The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-02
The STATE OF EurOpe-War Inevitable and
Imminent.
From The Herald.

HIOW tfte HtIutu'
Our European news by the Persia sounds like
the rumbling of a coming earthquake. The
next intelligence from the Continent may bring
to our ears the clash OF resounding arms" War
and a general shaking-up of empires, kingdoms,
and principalities, from the Rhine to the Black
Sea- are apparently inevitable and imminent.
IL is true that Louis Napoleon is protesseoly Ia
boring in the cause OF peace; but it is manifest
that his purpose is war; and that his game is to
resume his work OF European reconstruction at
the point where it was suspended by the peace
oil VEatranca. Austria so understands it, as we
see, from the concentration OF her two hundred
thousand troops IN Veneta, all upon war foot
ing, and from her energetic preparations ether
wise Tor the defence Of her famous quadrilateral.
With all the arming, the musteIings of men,
the threatenings and blusterings in Austria and
Prussia, as against each other, there Is still
mutual shrinking and reluctance on both SIDES
in view of the ultImatuIn OF the bayonet. Be-
tween German and German, though OF different
creeds and nationalties, there is family
weakness in favor of peace, which would still
prevail but for the Intervention OF a third
party, in regard to which the arming for war is
IN earnest and cannot be mistaken. This third
party is Italy, but Austria, in that stronghold OF
her Quadrilateral, might with less than two
hundred thousand men, defy the regular armies
of Victor Emmanuel and the tree corps of
Garbadi combined, but for the palpable yet
Invisible presence OF fourth party, the master
spirit of the whole imbroglio. This fourth party
instrument for the opening of the ball.
This accounts for the heavy military force, in
full war feather, which Austria has marched
INTO Venetia, while her preparations against
Prussia are of that character which admit of
some delay. In Prussia, 1t appears, peace meet
ings are the order OF the day; that 'the wish for
peace predominates over every other feeling"
and that 1--WE shall soon hear that the people
will not allow themselves to become the helpless
instruments OF despotic annexation policy"
But this popular reaction comes too late. Bis
mark, in pursuance of his arrangements with
Napoleon at BiarritZ last summer, has effected
an understanding with Italy, and Italy, rallied
| TO the fighting point under the prompungs of
| Napoleon, is not disposed to halt for recon-
| sideratlon. Prince Napoleon had returned from
| Italy to Paris with the opinion that sin the
| actual state of affairs Italy cannot avoid going
10 war; even should she be lett alone TO confront
| the enemy" the Prince knowing very well that
| she will not be left alone. From an intelligent
source at Florence we are told that "the gene
| raj impression throughout Italy is that war has
| now become absolutely necessary to the national
existence and that "the alternative is foreign
| war or civil war; winch means that Italy IS
| about to move upon Veneti4 by land and sea.
| Italy, thep, will be the first to open ire, and
| as Napoleon is the backer OF Victor Emanuel,
| whether there is to be peace or war between
| Prusoia and Austria becomes a secondary ques-
| tion. The pTOnC;RC ,dmcatO of Napoleon from
| EuXerIe, with his detestatlon OF the treaties oil
| 1915, was formal notice that they are to be
| OveIthrown End set aside; that Austria Is to be
| tAptlltu lIOm NtulJlu anu JudN ilnpSIAdl ElhuCC
is to be rectored to the lett bank OF the Rhine.
| The expression of sincere desire for peace,
| with certain plausible propositions for an &C
| commodation, on the threshold OF q premedl
| taied war, is an Old NapoleonIc device. Hence
! the movements of the French Emperor towards a
T, peace conference at this crisis we ard as sgni
| lying nothing. There is no remedy for his MeX
| can fGScO but some employment to the armies o
| France nearer home; and through the credulity
| OF Bismark the quarrel between Prussia abd
| Austria over their robbery from Denmark will
| meet the end de7red. As Russia is indifferent
| whether il Is wa- or pe.ce, and as England is
bound to a neutral policy, France stands the
! master OF the situation. The Prince Napoleon's
| return to Paris from Florence we suspect had
tor its object the information of the Emperor o
the day appointed for the Italian army to cross
| the Austrian frontier. With this appeal to the
last resort of kings, there is no divlnlng what OF
| where will be the solution oil the struggle. II
| may he in Vienna, az in 1905, or in Paris, as II
| 1914 or as in 1915. In any event neither the
| political principles nor the commercial interests
| nor the public credit OF the United States viii
suffer any loss from another Napoleonic Euro
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