Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-26
THE NEW COMPLICATION IN Ell.
ROPE.

From the New York Tribune.
The great question, Whethe there will be
peace in Europe, has not vet been officially
answered. Sensational rumors Of every
kind still abound, but it should be borne in
mind that we contine to be without an official
announcement of either the acceptance or
the rejection of the armistice. A few days
ago we oppressed doubt as to the news of
the formal acceptance Of the armistice by
Prussia, and it will appear from the news
published this morning that now just the re-
verse is announced. We again believe this
latter announcement to be devoid of an
official basis, and to lack confirmation. Still
more do we believe this to be the case with
regard to the sensational rumors about a
formal threat of armed Intervention on the
part of France. Until an official announce
ment is made of the result of the important
diplomatic negotiations now going on, all
the newspaper dispatches should be received
with great caution. The following points,
we think, may be considered as certain:
France is determined to use her whole in
fuence to save Austria from anuttercollapse,
and from losing her position as a grand
Power. She will exert herself for saving
for the Emperor of Austria every Province
'
finding some territorial compensation for
the loss of Venetia. To this view neither
Italy nor Prussia will make an absolute re-
sistance. 1t is true, the Italian inhabitants
of the Tvrol and of Trieste have just made
a new exhibition of their desire to be IN
cOrporated with Italy, and the Italian Gov
eminent is said to have insisted that the
question Of Southern Tyrol be regarded as
an open one; but after the cession OF Nene-
tia, the enmity between Italy and Austria
will never again assume the former dimen-
sions, and the chief cause why Italy sought
to weaken Austria will have been re-
moved.
As regards Prussia, Count BIsMARK would
be likely to have little or no objection to in
Identifying Austria for her territorial losses,
if she will consent to withdraw her Opposi-
ton to the consolidation of the minor Ger
man States under the rule of Prussia. But
i is this point which Austria is determined
not to yield, and which may yet lead to the
failure of the armistice. Expulsion from
Germany would naturally appear to Austria
as preliminary to her expulsion from the
number of the great Powers of Europe.
Prussia, flushed with her unparalleled sue
cesses, feels of course but little inclination
to listen in this question to diplomatic coun-
sci, and would greatly prefer to solve the
question by the sword. Russia and the
present administration of England desire,
with France, that Austria remain one Of the
great Powers of Europe, and are reported to
make new efforts to this end.
The cession Of Venetia to France has
caused intense indignation in both Italy and
Prussia. In both countries the idea Of ceding
some territory to France meets with the
unanimous and most determined opposition
of the people, and any actual concession OF
this kind would be the germ Of the most In
tense hostility between these countries and
France
On the whole, the complications in Europe
have, by the latest steps Of the French Gov
ernment again become more serious; but
neither France, nor Italy and Prussia, we
believe, are as eager to rush into a new war
as the latest dispatches from Europe repre-
eanf tbarn IN he