The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-01
The Points NJ Issu g.

The warlke reports from the other side OF iii
Atlantic cannot be set down rs merely stock .,
change rumors. On the contrary, the DANCE
OF collision between Austria on the one han
and France and Sardinia on the other, wou
seem to be not only rea', but imminent. Ac
cording to the view taken by the London Times
France has gone 40 far in support Of Sardinia
and is so pledged to sustain her, as 10 put il il
the power Of that nation TO bring on a war a
any time, just as Turkey brought on the late Cri
mean war, in spite OF the earnest wishes Of hel
allies to the contrary. Should a revolt arise in
one OF the Papal provinces now occupied BY
Austrian troops, aud should Sardinia seize that
occasion to intervene, she might, by single pre-.
| cIpltant movement, place France in such stu.
alton that a war with Austria cannot be avoid
ed. The river Ticino separates Nh Austrian
from Sandman army, and the frst shot fired
between them might bring on long and bloody
| struggle.
As yet, however, the differences between
france and Austria, though sufficiently grave,
have not gone beyond the possibility Of dplo-
matte arrangement, and the journal des De6ats
recommends the application TO the present case
OF the recommendation made by Lord Claren-
don to the Congress of Paris in 1856, that the
powers represented in the Congress, in cases OF
difference between them, before appealing to
force. should call upon some one oil the osher
powers to act as mediator This suggestion was
warmly supported in the Congress by France,
Sardinia, Russia and Prussia. Austria alone
mae many objections-an opposiuon, hOwev-
er, which did not prevent the oppression by the
Congress OF hope that the other nations not
represented in il would give their support TO
this method Of preventing hostiIities.
One grounu Of complaint by France agains,
Austria is that she will not concur with France
IN oblging the Pope to concede some ameliora-
tons in the government OF the Papal States, a
point to which Louis Napoleon considers bim-
Self pledged. In this matter the French can
do nothing alone. The only means o; coercion
they have is by threatening to withdraw their
army OF occupation; but the Pope cares nothing
for this threat SO long as he knows that he can
have an Austrian army to supply
the place Of the French.
The support which Austria gives TO the tyran.
ny OF the King of Naples, against the remon-
strances OF France aud En- gland, is another |
ground OF COMP int against her. Her own mis- |
government OF Lombardy, and the discomfort |
Of her Italian subjects, is third. These may |
seem odd topics OF complaint on the part OF |
Louis Napoleon, but he seems to have set up |
me doctrine that it Is duty which tyrsnts owe
10 themselves ard each other to make their tyr
innies popular, or, at least, endurable on the
'aft VI Their SUBJECTS. ms IS the system ON |
which the French Emperor practices himself,
'nd which he seems inclined to require on the
BART OF the Italian rulers toward the people un-
Ter their control.
There are also complaints as to the conduct
u Austria respecting the affair OF Servia. It's
IiieSed that in the place oil the Russian protec-
orate over the Danubian Provinces, which the
jrimean war brought 10 an end, Austria s now
aborlng to establish protectorate OF her own,
nd for that end has interviewed in the affairs OF
'ervia IN violation, not merely of the SPIRIT but
u the letter OF the Treaty OF Paris. Such are
he principal apparent grounds OF the collision
'etween France and Austria, with which Europe
now threatened, but which, if il should really
AXE place, must be supposed 10 have some 9TH
r origin than mere disnterested concern on
he part OF the French Emperor for the better
osernment OF ltaly.-lN. Y. Tribune.