, 1860-09-28
THE EUROPEAN CRISIS.
PROGRESS OF TIE GREAT DRAMA

lFrpna the London Times, Sept. III
The gre:. EUROPEAN drama advances with
even md measured strides towards its coueum-
nation, and the entrnncs Of Garibajdi into the
Eeapolitau capital has coincided with an e!ent
Of perhaps equal slglibcauce in the develop.
ment IF The spt ctacle. Austria and Russia are
oEce more allies. The Emperor Alexander has
announced his IS sincere desire for perfect re-
canciliation'' With the Emperor Franc1s Joseph,
and measnreB, VIC learn, are to be instantly ta-
ken for terminating the estrangeneut between
these two sovere'gns. which has become "no
longer tole1asle.:' There should be nothing on
the face of this intelligence to create either sur
prise or suspicion. It Is as good for crowned
heads ~ for others to dwell together in unity.
and it is fortunate for the world when its rulers
are ut pescc, But does this new alliance be-
epeak nothing beyond tbs resumption Of thoAo
terms Of amlty which. it is now discovered,
sought nersr to Ekve been interrupted" Has
i. NJ conditions arising out Of the present stato
Of Europe? These are questions Of grave i'm
por:ance, and naturally suggestive Of grave
copjsctuFes.
The first impression likely to be produced on
the public mind will bs connected With the ad-
vance Of Garibnldi. aad The peril consequently
jmperdiug over the Austrian don1inious. Tho
1tnliaa Lsttrator is not only expected to give
freedom to Tenet:a, but IL supposed to Be reck-
oaiup On the iuaurrecsion of Hungary in aia Of
his dsa;sus. II Austria has the I.alians On her
hands in the Venetian provinces, can she cope
with An army Of PatriotB on the Theiss? It ia
but eleten years ago that Austria, though vic
torious in Lonbardy, found heEzef utterly un-
able to aubdue The people Of Hungary, who had
risen against her rule, and it is reasonable to
infer IL 1t what abe fa,Ie1 to achieve then she
would be Incompetent, under less favorable cir
cumstspces, to sceomnlis ii now: Bat it will he
a'so recollected to what expedlent. when thus
endangered, the Imperial Government recurred.
The Court Of Vienna concluded Convention
With The Court # St. Petersburg, in virtue ot
which Russian army marched into Hungary,
and by its Intervention preserved the crown o1
It, Stephen for the Austrian Emperor.
Short as is the iuterra. between 1843 and
| 1860. it has bsen long enough to put IN end ID
| proceeded. "NoD. intervsnt;on" is now til
msx:m of ihe day. The appearauce Of Rus
sian xrmy either in Italy or Hungary would no
be to the satisfaction Of Europe, ncr, re sns1
safely add, to the advantage Of Russia hersest
Hardly, in fact, tas she recovered from her in
dignation sud SINGER at the "huse ipg1ahtnde'
with which her last favors were received Thoe
fAvors did little good to either a'de. II VAS be
cause Austria recovered Hungary by this ricasi
Gus conquest that ahe t1eatsd the Hungarian
~ q ro1ered people, and provoked that yer
disaHect:on which alarms her now. /. WAS be
cause Russia 20: such small thanks for her q:
sistsuce and such pncr returns in her own hou
| OF EEGu luAt LA1 EatA4NltC4QtAb V%%4AAVA Ne
tween the two Courts which il eeas:ng only :
ttis very time.
We eretain m urshaken conviction that th
simple policr Of non.interveution will be th
best for oil States alike. Tho days are gone b
for q coa:itioa against France As completely I
for IN Intervention agaipst Hungary Any sue
coalition 81 that suggested, unless It were rigo
. ously confined to mutual guarantees sgsn
aggression, would end by placing France 1t Il
| hand nf 1ibera1ism Agalp8t AbgDtetlEm in VI
Of OPINIONS. Any Intervention in uunga1
would give aa indefinite aud eanRu,nary exte
, sion to that revolution which, with unirers
sympstby aad with lille bloodshed. !. now .
. rancing 10 its end. The ouly ssfe iater1eut't
Is that Which Francis Joseph caa immediate
exercise On his Own behalf. Let him step ;
tveea his Hungarian Subjects aud tbe;r nj
judging gorernors, let him once more gi
Hungary ita national Institutions, end be n
r then, secure Oh his throne, awsit the shock
arms in Venetia With the conviction that, as 4
| ratA ha haa Iittle to lboae