, 1866-05-30

the bead Of the army, and Chief Minister, b.
aron Won Beust. Is largely IN the confidence a
u$tcd with the portfolio Of foreign sf1irs ut +
ienua. n
Such Is the stir and excitement Of this week =
hat The attempt on The life Of Bfsmark, Of +
este9 yeu yeachea you % makes oos oaehaif ths
heie that It would have done two :
u three weeks ago. Everything, in fact, Is !
o6t sight Of In view Of war. Yesterday the :
TN on the banks began Tor coin and, what
,lso began on the few storehonses whose salt
,an be bought. This Indispensable article Is
Ill In the hands Of the Government, but, rs 1t
comes rom Ptussian and not from sAxon
mines, the fear Of its eeiDg cut Oft is one
Nhtch occasiuns the greatest dismay among
honsekccpers. SAW the other day 6pecta-
Gle SO entirely unwonted here that one would
know in moment that the public mind Is In
tcnsely excited. It WIS the presence Of men
at the corners Of the streets with newspapers
long stay in Germany have / seen the like.
These men stood like mutes; they spoke
not q word, but whoever wanted to bug went |
to them and bought. Such an Incident as
this shows how QUIET people this Is, how
little inclined to ca.ch the passing news, how |
sion Of the great events Of the time. News |
papers (of au extraordinary poor quality are |
indeed printed and may be found at the news
rooms aud cafes, but that Institution. the
newsboy, with his shrill voice aud his big
bundle Of damp sheets, Is peculiar to the
Paris.
The course Of events has been e1traordina-
rily rapid since I wrote you month nso, and
it may be well to show how they have led.
one to another, In Prussia, Austria and Italy,
the three countries where the interest mainly
centres ut the present time. I need not re-
mind the reader that few weeks ago there
was stealthy Intimacy between Prussia and
Italy, from which no good could be boded by
Austria It IS said That treaty was drawn
up. but its nature has never been communi-
Gated in IN authentic form to the public.
Still 1t is rs plain as possible that both coun-
tries stand pledged to each other to make
simultaneous attack Oh Austria, the former
with the ostensible object Of gaining the
DANISH duchies, the latter with the avowed
purpose Of rescuinS venctia from the cruel
| posscssors to which 1t Is now subject. Di-
| rectlS after Prussia began TO menace Austria
In the spring, the spirit Of Italy asosc, and
the people commenced talking Of the feast.
Ausiria, whose Que sensitive point is her
Italian province. In nll that pertains to
| Italy, Austria Is both blind and mad. She at
once put on stern face and threw o few
thousand men inlo the four great fortEesscs
which We call the Quadri}ate1al. This irrt-
4 tALSu At0l13 ~ ~VA4GN1 LIZA "oAse- 0e~~A-@s :
bolder, her temper more fierce, and
she drew nearer to Prussia, q
a country with which she has but. q single
point in common, opposition to Austria. The
ne2t great step was the making Of = contract
between rrussia and Austria 10 disband the
troops which they had accumulated or the
| common frontier, and to cease NIL further
hostile preparation. This step was made
about three weeks ago, and all looked hope
full and peaceful. But Austria, With her ha.
| hFl+f1 fT TY}
concerns Italy, took her troops away from
her northern boundary Indeed, hut instead O.
t3isbantlinc them, She sent them TO her Italiar
fortrcsses. This needless and senseless ac
filled 1taly's cup to the brirn, aud she pro
eeeaed at once to borrow money and to uF1n
mense loan in London. and she has compelled
her own National Bank to advance her Gov
ernmcnt two hundred and fifty million ltvres
The whole nation Is iM d flame. Garshasd
: will lead tho volunteers. and Il Is said t9a
: banuers. NOT even in, tle war o
1852, was there - such unity am an
. fact that whiting the past~ Eve ycSrs tn
Italian debt has yrownio bo tue largest in Eu
rope in proportion to the population Of IL
country, there Is the utmost rlessness; nobl
women ure rledgiDs their jewels all the Mill
tary ability IS putting itself at the service ofth
, ! King, and ai} the men Of bn.iness are Nnxiou
, Tor war. 1t is tar otherwise here at the north
The Iicn Of trade and manufactures are tre
, mendously in earncst IN their opposition, bu
4 tley can get but partial h"ariuK. A wee
!, | or two a.o the Berlin Chamber OF CommcFc
G carried d petition to the Prussian King, beg
= ginc tor continuance Of peace. The pape
:. was declined, the ynfn monarch not bcsn
J willing to listen to the request Of mere me
hot tempered Minister. and the officers Of 4
;. army, attain such influence over 4 weak an
Il yain-glorious King, that the interests oil trad
:. and manufacturing do not even gain a hea
u ing. But it Is so here, The people have Il
: voice. The King md his ministry make tt
Is pour ont their blood and pay the bills. tt
: crime which tho chief mover IN this event
- committing is one one whose horror can har
= " be oyerstated l Will not lneption his nam
&c II is that base, bad man who has this VEG
IS almost paid the penalty Of his crimes at Il
,c hand Of a revolutionary assassin,
But to come back TO what I was sayfr
y above. As soon ns Prussia saw that Austf
p after removing 4er troops from the Bohcui:
Of frontier was moi sending them quietly to The
great Venetian fortrcsses, she at once hash
-, ! up agaln, resumed her old attitude. and cali
- =. Austria to account for ler proceedings. Il
1t latter replied that she was meditating no {
4 tack on Italy, but that in view Of the excit
as state ct feeling in the Peninsula she b
n.
~ ~ men to the Qnadrilateral, and had mol he
ID tatcd to employ for TINT purpose those viii
o. had been for tue past few weeks stationed
u the Bohemian frontier This laugllage "
az not acceptable to tue Berlin authorities, a
ha the activity which is witnessed now fmme
w ately begun. So flr us the latest stages
y this hist ory nrc concerned, it is evident til
all Austria has done most foolish thing. but
Was Of course no concern Of Prussia what i
might do With her troops, provided she mc
fyvr knf Tf1p N m
~ The action Of Berlin shows conclusiyely tt
no close connection exists between herself q
rs | Florence, else she would have viewed vi
II more unconccrn the transfer Of troops frt
it. the northern to the southern frontier of 4
- tria. The position Of the three countries m
war. She felt unequal to meet Austria 5
al slc.haadcd, hut now that she Is sure Of HI
lot ING Italy as her ally she is as bold rs lii
nj and her inscriptions minister means TO G.
", but tor the formation Of u Pr1,sslau Emp
cd which shall absorb the smaller G
er. MN States and extend from the A
as trian frontier to the Baltic. Austria
III most unwilling 10 make var,
scs she feels that It is unavoidable; She kno
90 that Italy aad Prussia combined are form
I've able enemies, but as Saxony, Wurtembu
nst Hanover and Electoral Hcsse, hnve alvc1
ic, csronsed ler cause, she hopes 10 win nll
al, other smaller German powers, and 50 to
| ny iar the stronger l0rcG. Italy l1s,
course, one single object III view, the gain
To- Of Henctia and the establishment OF absol
I've Italian unity In thc Peninsula. In this ht
ina she may be wise. She feels herself compel
,c,, to support an enormous army as q check
~. ~. Austria, and in this way she has been brou!
ter to the very doors or bankruptcy. The OF
sclr ion OF her Chief statesmen Is that If Vic
yo- Emanuel can gain Fenctia and the fam
10 Quadrilateral. the army eau be reduced +
merely nominal size, and the enormous
:. cnmu'a,ion Of debt BE- paid oh. At pres
al financial ruins looks that beautiful cOun
The in the face. Her condition Is even worse t
for that Of Austria, and tllat has become
bye.word Of Europe.
/ know not what later word may come
Nv you by the Queenstown telegraph of +
lot Sunday evening, for any day may now
Of ness the out treak Of hosii1itles. At the I
the OF this mnti's clnsing, all looks dark
FIR, indeed hopeless. Rismark has inst apnoun
r. from his palace windows, words which so
loe very much like declaration Of war.
pa st:cets arc full Of rumors, the air is fnl
cen dark. o how unuttefabIy sad that one m
ine ambition can do so much evil, and ushe
,n.r such evil days as now seem to be impen'
4". over Germany PASuRG
nu- THE CONGREGATIONAL ASSOC
las IlON.
Closing: Procce cedius<-AddrcsscH on
x. stale of aiae CoEntrY-IRcp0rt
RESOLUTIONS On Secret Societies.
journnlrnt.
correspondence OF the Chicago Tribune.
son OTTAWA, May ., Is