The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-21
AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.

The situation Growing CritieaI-Des-
patch Of a PersmptOry NOteI by Prus-
sta-Austrial Must Either Tight or Yield.
From the london Otol, Marchs.
German crisis is imminent The Prussian
Government has despatched to Vienna a sum-
mons in respect TO Holstein which Is rs peremp.
tory in its tone as ite demands. Bismark is
ready to face war and its consequences.
Austria mast at once take no the gauntlet or
yield to the pretensions of Prussia IN q some
what ignominiOus manner.
From the London Standard, March 9.
A cIlsis is approaching in the relations be-
tween the two great German Powers from
which there are but two issues-war between
the condomini of the Elbe duchies or another
surrender on the part of Austria. The Prussian
Government has used the power given 1t by the
Gastem Convention to make schleswig prac-
tically its own. IL now wants to finish with the
matter, and formally annex Holstein and
Sohlesvig. But this project meets with stub
born resistance from Austria. The Austrian
Government has no particular views OF its own
with regard to the duches. 1t would like TO
dispose of them in some way by which it could
at the same time turn an honest penny,
increase its popularity in Germany, and
balk Prussia. But it does not see how to
attain this grand result, and all 1t can do is to
offer as much opposition as possible TO the Prus.
sian projects, partly IN the hope of defeating
them, partly with the idea OF compelling Prus
sia TO pay higher price for its ultimate COM
pliance, II compliance should be found neees-
sarY. The Prussian Government evidently means
TO risk war, If only war will bring Austria to
reason. Count Won Bismark has cleared his
decks for action. He has got rid of his Parlia-
ment. He has assured himself, or at least he
iancies he has assured himself, OF the neutrality
of France and Russia. He has money enough
in the treasury. He has good provision of all
necessary stores, and, thanks TO the reorganiza-
tion, he has a large army Immediately available
to whom he could offer no more welcome oppo-
nents than. the Ausrians. He is in better
position 10 deal with Austria than he was last
summer, when he eXtorted LauenbuTg from her
by an Hltimatum. the question is, what Will
Austria doY Will she YIELD as she did last sum-
mer, or will she fight There can be no doubt
what the Emperor and his Court would like to
do. The Gasten Convention was bitter humilia-
ton to them, and the effort begun soon after to
regain Hungary was dictated in no small part by
the desire to restore the strength of the empire,
so as to enable 1t TO resent the arrogance
OF Prussia. But good as the will OF the Emperor
TO h2ht may be, great as are the resources of
Austria, can any one believe that the Emperor
is at this moment In position to risk war with
Prussia, and above all to risk it for so small O
mattery The battle would have to be fought
now against much heavier odds than it would
have been last summer. We do not apprehend
any disturbance OF the peace of Europe, because
We cannot believe that Austria will risk war, and
the next phase of the Schleswlg- Holsten ques-
ton will therefore, we are convinced, be the
practical commencement of Prussian rule over
both duchies.