, 1866-06-30
FRANCE AND THE War.
Hapoleota's Letter to Dfouyn .

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The following Is the fal1 text OF the En-
peror Nspoleou's Letter to u. Drpnyn de I
Lhnys.
TEE Tu11nH1s4, June H.
MoSHIECR LE A1s1srKx:-A = time when
The hopes Of PEACE. which the neating OF the
Con6etenee had Led u TO entertatn, appear to
vanish it IS cssensa1 tn exptsiu, By circular
to the foreign Powers, the ileas which my
Government intended to introduces into the |
councils oa Europe. and the conduct which |
i purposes adopting With regard to impend-
forth our policy IN Its real Light |
Il the Conference h.a taken place, you are
1w2Ee that our LANGUAGE vas to be explicit
you were to declare In uy name tlmt rrpn-
dated sny aea Of territorial agc1andissment
Of Europe continued undisturbea- [Seusa-
tlou.I In fact, We could oa1y think o. e1-
tending our Gonttes tn the event Of the ruap
Of Europe becoming modified to- the e1cin-
sive sdsantsGe ot sEEeat Poser snd also in
The event Of bordering provinces demanding,
by votes freely expressed, thciF annexation 10
France tFresh appsub>.**cc-?
SETTING aside those circumstances, I think
Il :nozr wosthy Of cur country to prefer the
inesstmahle Advantage Of keeping on good
| terms with ouF neehiors to mere territorial
seqaisitson-I-"Tres-oi nes-5s<n'T-and re-
| spect their Independence and the1r nation
atty tFreah app1ohataon.l. !. Animated with
these sentiments, and having solely in View
5hs 3. ~ 2
azess words Of coneilsatiou to the interested
/ parties IFresh marks Of adhesiou.} The
understanding established between the nen-
trail Porers Is il stse!f aloas pledge Of ae-
thetS mpartan1y By restricsin: the discus
*ions Of the Conference to pending questions.
To solve them, my opinion was they should
be frankly dealt With, that they shonld be
stripped os the diplonaac yesls tnat mut1e
them, ana feat the ies1tim5f< Tlsaes Of
*oserrf-us and peoples should Be taken into
! ts<n-+l
The conflict which has arisen has thst<
aasess
lhe geoSEapaica auAflou OF Prussia
which Is not yell marked aus-
The wish Of Germany demanding pollti
. | cal reconstruction more In harmony With he1
i general wants ....
. The necessity for Italy to secure her IA
tional ndependenee-
The reutEaI Powers could not possibly har
Dor the design Of medd'tu=. In the Interna
araira OF sotstsn countries nexe1the.ess, th,
! Courts wh,ch hare been parties to The inatsu
: raents constituting the tiesmanic Conteders
ton naa n hs 70 sTsps Z tss sanEs s.
! stats Of shin=s - settled in Europe
desized for the secondary States Of the Con
: federastou more intimate aniou, ; NOR
/ powerful orcanization. more Important ro|
: tapprona1tonls for Pfu:sss more homocxreit
and greater strength tn the north Tor Au:
; rff1- the maintenance OF her Geat position
d | Germany. lSesefa1 voices : :" 1rcs.bie'-'l v
{ should hase Wished. moreover. that AustFt
4 could. tor suitable eoupensotiou. has
= csded Fenetia to 1taly-tN Tres osea fres-oitn'
! -lor II, In concert With Psnsffs and wtthor
: any regard tor the treaty ct 1859, she wsGe
Il war against Denmark IN the nan1e Of II
n | German nationality It appeaEe1 only fatr {
= me that the should acknowlea9e the snu
r principle IN Italy. and complete the iudepe1
Z deuee nk the peniazola- tAqprahattou-I
n Srrh are the fde7s which. In the interest I
:. the Tranquility Of EUROPE, VIC should hal