count Buol has
hra ~,ch in one Of his notes, and the immense
ir ~ The high tone, and the rapid action Of
scaranen c,b;net indicate that, in the opinion of
sFfnh, ,s,r;. IA able to carry on a successful
rler, - ,be French and Piedmontese armies in
1rgs remains TO be seen how far these
hH Ill funded A week will determine the
o. ss Observation-Disclosures Austria will main
rs .ssrs;ve or content herself with protecting
p ts nossessions ; whether General Hes and
fantn r.,rch on Turin and beseige Alessandria,
- w. an the system of Lombard fortresses,
d sss been the work of forty years TO con-
q IT, r. courses are open to the Austrian Go
sf The oneis to do no more than enter the
snsn territory, aud thus commit a formal act
k'u0oss the purpose Of bringing matters to a
rr' Is-r;no France and Frances allies to de-
s,~ssIvss. This step would not preclude the
= Ian Of the Gmpaign from being defensive,
rs1xs;ou being a political, and not a military
-, The other plan IS likely to ind much
: srOr with q youthful Emperor and an army
~ r-ovocations. 1t is, of course. to press on
y. available battalion to Turin !; to destroy
neus the Sandman army before the French
m . TO crush the latter as they descend
VI disordered from the passes of the Alps !;
.srrv out such a campaign as the Great
rr, -onid have done if he had had 100, 900
"a. and his enemy's capital had been only
~ this bold policy will be adopted is more
:. an pretend to say. The Austrians have
~ contradictory qualities in their military
hat We have no means of judging how they
= the present occasion They may exhibit
- and pedantry of 1876 or the energy of
4 i1yther week may see them patrolling Turin
= orders for the abandonment Of Milan. A
: siuce they might have struck n heavy blow !;
: ne Wednesday before Easter it was known
I.s rIfaatum was to be presented, and within
arr hours the French be..an to move. Then
/. he three days of grace, and consequently the
: 14fned nearly n week, TO the disadvantage of
dement's. Yet even now n bold General
q. n A good deal before n sufficient body OF
= toous could come to the assistance of their
& Between the Austrian frontier and Turin the
l. : 4 plain (; there are no obstacles TO an
T. march, and Victor Emmanuel would be
s. he cruel necessity Of abandoning his capital,
E-s,ipr a desperate battle with inferior forces
f. one Of the most completely equipped armies
Continent In the event, however, of such
Eirei tactics, IL Is probable the Sardinians will
- everything to the paramount necessity of
r. their army. They would, no doubt. fall back
[ssandria. and from this base await the assist
? the French troops, who are being rapidly
srarted to Genoa We may presume that by
- some 80. 900 Sardinians are concentrated at
and that the rest of the army are re-
Err before the Austrians, endeavouring as
I = possible to avoid a collision The question
Importance, however, is the movement of
Fpneh armies and here we must pay n tribute
. nation which was so lately our ally. French
nav no, be superior to Germans, they are Ger
: not equal to Euglishmen in strength. en-
- and those Qualities vhich-courage being
eouaI-are likely to decide the fate Of bat
3ut in the great military quality of prompt
q v are HitHSut an equal. The manner in
~ s.Tssst IGsAove been dispatched to the
r0aGooa 1ItnyNa model for the study OF
Fk1-s gheN kery act of entering n railway
lnsn disnoSpg of his knapssck and his
light the soldier as part of his
k>.G e assured that nothing that energy
iii, Kill can accomplish for the speedy con
french armies Mt Turin and Genoa will
s,x~EAt the difficulties in the way of the
Sr Nauoleohas troops are not few The season
'ekArd ; MonA Genes is covered with snow
nss army Of the French has been pushed for
without PREPARATION, the commissariat IS de-
2 the country they snter Is poor, there Is very
n last wears cornfto be had, and this years
sS-s there win &c no maxlng the .~%
r ~ war. Louis Napoleon must, to a great
r take his provisions with him, or pay for what
oures ont - the funds which bis obsequiOus As
y have voted. Then there is the loss which
uhlv attends rapid marches IN such Indictment
q and IL nav be predicted that the ambulan-
follow in the rear of the army will have
; N o.cupants before the plains of Piedmont are
"a Bot there il, on the other hand, a more
ne picture. The French have the
! sa. 1t may be said with confidence that II
L could only reach Italy across the Alps, the
Fans MIGHT seize the country and crush each
H. as il emerged from the passes But the
md bsrbor of Genoa, almost impregnable, are
! hands Of the Sardinians ; we may say, indeed,
j Land, Of the French. French troops are ar
i fsilv. and In n few days these will constitute
nv which, in conjunction with the SardInIans
ss,ndris. will be too formidable to be left IN
kr Of an invading force. If there be one thing
b specially shows the military genius OF the
"a. il j. their transport Of troops by sea- IN
Sasian war. while we had our Htmdldys ana
3. they had only thier Own little trading YES
aor Of them engaged in the channel " caoo-
let = every little brig, which probably had
nhia a few months before traded between 81;
and shoreham with eggs, the French managed
some $50 men and send them two Thousand
J R SebastopoL. Their present means oil trans
IRE immense. and the distance from Toulon to
bis hardly 500 miles, We cannot douot that
As days $4,000 French will have joined the
naus at AEessandria, and then it is hardly ike
i the Austrian commanders will risk a march
uan- Without ventering to predict the course
ats, we may say that unless there ne news
IS hours that the Austrians are before the
aan capital, we shall believe that they nave
anei to limit themselves to that defensive war
2 xhich their position gives them SO many au-