Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-08
War Prospects in Europe.
From the New York Times.
PARIS, Friday July 9th, 1868.

PARIS, Friday July 9th, 1868.
The late union successes could have scarce
ly produced greater effect on the minds of
men, and especially on their calculations. in
the United States than in Europe. 1t is Ger
tain that they have given check to Napole-
on's designs in Mexico, and to England's
haste III getting into IL war with Russia. Up
to the moment of the arrival of these impor-
TINT sea"ossSos tl,s oevvsoiou Journals VI En-
gland and France were full of arguments aud
predictions hostile 10 the Union. Since the
tide has turned, the French journals, at least,
are either silent or contain only garbled ac
counts or false appreciatiOns of those events.
Since the in' enti0n OF journalism there was
probably never seen such an example of bare
faced and STAINLESS unfairnesS as that shown
by the governmental press of Paris toward
the Union cause; and this unfairness COM
parcs strangely with the constant repetition
i'll other columns of the same papers, of the
Understanding words, 'French homer" and
'French impartaity," as applied to the
treatment Of International questions. The
fact Is French honor and. French impartialiy
are like English justice ana English love of
fair play-they never cross the frontiers.
The opinion is very general this week, that
France cannot back out of war with Russia
The Russian reply itself is regarded as a
out suffering in the eyes of Europe. The sit
uation to-day is this; The six points repre-
sented by France, England, Austria, were the
minimum OF the expectations of the powers.
A refusal of one or more of them is, therefore
inadmissable. The Russian government not
only rejects one or more of these points, but
it couples to its rejection language and state
ments which are considered insulting as well
at Paris as at Vienna. Thus, instead of adj
mitting what all the world knows, that the
Poles desire and have long desired their indie
pendence, Prince GOrtschakof says that the
rebellion was Matched at Paris, and that the
revolutionary element, and not the natural
desires of the Polish people, is the cause of
the war. To the Indignation of the Austrian
government. the Russian dispatch places the
Austrian Polish provinces on the same foot
ing as those of Russia, and makes other COM
parisons and insinuations which appear to
have produced final and irrevocable rupture
between these two powers. They are going
to re-demand in a note this time identical by
the three powers, the acceptance without res
ervation OF the six points, and the second de-
mand thus becomes the ulttmGtunt, to be fol-
lowed, in case of rejection, by withdrawal
OF Ambassadors, and cessation of diplomat
ic intercourse.
Will war then be inevitable? Many people
think that, in view of the fact that the three
great nations are acting in concert, and that
two of them, England and Austria, do not de-
sire war with Russia that there is, there
fore, strong guarantee of peace. A few
days more, however, will settle this point.
In case of war, the plan, | understand, is
this Austria will remain neutral, but will
march large army to the Russian frontier,
thus forcing Russia TO face it with an army
equally large. England will blockade the
Baltic and lombard its towns. France will
march large army straight upon Berlin, and
will furnish arms and volunteers to the Poles.
In not going to the aid Of Prussia and Bavar-
III, Austria will lose her influence in Germa-
ny, but for this she will get promise from
France to remain at Rome, and not to favor
Italy in her attempts on Venice. Thus
France hopes to get the Rhine, re-establish
the kingdom of Poland, and put back for an
other half century the consolidation of Ger
man power. 1t is England this time, if she
really be dragged into the war, who will pull
the chestnuts out of the fire; for where is her
slice to come from after the war?
In case the season is too far advanced when
the moment arrives for commencing hOstilit
les France, it is supposed will send money,
arms, and volunteers to the Poles, to enable
them to prolOng the resistance till next
spring. and then the grand struggle will com.
llehce' Inns is the talk to-day at Paris, and
the funds are declining steadily. We are ev-
Identity III an tn'pGSSe to which no one at this
moment can see any other exit than war.
MALAKoFFE.