The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-05-24
From the London 'im's ot April %.
The War Sent ment Of Europe.
THE STATE OF AFFAIRS.

Yesterday the kingdom was alternately
soothed aud startled hy two successive ,ele-
graphic dispatches which arrived from Paris
and Tar q. We were compelled within
III course Of the morning to hold out TO
the English public Il prospect Of almost
certain pee CO, and TO Withdraw that prom
is and TO substitute for it the probability
ot almost instant wa?. Lord Derby, in his
explanation on Monday night, intinated
that IL the interests OF uraco Ministers
had made Our other and last suggestion to
the u, wcrS ut Difference, and that upon
the accDI tance or Iciccl on Of that suggcs.
ito. Their Present hop" of peace tested
The MunIteur Of ofyestcr,ia, at once infnrm-
ed ,s of TIC substance Of that proposal, and
OF its acceptance. The proposition was to
etfnc, gcuer and simultaneous dssarn,a
mcnt under the supervision Of six Commits
>iouers. one Of whom should be 4 Sardini.
an. l, suggested also that ;he Cong ess
should as>"i bic and Deliberate contcLIpor
anconsly With the commission, and follow
Iug the example Of the Congress OF Lay.
hoch, that the representatives of the llal.
ian taL,s should have seats in the Con
gr Sc.
To this suggestion which appeared rca
.onah!c and practical, Flan,c, Russia and
PIu,la had gwen their adhesion, uor was
tLrrr any animation i'll the telegram con
yryiug tbs information which constrained
u> 10 believe lLat he ab>once If the name
Of AuairU proceeded from amy other cause
Iian riat Sic WIS more deliberate III her
action than the o,h,g Powers. Close,
huwcyet. upon the heels cf this good news
followed the telegram from Turn, statig
that the EhgII,h proposal for Congress had
teen refused, and that the AUSTRIAN Gen
cla com naudng in Lomlardy bad been
ordered to present an WilRGtam demand
my immediate di~atn. mrnt, with the al
teruat,o Of war after the lapse of three
du from the delivery Of tn, Uitimatgm.
The knowledge Of less decisive, but con
sistcut, contemporary facts were added
4 reinforcement of $4,000 men lad been
ordered to the Austrian army now Oh the
banks of the Tlcluo. Prussia has moLulz
ed three corps Il dTmee Consisting Of some
10000 men. Every act notified WAS a
Preparation for immediate war on the part
Ct hustria cNery movement was directed
either 10 oggrcSslNe operations upon SardIn
Ia OF ~ the defence OF her own German pro-
ylnCps.
Sncn is the state of aft irs. Austria has
100000 iarn upon the bank of the Tlcino,
Z. WITHIN Sach distance that they can be
placed upon the bank, Of that frontier riv
or wiLhn three days Of grace fixed in the
imperative demand Of the Austrian Gener-
al. Sar,iIdia Occupl the opposite bank
with force " ich could not, probably de-
lay for orc day its own destruction by that
gigantic enemy. 1t may be Sardinia can
show 70,00O men in arIhs, including her
free corps gathered from ali parts of Italy,
and C, mprehending no small portion of
the disconlentcd spirits who have passed
th.ir lives IN making man tcstatlons Of ha
tred to the foreigners. Of these 10000
men. perhaps after garlisoning her great
foItresscs, Alexandra and Genoa, she may
be able to range 10000 in line of battle.
Three days of respite are all that is given.
Ii, as we read the tell graphic dispatch
the demand has bc,n already made, next
Sunday may see an Austrian army in quick
advance upon Turn. The position of Sar
dIna is periIous, but it is "a position she
cannot escape 10y a tame compliance =
Even if Victor Emanurl could accept the
ignominy OF succumblny to the first pres.
sure of f,rce after putting forth such
loud detiauces, the men he has called a.
round him would not suffer him to retreat.
Ii Austria and Sardinia are left to them
seiycs We shall hear in a few days of an
invasion and battle. Everything points
this out as a natural sequence. The sud
den nitimdt,tm and the short reprieve are
evidently part Of well-consIdeIed policy
formed by Austria. IL is clearly her in.
tcrrst il she is resolved Oh war, OF il she
feels she will be compelled to it, to crush
the Sardinia army before the French can
srrIve To- Iis assistance The march from
the banks oi the Tlcno To- Turin is through
a plain county unprotected by military
strength, well known by operations in the
recent campaign, Offering every facility for