, 1866-12-06
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Correspondents OF the Chicago 1sibane.l
LONDON. November II, 1876.
The ncws. which came by the Atlantic ca
bic yesterday, Of the departure Of Maxi.
milan for Vera Cruz, makes 1t doubtful
whether he or the Pope of Rome will be the
next discEowncd monarch to be added to the
long list Of those who have already fAllen
from their high estate. There is no longer
any doubt that the Convention Of September
will be executed in all its integrity by the
French Government. Tho orders, indeed,
for the evacuation Of Rome have been re-
ccived By the Imperial Generals, and will be
put IN execution on The 25th Instant. There
arc some persons who hold that, with the
Pope, the cornerstone of society will be
moved out Of It's place, aud this Is an idea
which is not confined merely to Cath olIcs.
It Is to be found cropping up In places where
IL might least Of all DC expected. For In.
stance, n. Mtres, the Jewish dnnnclor, and
proprietor of the Paris T'resse, says that
"thc Pope's temporal power is the last ram
part Of modern society,"" This Is not new
idea, In the middle ages book was pub
lishcd under the title, "De Aureri5iliiate
1,apo," In which the author proved that
If the Pope was removed European
society would be split into nationaiities
and sccts, and that the disintccrating
process would go on till ,lnfdelity, atheism,
sccpticism, and at last Dihilfsm, became the
creed Of man. a vague fear OF the same
kind possesses many minds now, as may be
seen by the language of n. Mi1es. When
Jew holds such an opinion, you may Imagine
what the opinion Of tervent Catholics Is. a
very eloquent writer in France, II. Lauren
tie, hns just published pamphlet in which
he recommends league Of the existing
soyereigus Of Europe with the Popo at Its
bead, Us the only means OF resisting the
food "f revolution which is everywhere
breaking down the old traditions and princl-
pies. Near as We are to the time%he1 SUMO
decision must be taken, no ono appears to
know what COURSE the Pope viii adopt
whether he will accept to remain as Bishop
Of Rune under Victor f manuel, or wheth-
cr hc will leave, In order, as he says, to be
tre 10 issue his pastoral DEGREES to the
world.
a very foolish story has been eoiuc tho
rounds Of the papers. that Mr.. Gladstone,
who was recently In the Eternal CITY. offered
tic lnpc an asylum In Malta, and It was so
put as though the British Government would
be anxious 10 have him under Its protection.
! Eave 10 doubt the real truth Is this,
that It was inlimatel to his uoliuess
that If he iouud 1t inconsistent With his div
nifty to remain iu Rome, and Chusc to select
Malta rs his residence, our Goycrnrnet,t
would omit nothing to make that Island as
agreeable q retreat as possible. This was d
mere act of courtesy, while at the same time
it was one thu. would have good effect Oh
the Catholic subjects Of the Queen, cspeci-
ally IN the Irish Catholics, whom it is the
earnest wish of the Government to keen at
present IN good humor. Whatever may be
the effect Of the Pope's tltch-aaee, the indllF.
crcnce Will, which it Is regarded by states
mcn and people Ii one OF the most Significant
facts of the age in which we live.
That stormy times arc nhead-aud have
no doubt that when they conc it will be ut.
tsibu,ed as manifestation Of the Divine
one who watches the signs can for a mo.
mcnt doubt. at the present moment the
most important subject for cousiIcration
with every Government of Europe, Is how
t!e> can best Increase the effective strength
oftheir armies. The report Of the recruiting
commission which our Government
appointed to consider the matter has
appeared, and is anything
bur satisfactory. Amongst Its rccomueula-
tions are m increase Of 4 quarter of q pound
of meat per day 70. the soldier, IN addition
Of two pence per day to the soldiers pay
mcndations Of equal efficacy. Dnt the com
mission docs moi touch lie root Of tho Evil
the oristncrotit. rI,3rnctcr ~ ,hc n-,nr ~ =
amy, even more than the churcb' Used tn hc
one Of the ricl, pasture grounds for : t11e he
Gpmeen % shoc ts put Inc
TEN, and the battle of Sadowa cnnnlctc,r
annililatcd it. Battles arc no 1onrer to 10
won by a dcmoralizcd and decradcd rank
and tllc, olllccred by ricl ana nrivilcrca
tu.fe, 70 win fntnYa hattIes men m,st hc
men. They must be animated by n tliffSrcnt % ut
~~,3,tA
which they lrht. Witlout rcsortin,~ tt, r.. n.
scription, or 70 the Prusaian land wrhr sys.
tenn, do not know where men arc to be cot.
It is better to be q laborer than soldier as
soldiers are now treated and regarded. and
besides. as the Etamintr says, :Scum IS run
ate SO fallen short of lie requirements that
may be de1nandcd 10 the struurtc. that
every one furesecs that it Is promised to re-
cruit The British army from The sikhs Of the
Punjaub, and though that proposition does
not at present flnd much favor, / should not
In the Hyde Park 5arracks. Fraucc Is cYcn
u,ore anxious 10 be armed eap, a.uie tian
England. and her Emperor, NarshnIs and
GciIc1 ais arc in Ihc throes Of 4 rrcat mjlitarv
firth. An army Of 100 600 vas not enough,
Austria and Russia are following SUIT.
The result Of ull this will be that instead
Of an ar1ned peace maintained, as before the
hattie Of Sadown, hy !. .0Ou, 900 OF armed men.
VIC shall have m armed peace maintained
by 7,tOO, 600 or 100000. This Is really what
We arc coming to. Perhaps it might be en-.
dured II It secured peace But will it havo
this result: The military system Of Prussia.
"sgan12td, 1t was suid ioF defence, oycrthrew
q system urGaulzed In the most approved
manner, as 1t was supposed, for offensive
and defensive war, and when the Prussiau
system shall hnvc made tho tour Of Euro ,pe,
hc assuFed. We shall not be the nearer to
TrnNN 5s al 1t4o4 de-
CLAIMED In The ofdcious Constitutional that
in country situated US Frnncc is her dc.
.tHcr must consist principally in offensive
operations. for success seems to be reserved
in the future for the Nation that can strike
the first blow" This reminds one Of Louis
about to attack Austria, chit quick and
bard Europe ts farther thun ever from
Iaat peace Which she hopes and longs Tor.
Inc Iii .le nations arc cndeAvDrlnE 10 initiate
tue great ones. Belgium is thinking OF in
etehsins her army aud OF erecting q Quadri-
q such step and regards the proposition Us
o1ctnlea " irussla. Bclssum, thus armed
anu rIotectca, would bc "a swor.}," say the
rlcncn, INC ll'lt OF which would be turned
Io"afds fr1ss1a and the point towards
tEauGc." repeat what I said before tha t
perhaps closed before the full effects Of the
recent war and tile new state Of things which
it has created in Europe can be seen In their
entire magnitude.
That Exhibition will be wonder and A
curiosity in its way. But amongst the novel
lies 10 6e exhibited, I doubt i there viii be
anything eo novel as the idea "of giving
prizes to persons, localities, or establishments
which, by special organization or srcc;al
institutions, have developed spirit or lar
lnony anlorg all those cooperating in the
terial, mornis and inteliec;uai vcI.rrIna iii T a .,
the workman" A suggestion OF this E;n]
was thrown out at the intcnuational N:nrt.
irsmcn's Congress at Geneya. and the En-.
1,eror Napoleon seems 10 have ca,1rht a. it E,r
there ate ten nrizcs o, E4OO aull or of eI ts11
10 be distributed amongst thuse who have
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