New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-09
THE STATE OF EUROPE.


LONDON Friday, Jan. 81, le59
The war panic at Paris and vienu, has some what
sbate5, ,till the confidence in peace is utterly
hakep. Ali the Vienna papers are violent sgaio':
Napoleon; they accuse him OF duOlicity, and have
at last found ont that be cannot be depended upon
OF course, as lorg as his perjury and fa!iehoods
Damaged Only the Republic, he was the Savior Of
Society and the upholder Of laE and order; but
now, when he, consistently with bis character,
turns agsinst Austria bis conduct is denounced by
all the stockholders of Europe as base and treach-
erous. Those gentlemen who in ls49 had no
sympathy with Italy, Germany and Hungary which
were striving to reconquer their liberty, are now
sstonished that their own interests involved in con-
tnenta enterprises should be easily jeOparded.
They really seem t0 have believed that war in the
heart of Europe has become impossible, not even
surmsiDg that peace Is impossible as long as Italy,
Germany and Hungary are ruled by the sword
The King of Piedmont having advanced so Tar in
the Italian question that he cannot retrest without
riskiDg his honor if not his life, we may suppose
that his policy has been precOncerted by Cavour at
PlOn beres, with the Emperor OF France; and that,
therefore, in spite Of the somewhat more peaceful
tone of the French papers, war is inevitable. but
probably not before May, unless revolt in Lom-
hardy should prociptate matters. England keeps
q
mons of CherbOurg have their due share in this re-
solution. but We cannot forget that Kossuth's
lectures in the North of England, during the last
three years, which were scarcely noticed by the
metropolitan pre5s, have 10 ade an Austrian Alliance
utterly impossible. As 10 Prussia it is certain that
both Russia and England recommend policy of
neutrality 10 her. Austria therefore, will have to
fight Piedmont and France single handed, unaided
even By the German States but obliged to Keep
10 60 al "A fla Ruz
frontiers, in order to balance Russian corps Of
observation, which will be pushed forward in the
direction Of Galicis. All these eyentu1lities are
openly discussed in the Vienna papers. They,
however, still live in the hope that Prussia cannot
remain neutral, and must side with Austria. They
forget the constant rivalry between the two coun-
tries both ambitious TO acquire the supremacy of
Germany Prussia eminently Protestant, With pro-
gressye bureaucracy Austria siuce the ConcOrdat,
completely Roman Catholic, obstructive and apa-
thetc.
Russia, though fully occupied with her internal
reforms has not ceased to pursue her Oriental
policy with the most astonishing perseverance.
ServIa and Montenegro are now her tools, through
the fundamentally of Milosh and Danilo. Mol
dayia has recently elected Prince alexander
Ghika) known for his Russian sympathes and it is
scarcely possible that the result IN Waachia shoGld
be different. In the mean while beet of forty
FIVE ocean steamers is being built in France, En-
gland and Russia, with the view of connecting
Odessa with the Circassian coast, COnstantlnople
Smyrna, Alexandria, Greece and Italy, by weekly
trips. Since the commerce Of Odessa does not
Justify such an outlay and such amount of postal
communication, we cannot be amiss in attrlbu'lng
this SO called commercial undertaking to deep.lfid
scheme for undermining the Turkish Empire. The
sick man has unfortunately now SIN physicians at
his bedside, and their prescriptions cannot fail TO
Kill him. since he is not in the position to turn them
out.
The question of the emancipation of the serls
has not vet sufficiently advanced on either side
The landlords have not the courage openly 10 reject
the oyertures of the Government; the serfs are
still quiet fully trusting that the Car will enforce
Justice and Alexander has not the pluck to break
through the official routine and either to enforce
his will with an iron hand, annhilatlng any opPosi-
tion by banishment to Siberia, or to compensate the
nobility by graIti kind of constitution and eN-
tending the political liberty OF the landlords lis
brother Constantine openly encouraged the Sardn-
ians in their anti-Austrian aspirations, and, men
toning the Emperor of Austria, called him the
'murderer of Emperor Nicholas, thus confirming
that the late Gar died of broken heart, aud at
tributing bis failure to the ingratitudc OF Austria
Brghts Reform bill has at last come out, and
frightened the landed aristOcracy sufficiently
However, it is certain that the agitation in the
country is not strong enough to carry Brghts
plan. which would give the Government into the
hands of the middle classes