The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-02
The Latest Dispatches.
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THE WAX CLOUD A0AINs
from the London Times, April Fl.

IRON the LONDON Times, April II
The news from the Continent which have TO an.
Dounce 10 day will if substantatcd by subsequent nd
vices, bs received by all classes in tlIs country with IN
Jegscd regret Within the last few days the hopes that
peace would be preserved have become strong and
general The scrupcs OF the Prussian King the natural
tend to imbrue their hands the blood Of their kindred
The position taken by Bavaria, Saxony and the
other minor States and no, least the reproo , which
enlightened opinion OF Europe. gave reason
to believe that tho more aggressive Power
would he restrained from violence. But now an act
which may possibly lead 70 open strfe has, we are n
formed, cons from The quarter whence was least
Sscsd xss. s..%s sss 70 s % ~ iss dsa
paSas Joscs a fer cause and the moderation OF her
% place herself ne wrong Far more important than
the immediate settlement Of schleswg- Hdsten s
sSs,.s % s s.s ns name Ss
OF German liberty aud the rights OF the Con-
federation, The question OF the ducbes may NO
advice Of friendly Powers But nnaccoun:abc fatal
y urge the Co2rt OF Vienna 10 take the wrong
step at the most critical nsomentH the Emperofs worst
bad been his they could hardly have given
him more advice than openly 70 threaten his adyor
il i said be has done We are told that At Council
held yesterday at SchoDbrupn the Emperor and Count
Hensdorn sgainst II isladdsa tho advice o. ZONE as
Aas'rioa Ambassador, from B.rit", and ms sec.sew
aooi~g bar, made k.ova 70 N. de WutAer, ~ Pr.s
Ran Z1slSsadyr PieSwa, eroctsd thai no would
take his departure iss,nediaie,y The immediate
cause of ts rupture is said 10 be tibet Count Messdorn
srsphed repetition Of the Austrian desianA Of thu 7h
and received fresh refusal on Thursday. council
Then ne!d and the opinion Of the Emperor and s
ster beng N favor OF the bo!der course IL
adopted ,,, ..o,,,,r
than Of those suspensions Of diplomatic inter
course which are usual when courts % ma
lions are irri,sied with each other. The with
drawal of the two ENJOYS IL also IL we are correctly
informed. 70 be followed by military movement
which tss ror,d wiR regard a. made "a anho,
patow Of ,oor. An order TO be despatched
10 affif
troops HolsteD, ordering them 10 fall back through
Hamburg and Hanover leaving only Few c'npanies IN
great Importance this las; piece Of Intelligence II ne
fnd That Austria abandoDs the duchy which she oicu
MED leaves open for the advance Of the Prussans
people will conclude that the Emperor purposes some
military movement himself, or that no feels certain
that Prussia s about 10 strike blow may o. nat
than remarked that the dangerous point III tbs
dispute the isolation Of an austrian corps IN po-
sstion where 50 might BE- easily overwheIfned such
Temptation might he much FOR the virtue Of an
ambitio,s Minister Count Bsmsrk has been able all
along 10 treat Ausrin she nj his mercy In the
Du.hes ard the this has tended to in
crease Austrian Irritation. Whether IL be that Austria
has received what she thinks proof Of intended
attack or wilhdraws her unprotected army corps ia
order herself aldo 10 assume the offensive, IL
equally certain that the abandonmon, OF Holstenf IL
actually takes placcw be held 20 be an act In sntici
patton Of war and will general alarm.
Anew days will better define The course OF this IN
happy Dispute. We hope that the Emperor will not
allow his counsels 20 be ssayed By anger and that time
will given for reflection and the efforts Of peacemsk
IL NAV he THAT weary with the violence ana ss,
fsrjugs # Pruao he desires TO bring matters 10
crisis believing the boldest course II the safest and
the mos, peaceful But every one will be disagresaby
reminded of the rsshness which hurried Austria into an
invasion Of Piedmont seven years ago ~ that time
there we're not wanting active friends OF peare. The
course Of events might have BEEN notably altered
N Austria had remsined on tho defensive, and dc
clared that her sole purpose was 70 defend her own
rghts ysranteed nv treaties but from the hoar thai
the Austrian army crossed the Tcno the cause was lost
Even aD attack ON che Holstein corps Imminent
Il would he better 10 leave 10 Count bsmsrk the dis
honor OF such oatIase the success OF which would
brng dlscred the small Austrian force TINS over
wheirred. We dys incifneu 10 huat nat ,chosr1 ne
ksaptsn tie Ps.saa government suosJd hssfas 10 see
a. DscLy rh,is TIE Assb hsd-. Th,Y, hafs 10
s cosse~pf which N, Taof Asl-hoAdsd mir ssc
topo,cs hSpaii ftu o. Esrpe p,cdiiy chen under
h> g,t1f<hasssip o. % graf mrfdis Ioter.
Athourh cannot but anticipate gres, increase OF
the dhcnlfies Of this question from the inprudeni
ton VI the Austrian government, We do not by any
look upon he peace broken. or war as inevi-
table. There w. happily great dsssDce between do-
rupture and actual hosilies The act OF Austria
will probably be followed by increase OF armsmcDs
and concentration Of forces by the two opponents
There will be fresh dispatches and many accusations and
recritninsiions But "a long blood has no, boen she'd,
there on a. d>sDnU u s>fleHt.H IL BECOMES,
therefore the duty Of humane and conscientious sfes
men both In Germany aud elsewhere " be NOR
gciic than usding these wrongheAdod Powers
from iht courxe which they seem 10 have entered