New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-09
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
SYMPTOMS OF ITS APPROACH.
PREPARATIONS IN FRANCE, AUSTRIA AND ITALY.
VIEWS OF THE BRITISH PRESS.
THE STATE OF THE QUEST1ON-GER-
MANY AIMING.


been dislodged, at about ii O'Clock at night by
the scademcal authorities, from their various beer
houses, the several societies among the fraternity
generally assemble on the marketplace, if the
weather is propit0us There the members Of
each society or " color" begin game Of chair
with those Of any other colOr-the aim Of which
il to produce one Of those frequent and not very
dangerous duels which compose one Of the chief
features Of student life In these preliminary
controversies on the marketplace, the great art
consists in wording your hits that no actual or
formal insult 10 contained in them although as
much az possible you yex your opponent and at
last make him lose his temper, so that he comes
out with that conventional, formal insult which
eompels you to send him a challenge.
This preliminary game has now for some months
been played by Austria and France. France, on the
LIST Of January last, commenced it, and Austria re-
piled From words TO words, from gesture to
gesture, the antagonists drew nearer TO chal
lenge; but diplomatic etiquette requires such
game to be played out TO it's full extent Hence
proposals. and contemporaries, concessions, con-
ditions, qualifications tergiyersations, without end
The last form the diplomatic banter had assumed
was this: On April IL, Lord Derby declared in the
House Of Lords that England was making an ult
mate effort, on the failure of which she should
withdraw her mediation. Only three days later,
on April 81, the Moniteur stated that England had
made to the four other Great Powers the following
propositions: ]. To efectuate, previous to the
Congress, a general aud Simultaneous dsarma-
ment; 2. The disarmament to be regulated by
military or civil commission, independently OF the
Congress (tbis commission to be composed of ak
commissioners, one Of them TO be SardiniaD);
3. As soon as the commission shall have com
menced operations, the Congress shall assemble
and proceed to the discussion Of oliticalquesOns;
A. That the representatives of the Italian States
should be invited by the Congress, Immediately
after its assembling to take their seats with the
representatives Of the Great Powers, absolutely, as
in the Congress Of 1921. At the same time, the Mon
itsar announced that France, Russia and Prussia
have given in their adhesion to the proposals of En-
gland and telegram from Turin comforted the
different stock exchanges Of Europe with the wei
come news that Piedmont had been induced by
Louis Napoleon to do the same. SO far, things
looked uncOmmoby peaceful, and all obstacles to
the Congress seemed in fair way Of removal. In
point Of fact, the scheme was transparent France
was not yet in condition" for the fight. Austria
was To leave no doubt as to his real intentions
Louis Napoleon, by his semi-oiicia press, made
known that this disarmament could apply to Aus
tria and Piedmont only; for France, not
having armed could not disarm; and at
the same time, in his official paper, the
Moniteur, worded his articles so as to
give no pledge whatever that France was to be
included in the "prnciple of disarmament" His
next step would evidently have been to make the
semi-oficia assertion about France not having
armed an Official one; the question being thus sue
ccssfully placed upon the indefinite ground of mill
tary detail where it is easy 10 carry on such
n controversy almsst Unfortunately by assertions,
counter-assertions, challenges ofproof, denals Off
cial returns, and other such like tricks In the
mean time, Louis Napoleon would have been able
to quietly complete his preparations which,ac
ing to his new principle, he may say are not arma-
ments, for his wants do not consist in men Chose
he may clll in any day, but in materials and new
formations He has himself stated that he will
not be ready for war until the first of June next.
In fact, if his preparations were completed by the
18th of May he could, with the help of his rail-
vays, have his men ON furlough called III on that
day, and by the first of June they would have
Joined their colors. There is, however, much rea-
sen To believe that from the enormous dilaplda-
fions, irregularities, jobberies and embezze-
ments which have taken place in the
French military administration, according to
the good example set by the Court, the necessary
preparations of material cannot fully be completed
even at the period originally fixed upon by him.
However that may be, this much is sure, that every
weeks delay is so much gain TO Louis Napoleon,
and so much loss to Austria, which, in consequence
Of the diplomatic interlude would not only give up
the military advantages derived from the start she
has got. in her war preparations but would be
crushed by the enormous expense at which her
present preparations must be maintained.
Perfectly understanding this state of things,
Austria has not only refused the English proposal
for n Congress upon the same conditions as that at
Laybach, but has sounded the first note of war.
In her name, General Giulay has caused an slti-
spatnm. insisting upon disarmament and the dis
missal of the volunteers, To be presented 10 the
Court of Turin, allowing Piedmont three days only
for decision after respite war is TO be declared
At the same time two more divisions OF the Aus
TRAN army, of 81, 900 men, have been ordered to
the Ticnc. DiFGinsticsly, then, Napoleon has
driven Austria to the wall because he has compelled
her first 10 utter the sscrsmenta word, the declar
alton of war; Yet if Austris, through threatening