New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-30

But this is not all. The note of Count Bu0l to NJ
de Balabine, az communicated by the English
Ministry to The London Times, contains only part
Of the Austrian note, and Omiis some highly I'M
portant passages, which shall take care to insert
in this letter so as to enable John Bull to learn
via New-York, the diplomatic news which his Min
istry thinks it unsafe Ia trust to his Sagacous mind
On first view if will BIZ seen from Buols note To
NJ. de- Balabnc, that the proposal of the Congress
proceeded from Russia or, in other words, that II
is move concerted by the allied chess-payers of
St Petersburg and Parls-a fact hardly calculated TO
fill us with peculiar admiration for the sagacity
the sincerity of the tenants Of Downing street who,
even In parliament, had not refralned from claiming
q patent for that invention. From the note itself
it becomes evident that Austria (and this point
carefully concealed 10 the announcement OF the
French Moni.eur of Austrias accession to toe pro-
proposal of general Congress, agreed TO meet the
other great Powers in Congress conitlOnally only.
"If" says Count BuOl, beside this question"
wiz: the putting down of the political system of
Sardinia, it should enter into the intentions Of
the Powers to bring forward Others for discussion,
il would be necessary that they should BIZ
" act)y stated before hand, and, inasmuch they
" should touch upon the internal regime OF other
" sovereign States, the undersigned could DOt dis
"pense with insisting, above all things tina. the
mode OF proceeding in this case should be con.
formaJie to the rnieS formulated by me Protocol Of
dir IN ChapeNs, under date Of the 18th Of NOrem-
Z" her, 1915"
Austria consequently accepted the Russian pro-
posal Of general Congress upon the four cOndi-
ti0ns First, that it sbould be the principal aim of
the Congress to put down Sardinia aud act IN The
Austrian interest; secondly, that the protocol Of
Ax-la- Chapelle should be recognized the basis
a. n l,,y1i tbat q,
'6ll conference, Sardinia must disarm;" and,
finally, that the points TO be brought under discus
sion should be exactly stated beforehand" The
first point needs no comment. To leave no doubt
as to its significance, Count Buol adds expressly
that he considers it "as the only one essentially
"impOrtant for the morot poeifeation Of Italy,"
The second point, the recognition OF the protocol
Of Aix-a. Cbapclle, would, on the part Of France,
involve direct recognition Of the treaties Oflolo
and Of the Austrian special treaties with the Italian
States. Now, what BOnaparte wants is exactly
the abrogatOn of the treaties OF 1Sl5, upon which
Austra's hold of the LOmbaTdO-N Venetian kingdom
rests, and OF the separate treaties which secure to
her paramount influence over Naples, Tuscany,
Parma, Modena and Rome. The third condition,
the previous disaruDg OF Sardinia, Is the antlc-
patton Of an advantage which successful cam
paign alone could win for Austria: and the last
condition, the preliminary statement of the ques
tons to be debated WOuld cut off Bonaparte from
the main result which, beside the delay necessary
for his preparations, he atters himself that he
viii gain from the Congress, viz: 10 take Austria
by surprise and, having once entangled her in the
meshes of diplomatic conferences compromise her
before public opinion in Europe by forcing her to
give the signal for the breaking off of peace nego
tiatiOns by an unceremODiOus denial of demands
suddenly put upon her by France and Russia.
The conditions upon which Austria, in her note
TO the Russian ambassador, consented to accede to
General Congress may then, be summed mp as
follows: Austria will take part in European Con-
ference settling the Italian question, If, before the
meeting of that Conference, the European Powers
agree to stand for Austria against Sardinia to force
Sardinia to disarm, to acknowledge the treaty of
Vienna, and the subsidiary treaties based upon it;
and, Lastly, if every preteNt for breaking the
peace is taken away from Bouaparte. la other
words Austria will enter upon Congress- if ths
Congress, even before meeting, binds itself to con.
cedc everything to Austria which she now declares
herself prepared to enforce at the swords point
If one considers that Austria fully aware that
the Congress was only an ambush laid for her by
foes decided upon war, nobody can censure her for
treating the Russio French proposition in this ironi
cal manner
TIE passages of the Austrian document which
| ! have commented upon, are those which the Bri
fish Ministry thought fit to publish. The following
sentences, which include Buols dispatch, are sup
pressed in the Mamesbury edition of the Austrian
| note
Aasira ,cn disarm as a. Piedmont Ia. darmsd.
Austria anxious to Keep the peace because wants peace and
knows how value but ishe. for sincere ana permanent
tug lie own power honor Mary sacrifices it already
made il order maintain the tranquility Of Italy Yet until the
moderate its war preparations but cannot stay them it' troops
| After the RussO-French dodge had thus been
| exploded, England, goaded by her august ally on
the other side of the channel stepped in to urge
Austria to accept the proposal of Congress of the
Great Powers which should take into consideration
the Italian complications and expressed her desire
to see the Imperial Government acqulesce 10 the
preliminary propositions Matched in Downing street.
There is, perhaps, in the annals of diplomatic
history, no document more outrageously roncal
than Count Buols reply to the English ambassador
at Vienna. In the first instance, Buol repeats his
demand that. previous Ia any Congress, Sardinia
shall lay down her arms, and thus place herself at
the mercy of Austria. austria, he says could
a. not present herself at the Congress until Sardinia
shall ave completed her disarmament, aud shall
/" have proceeded to the dlsbanduent of the Corps
- Francs These conditions fulfilled and executed
the Imperial Government declares itself ready 10
give, in the most formal manner, the assurance
that Austria will not attack Sardinia pending The
d" duration Of the Congress, as long as the laI-
ter shall respect the Imperial territory and
- that of It's ally" Thus, if Sardinia will
disarm, Au.tra will only bind herself not
To attack disarmed Sardinia pending the dura
ton Of the Congress. Buol's reply to Eng
lands pre- pOsals written in the true Juvenal VEIN
As to the British proposition that territorial ar
rangements and the treaties of 1915 shall not be
touched " BuO exclalms, Perfectly agreed :"
Only adding that, also - the treaties concluded in
execution of the treaties of 1915 shall not be
" touched" AS to the English wish 10 find
means to assure the maintenance of peace be-
tween Austria and Sardinis, Buol interprets it
in the sense that " the Congress shall exam