The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-23
Waritkc Movements I'm EurOpe-Ominous
Speech OF Napoleon.


Wnritkc Movements in EurOpe-Ominous
speech OF Napoleon.
The speck Of var which few weeks ago
arose from the paltry German quarrel over the
Danish duchies has grown into heavy and
portentous cloud, overshadowing the whole
European Continent From the Bay of Biscay
to the Black Sea there is general mastering
of the nations for war. The news by the Cuba
is positively startling. Thus it appears that
''the whole Prussian army, in great bodies Of
troops, is massed along the frontiers;" that
austria is bringing into the field every man
she can raise, and the whole nation is painting
for war;" that Italy is all ablaze with her pre-
parations for battle; that all the German States
are arming; that rumors were prevalent at
Vienna that Russia had caught the contagion
and was preparing for hand in the expected
struggle, and that even the Sultan had taken
the alarm, and that the army of Turkey was to
be raised to its full strength.
There appeared to be no hopes Of Euro
pean Congress, and no sigTe Of mediation On
the contrary, Napoleon had made ga significant
speech at Auxerre, in which he said he de-
which France was Inundated and raced by
the Holy Alliance. The attitude OF France was.
from recent accounts, that Of perfect freedom
in this existing continental imbroglio. In this
speech at Auxerre, however, Napoleon with
draws the VEIL The treaties of 1916 abolished
the empire of Napoleon the First and wiped
out his boundaries, ira reconstruction of the
-
leon the Third gives the solemn warning that
he detests those treaties It means that out of
the present difficulties between his German and
Italian neighbors he intends comprehensive
abrogation of those treaties of 1915, as the
sacred duty Of the nephew to the imperial
memory of his uncle. 1t is Napoleonic idea,
which means general shaking up once more
by the Emperor Of the Kings and Kaisers Of
Europe It means general European war.
and perhaps another Holy Alliance.
But what are these difficulties which threaten
so imminently this expected embodiment Of
the whole continent? They have grown out Of
that robbers quarrel between Prussia and Aus
Denmark by an unholy alliance, Prussia CLAIMS
the spoils and Austria resents the outrage.
They both proceed to arm for war Young
Italy, impatienily watching for her chance to
pounce upon Vene!ia, believes that the hour il
at hand and proceeds to buckle on her armor,
by land and sea- And here is the danger.
Austria and Prussia, if left TO themselves,
would probably buster and persist in the game
of frightening each other till both would DO
ready for compromise. But the Italians are
in earnest, and from the important fact that
Napoleon no longer restraints them we are free
to infer that they feel sure of his support. His
speech at Auxerre, like his brief New Years
rebuff of 1859 to the Austrian Ambassador,
is tantamount 10 declaration Of war. ~ .,
Mexico, as an equivalent to the House OF
Hapsburg for venetia, has failed. Napoleon has,
therefore, found it necessary and expedient TO
put an end to his dubious diplomacy with Aus
tria. He resumes his original role, where 1t was
suspended at the peace Of villafranca, and
the arming OF Italy is the reopening Of the
drama We apprchend, from Napoleon's
ominous speech, that in the present posture Of
these European complications continental
war can be prevented only by the speedy inter-
position of England and Russia in behalf Of
peace. But as England may prefer the COM
mercial monopolies OF neutral, and as Russia
may prefer a settlement with the "sick man Of
Turkey" the probabilities, as they now appear,
are decidedly in favor of general European
war.