, 1866-09-07

in possession of the dreaded Quadrilateral,
and of beautiful Venice, which the most
sanguine, when this year dawned, dreamt
not of obtaining, save at some vague and
remote future date, they will forget past
mishaps and rejoice exceedingly. 1t is
to be hoped Austria will not refuse to
cede or sell to them that part of the Tyrol
here considered indispensable 10 the safe
possession of which will greatly tend to a
good understanding hereafter. The feel
ing of security will promote a disposition
to amity. To the west the Italians have
got into the habit of considering the
Isonzo their natural frontier-those, [
mean, who did not reckon on getting Istria
and there will be much discomfort if
they do not obtain that boundary, but at
Vienna evidently a different view is taken,
and on reference to maps | find that the
river in question did not form the exact
limit, although the difference is not great.
The rlghtful claim of Italy, according to
the stipulation made by Prussia, and
which the latter Power, as we Yesterday
learnt from Berlin, has just notified to
Vienna that she intends to maintain, is 10
the whole OF Venetia, or, in other words,
to all that remained in Austrian posses
sion of the acknowledgements kingdom
when this war began, Now the province
Of Udlne was just as MUCH a part of that
kingdom as the provinces of Verona and
Padua, and the Austrian diplomatists may
safely be defied to prove the contrary.
There may be disputes on smaller mat
tiers, and Austria is such a singuIarly
shortsighted Power that she is quite ca
pable of incurriog future complications
aud wars for the sake of strips of terrific
ny nearly worthless to her, aud SO TO per-
petuate agitation againsther and hatred of
her in a country of which she might
otherwise make a friend. Consideration
Tor her own Interests should make her
generous and compliant with Italy. She
should frankly acknowledge Victor EN-
manuel as King of Italy and enter into
treaties of amity and commerce. Prince
Humbert might marry an Austrian Prin-
cess, and the two countries might get on
very we'll together, and promote each
others interests in various ways. Bat
this is too much to expect from a Govern
ment which never does anything sensible
until it is too late to be of use. And in
AO"iJ - thuoC NC OWuCu IudC at tnlS mo-
ment there is a most unfriendIy feeling
towards the Austrians, whom one daily
sees accused in the papers of all manner
OF inIquiIies. The Italians are naturally
angry with them for having beaten them.
aud for refusing to yield all they desire !;
they are angry with Prussia for not being
better than her promises; they have for
some time been in a bad humour with
France, both her people and her Empe-
ror, and they are now indignant at the
latter for not having better backed them
up in the matter of the Armistice. There
are some persons here who actually ina
gIned that France would aid them with
her armies against Austria an order that
arrived two nights ago at the Miian,sta-
ton to send 800 railway trucks and 200
carriages in all haste to Turin caused
quite a sensation, and the report arose
that The French were coming down the
Gents. AS far as the news has spread in
Italy of the dawning probability Of a DIFF
ficulty between France and Prussia in
consequence of unfounded and unreason-
able demands preferred by the French
Emperor, it will have excited the strong
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