The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-20
Our Berlin Correspondence.

Our Berlin Correspondence.
BERLIN, August 2, 1865.
anticipated Trouble BefWeen Aa,tria and Prussia-
Miserable Plight of the Ausyian Aonarchy-TAe Pro.
hibttion Of the Co, 0ne Banquet Declared HlgalGrea.
Neeing Of Operatipe,-Arrea Of an american Ctisex-
C5mcerning the United States Comsudte at Berlin dc
On q smaller scale NJ de Bismarck is playing the
part which Louis Napoleon did before he paralyzed
by Mexico and the govt The affair at Cologne was
sort Of Prussan Second of December, minus Cayenne
and Lambessa; and the enterprsng Premier is CON-
mencing Italian campaign against Austria in Sches
wig Hostein.
The question is what Austria will do 10 vindfcate
her authority and her national honor II she submits to
such treatment she receiving at the hands Of
Prussia she will abdicate her position one Of the great
Powers Of Europe and sink to the level Of the petty
States that be nsued with impunity and only exist
by the forbearance mutual Jealousy of their bigger
ncighbors. 1t gems impossible that monarchy once
proud and punctious should disgrace herself thus in
the eyes OF the whole world but Of late she has let
many injuries pass without being reused to resent
mcnt, that IL liz difficult to assign a limit to her
patience In fact her present condition such almost
TO iLcapacitatc her for external action Her financial
straits have reached the acme OF impecunosty there
is kreuzer be found In the imperial treasury
mines railroads. State domains are sold or morgngcd
the people ground down with taxes which they are
upable to pay, and The FIRST cannon shot would be the
eena for general crash which would SKATER the
fabric Of empire To pieces THIS doubt is what
Bismarck calculates upcn and what encourages him 10
take such high ground IN his transactions with the Court
OF Vienna for though bold and even audacous he is not
foobardy and would scarcely display such grautous
IT'S bringing on a war. For, in the first place, a
war with Austria and her allies who comprise
nearly all the various States Of Germany, would
be very different affair to that against
Denmark, and In the second cannot be carried on
without money, and great deal Of money which be
could no, get without applying the Chambers who,
after the way he has behaved towards them would not
be very likely to give him any Time must show whether
his calculations are correct and whether he does not
presume TOO much upon the pacabiity or hepessness
OF the Austrian gov For the present the states.
men Vienna do not appear in hurry TO demand salts
Hostein Perhaps they looking forward TO the In
erview Of the Emperor with the King Of Prussia at
Gastein which, II Is said has been finally arranged
effect Improvement the relations between the two
Cabinets Al any rate they cannot go this way
much longer, there must either be reconciliation
open rupture
Content with material successes the Prussan Minister
does not care button for moral defeats and will hardly
be very much affected by he has just experienced
Cologne in connection with the famous banquet When
the committee appointed to supcrnend the preparations
for dissolved by the President OF Police as coming
under the denomination OF a political society and the
members were forbidden TO meet, a complaint was
made TO the District Court who ruled that the prohibi.
on was not legal and had TO be rescinded or course
the Attorney General was not satisfied with this
Judgment but appealed from IL TO superior tribunal
ana 10 the meantime the building hired by
the committee was occupied by the soidiery and the
guests dispersed at the point Of the bayone The Court
oi Appeal mas now given judgment confirming the SEN
tence OF the inferior ind rejecting the plea OF the
government as contrary to the letter and spirit Of the
law. The practical effect OF this decision is ai the
Festivities such as they were over and will certainly
not be resumed; but II is not without importance from
being one OF the first instances IN which Prussan
OF justice has venured TO pass judgment against the gov
ernng powers and convict them OF egality In America
or England the police might be suet for damages, but
This paradise OF bureaucratism police officer be
prosecuted except with the OF his superiors
Another result OF the Cologne affair hch the Prussian
gorernment may have still less reasof TO congratulate
itself upon, Is that the associated workiuen who have
hitherto kept themselves aloof from the 6ourososse and
show inclination 10 join the conservative, camp whose
leaders bidding high for support nave resolved
that In view OF the fragrant attempt Of the authorities 10
se all public discussion, the disputed questions pend
ing between the operatives and their empoyerS must be
adjourned die both parties unite 10 reist the
inroads OF despo SIN. great meeting of workmcn
held on Saturday at the Alhambra at which resolutions
TO the above effect were adopted, CON- and thus
thanks TO the petty spite OF the ministry
against the House OF Deputies, and the brutality
Of their suborduates the cunnngy devised plan Of The
Rrens zeifsg sir up the uneducated against
those orders Of society that form the srongholds Of
liberal opinion, has signally failed
The German papers ftate that Dr. schonfed, OF wach
,crsbach Electoral Heeec, which he eft when quite
boy twenty-five years sncs 10 emgate with his father 70
the United States and who served FOR four years AZ
seQp ~ OHIO pertinent hed returDed 70 0svmsnv 70 ake