The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-27

Napoleon, "Irance will continue to observe an
attentive neutrality. Confident in her rights and
calm in her strength" In other words, Napo-
leon will now watch his opportunity for throw
iue his sworo INTO tue scale OF the war IN order
to turn It in bis own favor and to carry out his
schemes. II Is evident too, that in war be.
tween Austria on the one side. and Prussia ana
Italy on the other, the conteniing powers would
be so equally matched that the intervention OF
France would speedily bring affairs to settle
ment as France might be pleased TO dictate.
Thus lar, then, Bsmark has served the pur-
poses of Napoleou admirably, for he has appa-
rently turned over the game into the EmPeror's
hands.
But Il seems that he has been ignoring Russia
ali this time and that, Just everything appears
to be in the best possible train for grand dash
by France, Russia the giant of the North stalks
in upon the stage, and like the backwoodsman
at the Kentucky barbecue, while stripping tor
action, asks if this is a tree fghtY Our Vienna
correspondent, in his letter of the 7th instant,
thus defines the attitude OF Russia. He says
that she has "already hundred thousand
troops on the Austrian frontier" ready to assist
Austria if wanted; that it is understood in
Vienna that secret treaty exists between the
two powers, and that, therefore, 'the map of
Europe may yet be changed, not as Napoleon
and Blsmark and La Marmora would have 1t,
but under the pencils OF Gortschakot and Mems
dorff;' and that such an alliance may be looked
Tor in the war, because ''1t would secure the
Danubian Principalities to Russia, and prepare
the way tor her march TO the Bosphorus."
In the game OF Napoleon these DaDubian Prin-
cipa ties are to be the equivalent to Austria for
the surrender OF Venetia but Austria is more
powerfully drawn TO an alliance with her next
door neighbor and old friend, Russia, and will
prefer, we guess, Venetia, the good fat bird in
tie hand, to the two doubtful ducks in the
bush-those Danuhian Prncipalties.
Thus the splendid continental game of NRpo-
leon, as il appears, is blocked at the outset If
he Will only remain neutral, Russia may, per-
haps, resting upon her arms, be content to look
on. But then the conflict of Italy and Prussia
against Austria may result in nothing but the
exhaustion and bankruptcy of all concerned.
And then, from the pressure of poverty and in
creased taxation, the people, from the Rhine to
the Danube, may spoil the calculations OF kings
and kaisers In a sweeping revolution. On The
other hand, should Napoleon yield 10 the tempta-
tion 70 advance to the relief Of Italy, Russia may
come down from the opposite side with swarm
OF ossacks as destructive to the peninsula as
cloud OF locusts and as rulnous to Victor
Emanuel and Napoleon.
We say rulnous, because with Russia in the
coalition against France, Engl land will step In
to repeat against the nephew the war of the
Holy Alliance against the uncle, and for the
same reasons-that these Bonapartes are inter
lopers and disturbers of the peace of Europe,
and must lie put down. Russia, England,
Austria, and Prussia we're the parties that
enforced upon France those treaties OF 1916 so
detesteo by Napoleon. but we apprehend that
in detaching Prussia from this Holy Alliance,
he has not done enough to destroy it, nor
enough to secure himself against the fate of
Napoleon the First III attempting the same game
OF reconstructing and paIcelling out the boun-
diaries and territories OF his neighbors. In fact,
the gathering of the armies of Russia on the
Austrian frontier is a movement which is full of
warnings and dangers to France under Napo-
leon the Third