The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-26
LORD DERBY's SPEECH.
Prudence of tho Premier In View Of y,-t
Preparations for War.


Preparations for War.
From the London Times Nov. i2I
Whatever fault Lord Dsrby's opponents may Ind with
his Guidhan speech other points, they VIII
able 70 charge him with indscretnn the subject OF
European politics. II was hardly possible for tho min
ister 10 say h,ss ba Aovdy scfc, psrhap %
There has been the cont nent no obsery cd there
Is nov peace He waa not chilled upon 10 give his
az 10 the merits Of the quarrel, or a. 10 it, possible
ing out any hints TO the probability u future
disturbances, or In expressing conudencs 70
the PROSPECTS OF permanent tranquility. Thu
head Of Cabinet can hardly incur blanc for
any excess Of ouch topics II may n1t De
convenient for him % tell what be knows or % dsugc
wha, no Is about to do yet nobody viii aiye him redt
for saying What he merely thinks, for every word
Primo Minister utters should DO founded on certiu in
formation and reveal an express purpose. Evefy letter
from him IL considered notc, every speech i pro.
grammo But had tho Prc1nier's Official poshon
allowed hls inclination prompted him 10 30 com
mnntravc u II dlncu 10 how tho explanations he
might chose u give OF the present stale Of ail
Euope could b, made satisfactory either the nad,.
20 which his word, addressed, ~ the Roi
Tor which they might be- intended.
Tho immediate results OF the late war and peace
we learn from tho Emperor Napoleon, nave hecn -
break UP old alliances and Isolate every kurppean
community. The Invasion OF Denmark had ALREADY
srbk a. hs bosis NJ public r,oraiiiy Tho qunfral boz
tween Prussia and ura has overihrosn all barriers of
International las. There 10 longer any such ,hug
police Ia Europe The world gr,lf oyster for ne
spod p opc' Ambition knows no bounds saye 10 tho
extent 81 ~ power Every mans haHi u rassd agr MT
erry s, bat luckily the necessity for deicnce psra
Yves tho cagernesa for attack. Every ono Is on bis
gunni, and order rests On mutual fear and
snsr'clon Ia such q state Of things moth
Tor iraah cofah nations. Every day We have
rep0rS ~ Inoasrous alliances. 0ns rubber
haa been played thsn "a 10 shuttle
ihr and cit ror new partners. We hardly know,
iudeed from What quarter the formidable danger
threatens !, hard TO decide whether Won Bismarck
or on Bcuat IL most bent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Il Ia
Prlssia that ai'us ~ new conquests, Ausiria that
strives u repair hor former osses For the whole Of
last week entertained with revelations of Russo
Prursian rlola an Tho Fast Nugsis and Prussia
TO hsr thafnoelves 10 Turkey end Austria In the
North they esro u share the three scsndinagiTn
KIN dums and the Baltic between them. White Prussia
r. thus loiDci ia partnership with Rnsss IA tho Fa
rhe = cqloy bound 70 compact IN the West, ~herc
she IL 20 ~ hslYea with France Ia the spclls q 10
Netherlands and switzerland On tho other hsnd
IL the wolves eager for prey, ihs Iarnbs sho
readiness 10 DO devoured II ws natural and T.
sonaoe Tor Lord Der6y 70 express confident hope
the pac o. Intentions OF Austria aad Italy snow that
By tho ran.isr Of ysueia, burden IN taken from the
ono, aoi long desired province h acquired by tne
ether - indeed to DO expected that they woU,i
"d,rse p,utuaI advantages IN maintaining friendly fr
tlops y But y tho Improvement OF Their inter
nal Affair aud Tue deyeloptnsn 81 their great
and that these two Powers td b.
Won Bsur, " represented ns plnniog great coalition
intended IA bring al the forces only of Austria hot
nso those Of isy ffanoe and tho South German sa,es
Ia couDserect pfussas ascendaucy VA Germany aud 10
lend a hand 20 Polish nationality.
dns bal y tnrop~ arros-d oooins hs ~ssv haif-Fnch
- the pfaspac with which VIE iucesany eptoranrd
by the continental prsss. There u, deabf great
deal thai IL grossly exaggerated pspalv iciory
and egrrgo1'5 absurd n these alarming reports but
there II aso, IA the midst of ALL truth und-n abl~
ana that u enough 10 give REQ 70 the gloomy fore
bpdngA Al Enrup. 10 have only one bnalne4s-
10 The o1icsl organs OF IN. French sossfniueni
have been only too eager IN rndeceiys tho world
,he tax and obicct OF the commission Called to
gsther q inquire into THE condition OF ~.
Imperial army. France II not going ~ dssrn
shA has Intention whatever 10 reduce her land
forces by single rpan. Ar Increase u Tho
reserve, mobilization ~ the National Ggsfd may DC
In contsmplilon but the oor hundred thousand Of hs
standing army deemed TO be rather belos above
tho mark and people must iher for increase
than for reduction In the budget Tue example ~
Frame would leave tie choice for the policy ~ other
Powers, " thss" needed suy stimulus IN their military
preparssiona BIT a.. mania for bls bEttstosrn has
spread 10 oil states large and small Euaas - swelling
ber ranks BY three hundred thousand recruits, Prussia .
organizing -four corps, Auftga u rssnossiinx aud
roformp1 egefywhrTs v.srons ton' ei sys
toms dkcuksed ~, at n killing hssatss 10 t>oe0 ~
>z.iGss irdvgTg ~ Envugs
win ali thls accumulation Of The means ~ desirur.
ton however, and the c0f1tsve srgr, tat sa.nss boz
naturally calculated fo-,cf IL ear, fore
from what quarter the egnsl Tor hg~tuss 10
given The Immense magnitude " tho fofcs- rginz
al sides while u sqgay sEhsatts the real strength
Of them III, reufors every singo Power nnoqlsl -
contest With any ccmbnaiSn that may b. bruuKl, 20
bear against g. Whatever, fr Instance, may be the 49,
a1'gfr iuercse Of the Ffruen army ~ proportion
those of Pgushs, Ausrs and tasNa yu N1W
rernain the same ~ u was al ~" outbreak ~
the lAe Il not tho unprepafrf state " her
army the, psfavzsd French ascsniasoy a. that juno
tafe H. ~ We arc told France has ltts oeeafloH
meditation 10 osefttep her natural bopairse ~ ne
Alps ana tho Fyrouc,s, she viii not hen ef1Itl, ~
think nnd any indacomenf - took fof foot ~
pafsinn ths l.hae "a H. indeed hxriiY possible
40 the real object ~ the Contemplated Increase -
the withdrawal 81 ths Roman ane Maj - ratre9as,
while "a adds ~ The namerrHl strength ~ h4 cray a.
home 1onclistsiv prnrss As mp 'eef n coy w
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