New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-06
FROM RLOBENCE.

The SChleNW a9.A1 0tescbu T"E"u~o
ceuce Of tho Great Powcrs--The Nrxs
Crssis-Precnricu- Condition Of Public
Affairs in Italy-Aassrisn Isscreses.
From Our Own Correspondents |
FLORENCE, Aug. la 1868
The Prussan and Austrian papers repeatedly
informed US that neither France nor EneaDa az.
Russia made ony remurss upon the commun'ea'''' "
the Gastein Convention about the PARTITION u ''e
divsibe Dachics Scheswe Iiostein. ana tae s""'Ae
ton Of Lauenhurg to Prussia. BY and BY however,
oozed that Drouyn de Lhuys had issued cire"af
20 the French Diplomatic agents which contains
spciy appreciation Of the Convention. Itis according
TO the French Minister treaty unworthy OF tne
present age excused only by It's provisional nature anu
it Is hoped that the final arrangement viii be more
to the ideas of the present. That means to
say, that the principle Of nationality as regards the
northern tier OF Scheswis, and the comedy Of
plebscite by universal suffrage have been ignored BY
the contracting powers, aud that Napoleon has taken
note of such antImperiast proceedings in order to
make use OF them at some future time. Now It might
be retorted that the annexation Of savoy and Nice
precedent covering completely che Gastein treaty.
since Nice Is Just as little French as Northern Sehles
wig Is German while the vote Of the people was snch
Transparent maneuver that it could rot impress any
body otherwise than with disgust The Austrian ana
Prussian papers, however. do not make use OF that
arguments they only say that it Is domestic question,
aud they congratulate themselves for having arrived at
solution without allowing it ~ degenerate into
European difficulty
The answer 10 evidently lame since the condition and
ultimate destination OF the Duces lis eyeny Ger
man domestic question: but certainly neither an Aus
,ran nor Prussian one: and, therefore, the Gasein
Convention remains glartng infraction Of the rights
Of the Federal Diet and or oil the so-caled German
Middle States, which proves the utter utility OF
the German Confederation and finally destroys tho
dream Of those politicians who like Froebe. Wonder
Pforten Bcust and others. believed In tripartife
organization Of Germany, where the minor states LED
BY Bavaria, might check and balance the two og
States Prussia and Austria. Nov that tie minor
states have proved impOseot TO maintain Their hgnts
they lose in the eyes Of the German nation their res
son for existence and must prepare to be swept away
by the very next European crisis it is to oa reup'
iean. or to be swallowed up BY Prussia ant AuStria
il that crisis should enforce monarchy and d.spotsm
For the moment, all that little fry Of princes and
dukes and and electors and kings reign No
more by the Grace Of God but by the permission of ts
people on one side and Of Austria and Prussia On the
other Nobody believes that the present condition Of
Germany c0du Oe hstiuk que. ~ b Piosisio""| o-
must break down at the very FIRST war revolution.
la Italy. too. we 1--we In precarons state. Ii you
read the electoral programme which oil thc psrers aud
newsvenders shops. you are struck by the emptiness
of all those political appeals you unable to discover
any precise line Of policy any difference which should
divide the parties All of them speak of necessary re-
trenchments. progress. hSerty, den eopmeBt OF the
resources Of the nation. and pineipaiy OF Rome and
yereta- Massimo d'Arsglio. teng Senator and hsv-
ng Ii, need Of the popular vote. is tie only one who
openly defy public opinion. and ITO give up the
IDEA Of Rome and VeRetio. He Is an old mar and
believes that the present generation s as Old as he ia
and that they have done enough In their day and that
Rome and yeneia might be safely left TO the care OF
our grand children. Those, however WIN want to get
majority tie 2h o, October, do not dare 10 spea
as openly old Azego but they soy to their electors
that the question Of Venetia Is only question of limo
and opportunity-the question Of Rome question of
time ana educ alton. The advanced Liberals. on the
other haEd pledge themselves insist upon against
Austria at oncp and 70 force tie hancs of Govern
neni. Should. however, their policy hot he accepted
then they would insist upon frank declaration thas
no war is intended. and receive the FIJI benefit oi such
peaceful declaration viz. d9armamen and reduction
Of the amy and expenditure upon tre pesee feore.
ut the Ministers do not dare accept either If shose
{ opposed lines OF CONDUCT lhts
ous policy OF an armed peace. which destroys conf
d,pce credit and uances and the fof al thia
teuporzine lies in the policy Of the Emperor at Paris
He waits for the death If King Leopold n order 20
annex all that part Of Belgium which speaks French
II such an annexation does not become Of war.
all Europe moy disarm war ensues, Italy takes her
chance and invades Venetc.
have spoken with several Begians. who tell me thai
the iuperia lntrgues for eventual annexation
ried pretty openly and co not meet with any serious
OPPOSITION since the commercial and Industrial later.
ess Of Belgium would be greatly promoted by sanera-
tiou King Leopold himself is too slgacious not to
know the danger Of his sons and Il ia not at all impos
sible that the anecdote reported by the Europe Of
Frankfort s true about King Lecpod's recommending
his sons 10 his niece the Queen OF England for the tns
they will stay at C,aremont
Austria tries To make good Of the present TINE o
uncertain peace She is in her wsh TO cone to
conciIaton With all her German proyirces prln-
cinaly Hungary and Croatia. Tie Gerlnaus, who fof
so long time have had the monopoly of Ill the admins.
traitor maze of course very strong opposltoa, and
The Cabinet Ieslected-Vni row-the liberty ofdiseus-
zion We wish only that such stete OF things sho1io
last and the concili.ion succeed