Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-05-12
Threatened Austrian Campaign
IN PfedmOnt.

Threatened Austrian Campaign
In PfedmOnt.
The London Times, in asleading artieIe,
describes as follows the present slate olaf
fairs. 81 ~ 81
aAustria can place nponthe Tieino 2oo,I
0oO 1aeh wi1hin the three days of grace
liked sbe ippefatiss, demand Of the Ans
trian Government SARDINIA occupies the
opposite bank of the Ticino, with force
.xhich- could not prohahly delay for one
day lis, own destruction by that gigantic
enemy. KmaF be that SARDINIA can show
1000 men in arms, including her free
corps. After making reductions for her
garrison, Sardinia may be able TO arrange
40. 900 in line Of battle. Three days ofre=
spite nc all that IS given: If The demand
hss Bee6s 6salready made next Sunday (April
srf f4aysee an Austrian army in quick al
vsncsr uponT arm. HoIf Austria and Sardi-
al are leftoto themselves, we shall hear 2 / IN {
afeS dsss lof ans INVASION and battle: u
Everything 'Poifts shis out as the natural
eonseddescesa T6easudden ultimatum aud
tbeAfost sspfiess sse esideutl, a part Of a
wsifeonsideteds military policy formed byy
AusMiagiT1s isselesfly her interest, if she
isfeselvsd c6wGssors if she feels that
sha WIN Be eohpelled 20 accept war. to
cashl'the Sandman army before the
French can arrive 10 ifs assistance. The
march sffefh nthes Banks Of the Ticino to
Turin offers every facility for the advance
of;ia great SannyI bFinee DAYS would
bring the Austrian general to the unpro-
tected city of Turin! There is noth=
ing Between the ffontiers and the capital
but The army, and the bodies of the 440,e
o0e Sandman troops who are SO vastly
outnumbered by the AusLrians. TO crush
that army, 10 effect by force the disarma-
ment demanded, and to dictate terms at
Turin, would be but the effort of few 'days
if SARDINIA remained ulfriended. 2 The
Times examines the prospect of Sardinia
receiving timely assistance, and speaks as
follows: "We may assume, perhaps, that
the passage Of theTieino viii lie considered
by the Emperor of the French as a decla-
ration of war by Austrians are marching
from, The east on Turin, the French En,pe-
rcr viii pour his columns from The west,
and march through the passes of the Alps
to meet the Austrian. invaders; and to an:
tieipate, if possible their arisal at the Sar.
dihiah capital. bra .soa.g sfuGs eds 81 esF5d
& But We shoaldhot be- 4etybFcohfident in
trusting tie safety of the Kingdom to The
uaitihg before Turin, columns
which had TO penetrate the fAlps, and TO
arrive from sGenoa. 4 f oneD condition of
the military success of such an operation
were tbatthe concentration would be effect
i've in three onfour days, orseren fyesor six
days, perhaps ye may count something for
the delay whiehimay reasonably expected
to be interposed1by tlie Sandman aaIany,
either fighting or retreating3 bas, fa.iihg in
this. or those other chances of war which
never can. be fully. calculated, The, military
heads who seem to have. conceived this
plan Of opening the campaign, have not
failed in, strategetie ability. The Times
concludes by remarkipgs that, physically
speaking, if the, war is to come, 4he1pow-
er which strikes The first blow, and chooses
its own field of action, will have the adj
vantage, Morally speaking, the picture is
reversed. The Emperor Napoleon is threat
ened withaa, Europeanoe6alition 10 prevent
a general war.ii The ggnaesisays it tiscerns
a spark ofhops that Louis Napoleon may
not, make a. hasty rush 10 take.up The glove
that is now 80 rasLly thrown. The En-
perer of the Erepeb, it says, must, by .this
time have mediiated on the fact that, Rus
sia,i Germany, and England, have assumed
an. attitude already passisely hostile, and
are tending towards a sstatsaof eyenrcoer-
ciep, if fortune should give him victory in
the war, and if his ambition. should carry
hin, beyond certain very narrow lipits.-I
When Prussia puts her troops in motion,
the Emperor. Ma poleon5 may BE assured il
IS not withont soT e knowledge Of the part
which Russia is pFepared, 10 play. As e
Austria, the telegraph has BY this time
carried to the Court Of Vienna The strong
est protest of England to prevail upon Aus
triasnot To lprecipitate q war, thoughythe
aope it but Aea slsandear,39 dar,9s 10 as;7q rsid sdT
> The Summons 10 sardina.,ioa
! The Young Kaiser, Francis j oseph, of
Austria, has adopted bold and energetic