, 1866-06-07
1nE meg D1N.: EU,kurEAv WAR.

Il I'LL 1W "a. D1N$s t1U KOEEAN WAR;
The last steamer from Europe reports that
England is striving to t,ring about a confer
cuce Of thr Great Powers Tor The purpose Of
restNsning war. But nobody believes that |
she will succeed, because lier endeayors arc
not sincerely supported by france. People
cannot get the Auxcr1r Speech out OF thtir
minds. Let us Iecopitulate the circumstances
1hut led 10 the making Of that speech. On
The I'd ol May, one Of the French Ministers,
N. Eouhet, said in the French Parliament In
Answer to some questions tram the opposition,
that the Government preferred not to discuss
the question Of the impeding war. Two
days afterwards, II. Thiers, the conservative
opposition leader, replied IN a speech that
crtutcd great sensation in Paris. lie dc.
nouuccd Prussia in the bitterext terms. He
declared that the balance Of power in Europe
required that Germany and Italy
should he composed of scpa-
rate and feeble States. lie said
''tbat this intention wns proclaimed at the
peace Of Westphalla in 1G4S, and that it wns
confirmed in The next century BY Frederick
the Great, aud ngaln in this century by the
Congress ut Vienna. But the policy OF Prus-
sia was inEmicai to this intention. It would
found great empire In Central Europe
which would threaten France. France must
therefore protest against tho action OF Prus-
sis, aud must say plainly to Italy that, IL she
attacl the Afafu quo by scixing Venice, aud
were defeated, France would not lift finger
to snve her from Austrian vengeance"
When Louis Napoleon read this speech of
tic leader OF his opponents, he made up his |
mind how TO answer 1t, and to throw a shell !
into the camp Of his enemies. and when 1t ex- |
rloded the pieces would hit only those
who stood in their way. One ofthe cardinal !
points Ia the Vienna treaty Of 1915 Vas, TINT !
the housc Of Bonaparte should bc forever Id
eligible IL eit on the French throne. Another
article Of the treaty disposscs<cd Franco Of
her natural KLINE boundary, and ~rcuched |
t,o.n her The French Netherlands, which she !
lhizcd 50 highly. Now II tl,c stipula.ions Of /
the treaty Of 1915 were TO be enforced they !;
would exclude Louis Napoleon from the !!
thrurc OF France, send him into exile, and
tnrtScr prevent Francc from recovering her
northern boundary Monsieur DoaAparte
Icing in the quiet city Of Auxerre, ,p.octy miles
southwest OF Paris, where csttlc 1air had
tiruwn several thousand French farmers to In
Ficct tut steers and promising calres the
Ainyt,rin t,rl,nl! of the citizens. addressed the
Emperor, and rcnIn4ed him that Auxcrrc had
1ccn intensely dtvotcd TO his uncle, the First
NAPOLEON, ard that IL had enthusiastically
supported nimkc1f, md stood by his house
iruln E.st 10 lost, He told tile Empress {nee
Mascuoiselle Monttjo.) that loyal Auxcrrc
would be nj tbc service OF her son whcu the
time came to find successor for her hus-
band. The OtlcHnists, Bousbons and Ultra
muntane factions were still cheering over
Thiers' tory speech, or wondering what the
Emperor would say or do about 1t. Here Is
the reply he made to II. Th,e1s, which Inns
since been regarded as the keynote to the
Emperor politics:
1NE ENrEEon: TN happy to eee that the re-
n,,n:+ccnccs II Inc fi1.t EmpIc have not BEN et
faced from yoHr memory. be curtain th,. on nv
tce hare Inherited the sentiments OF the head Of
my inm.ls tor 1h' enerEctlc ard patriotic popnla-
tibn- Who supported the Emperor In good If IN |
y Sps III c asst o sss,
cau.r krcs. Hkc .ht rsea, naa}orv Of me F,ench
txsted, IRE Il, uoss s,edt;es eJ lsi5. snatcs so.
13zes # hs s'ny irish to n1se soit tas's Of our
1o's,en s Iotev h:rk y.n e. 'onr .cn,nent;
umorg she labostark pHpnls'lon. Of she towns aul
rurzl dir'1icts tst ind Tie trne Rruius Of Ffaac
With the publication OF these words the
hopes ofpeace ended; the Bourse ,ell PROSTATE;
pauic rosc through all the financial c,rc1es OF
the continent; scores of great firms were
crushed; the Bank of England WIS
shaken smaller banks broke gold has gone
up In fortnight in the United States from
127 to las, Ind thirty 1--we millions OF coin
hls been sent ont Of the country. Who Is
behind speech is Of more consequence than
what Is in It. Any other Frcnchuso
might have made speech declaring that he
detested the treaties OF 1876, aud no one
would have been Influenced by the remark,
But when man utters the sentences who
commands an army Of SOC, 900 soldiers and
the resources Of 7,0oo, 900 Of people, the
case Is materially altered England may offer
her mcdiation for peace Russia may feel In
different whether the Germans fight each
other or not. But the solution OF the
problem lies with the sardonic "nephew OF
his uncle" If he says the Germans may
cut each others throats they will proceed to
do 1t. II he says they must keep the
peace, there will be no fighting. If he
says TO the 1talians, halt they win not cross
the M,ncio. II be gives them wink, the
ball will open. So far as mortal agency e1-
tend, the peace Of Europe is held in the
hands nj nnn Innis Rnnanarts- fnr1nerlv a ra,.