The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-10-17

/ THE FRENCH EMPEROR AND THE FUTURE PEACE OF
! EURoPE.-" Maakof" the New York Times Paris
correspondent writes on the Sth;
| Notwithstanding the many evidences of the emPe
rors desire to maintain peace, there is uneasy feel
ing in regard to war which manfess Itself in many
ways The army, Of course, is responsible for much
or most of the latter for the army thinks that i
France is to change her northern boundry is the
time to do it, before all Germany IS organised under
one head The army thinks, too, that it has played
altogether too small role in late events, and that il
has need of regaining the ground lost.
| But believe, it may be safely predicted that the
emperor intends now to make such demands and open
such negotiations as will enable him to keep the ques
ton open till alter the exhibition, and till his army is
amply provided with improved arms, and then Prussia
will have to accept the propositions made now in y
mild form, fight the most terrible which has yet
been seen on European soil. Tie French army and
people will accept this arrangement and nothing short
of it. There is loud demand for peace, certainly;
there always is i'll every country but in France the
cry for peace only extends those the govern
ment has been making for an idea" When it comes
to the question of the Rhine, there will be fire
in the rear" in France every man, woman and child
will support the war and will subscribe to every loan
the government may demand. The political econo-
mists, the peace men, believe that if France had
her last natural frontier" there would then be
prolonged peace and prosperity never before known
to the country, for the empire would then have no
grave cause of warfare with her neighbors and she
would be so large and well protected that nobody
would dare to attack her.
As regards guns the French government, as | in
formed you several weeks ago have adopted, with
notifications made by the emperor himself, Amer
lean breech-lOading cannon, of which large numbers
have been cast at the government works at Angoeme
under the direction of an American gentleman who
brought the first patent to France The government,
it appears counts largely upon these guns, and when
shall be added tho RpminptnO and 4haSSeOOt
breech-oading musketsif it be true that both these
systems have been adopted-the army will be ready
march without fear of anything less than coali-
ton of all the north Of Europe.
PRUSSIA As MARITIME PowEH.-The first need of
Prussia now is navy Her territorial acquisitions in
the north have opened up before her high prospects
a commercial power and given her opportunities of
distinction and greatness as naval power. But she
has no ships of war and must at once set about OBJ
tanning them in order that she may be able to cope
with France Russia, any of her rivals on the
Her army is such to give her no fear of any
enemy on the land, not even France but her newly
acquired maritime frontier lays her open to damaging
assault by any power possessed of fleet. She begins
the formation of her navy at a most opportune mo-
ment, when she take advantage of all the latest
discoveries in naval science without being put to any
loss trouble of experimentation. For the defence
OF her harbors and coast small feet of monitors and
for offensive warfare few irst-cass clads sail
ing vessels andrams, armed with guns of the largest
calbre and best construction all that Prussia will
require to make hera very respectable naval power
1t reported by the cable short time ago that the
Prussian government had made attempt to pur-
chase from government the Dunderberg, the great
ironclad ram which has just been completed in this
city; but there is no likelihood whatever of gov
ernment disposing of that tremendous engine of war
on any terms. It might be possible, however, for
Prussia to open up negotiations for of our moo
tors which are now laid up. If she fail to procure
them, she get frstclass articles of that any
other kind constructed for her service at American
shipyards, as the governments of Russia and Italy
have done before her Prussia owes so much of her
military success to ingenious military invention in
the shape of needlegun, that she will, doubtless in
forming her navy, show proper appreciation of the
developments in the means of naval warfare.
New York Times.