, 1866-07-06
Tie Uie Cast-Comp1cte Con4ucAt OF
Hanover and Haxony-The AdVau-
au~e thus Gained bF Prussia.
[Erom The Lopdon Times, June 1911


The Tigor Of the Berlin Government has, up
to the present time, had Its reward. In Han
over no eHectual resistance has been made
Indeed, ii would have been impossible for the
army of the little Kingdom 10 stand against
10 sudden and overwhelming an invasion.
The Hsnove1ian Government probably did
not count on 60 prompt vengeance On ttie
part Of Prn1sia, or II would hayc heaitated
before Il entered upon a conflict In which 1t
could have no real assistance from Its allies
It looked Tor mole negotiations, and perhaps
believed that IL might be permitted to assent
high position at Frankfort, If II nbstafncd
from actual hostility to the aSgressor. But
scruple. The Generals had received their or
ders erea before the vote at Frankfort was
taken, and within 1or,T T-eight hours the Han
overian Territory was occupied. The
conquest u now complete. There was vas
It's allies, Il It could and them. The territory
was invaded hoth from the north and from
the side OF Minden. The Hapovetians have
retreated to GottinGen, winch simply means
that they have abandoned the Kingdom, since
Gottingen Is an outlying piece o. territory,
boring State. The ISOLATION aud subjection Of
Hanover are completed by the occupation o'
Uesse CasseI+ Yesterday morning taa Prus-
sian troops occupied the town Of Cassel, the
Elector having retired to Frankfort. The
people Of Electoral Hesse, as represented by
ing to be bound By the decision Of the Frank
fort Diet, and ii Is not impossible that they
will fully cast In their lot with the Berlin
Government. II is perhaps premature to
speculate In such matters, but eTeu tho pro.
ylpcial rivalffes between the Hauovetians aud
Prussians mar not be stropg enough to coun-
teract the powerful forces which are at work
10 produce fusion. Whatever may be the
Issue Of this war, We can not but think the
Northern States of Germany will be welded
together SO closely as almost to demand sim
glc Government.
The chief Interest Of The hour, however,
belongs to the operations In Saxony. There
wc have war on grand scale. The armies
which arc concentrating ia the neighbothood
Of Dresden, nnd which will probably fight q
great battle for the possession Of tho
Saxon Kingdom, are vast in numbers and
spread oyef long line Of country. From
omntz 70 Ptasge a. TopI1tz Is t g,refshes she
}.hold line equally extended slong the North.
cru border Of Saxony aud the frontiers Of
| bohemia With a promptltuue which Is credi-
! table to them. the Prussfans have seized the
Saxon eeplsal. They entered Dresden ycsier.
day, The Sa1ons, who might, one would
day or Two, baye not offered any resistance,
Dor does 1t appear that the Austrjans are ID
teree hevond The frontier. It may be that
Field Marshal Bcnedek has stratcgica1 rea~
sons Tor Eot desiring to stay the advance ot
the enemy. and that be contcmp1ates q can.
paIsn In the hliiy country Of Southern Saxo.
ny. But It may also be TINT the sudden
movement of the Prusslans has taken Their
opponents by surprise, and that neither Sax.
ons nor Austrians were expecting march
on Dresden, However this may be, there can
he no doubt Of the Importance OF what the
Prussians have gained. They have secured
The two important cities Of Dresden aud Leip-
sic, with ali the advantages they can give 10
an army. u Is 20 small Thing fora Genera,
10 transport hostilIues from his own territory
10 that Of his peishbor, so rs In the event pl