, 1866-06-26

nealogies are accurate. Four hundred
and fifty years since the province of
Brandenburg fell to the lot Of a member
of the house of Zollern, and the King OF
Prussia is therefore but a scion of the
ancient house of ZolIern. To do him
justice, the young Prussian gentleman
whom the Muldavians and Wallachians
have just made Hospodar does not ap-
pear to lack either the ambition or ener-
gy of his house. He was fortunately
residing, of course by accident, at his cas-
tie on the Danube, when he heard OF
the result Of the vote aL Bucharest.
Long before Europe knew anything par
ticular about him, he took boat, dashed
down the Danube, nearly frightened to
death a Moldavian sentinel by announc-
ing himself as the "Prince of Hohenzol-
lern," and made his triumphal entry into
Bucharest! The United Powers had
hardly time TO telegraph TO Bucharest,
stating that the Prince was not a native,
and therefore could not rule but the
Moldavians are a clever people, and
thought they discovered a means of avoid
ing the difficulty. They voted by univer-
sal acclamation that tho Princes father
was O genuine Roumanian, and that con-
sequently the Prince was a Roumanian
also. They maintain hat a man is de-
cided TO be a native of a country, not by
locality of birth but by blood, and that if
the Prince had been born in Paris, he
was a Roumanian for all that, seeing that
they had made his father one. Upon
this, the Turks and Russians march into
the Principalities in company and if all
the artful heads of Europe had planned
together to create general confusion, they
could not have hit upon a more success
full plot. The event, indeed, betrays
such extraordinary cleverness, that the
cause is unanimously attributed to that
ruler who has been called "the most
astute of mankind"
Modernpoliticianssee m to have laid down
the rule, that strong powers should seize
the territory of the weak if they can. In
England one party Of statesmen believe
that it matters very little who seizes a
country provided it trades. Now, no
body seems to care much who robs the
Grand Turk. England and France once
did go to war to prevent his spoliation,
but that is said to have been a mistake
not likely to be committed again Tho
Rhineland may be happily purchased at
the expense of the Porte, and all the bill
ligerents might be quoted by taking q
slice of the "sick MANS property. Italy
may have Venice, if Austria obtains Wal
lachia Russia may be pacified for sea-
son by obtaining Moldavia and as for
the poor Turk, he must consent to what
ever his trustees order. For the mo-
ment, indeed, he is the ally and faithful
friend Of the Gar, but all the world
knows that Constantinople is the end
and aim of Russian ambition. There is
a little fitness in the plot which indicates
the hand Of a master. If Austria should
object to be driven out of the Duchies,
she may heal her wounded pride by re-
fecting that the Prussian is driven out
of Bucharest. The Roumanians have a
wonderful admiration for Louis Napo-
leon, and we may be assured that they
would never have chosen a hospodar
from the house of Hohenzollern without
first knowing his will.
But the best arranged plans are occa-
sionally spoiled and conference or no
conference, before the summer ends such
a war may blaze through the continent
as the world never read of. The English