The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-21

Tho Recall 81 Drsuys do Lhsys- sosthsra
Esrepe Against the Northern Powers.
II is reported in Paris that M. Drouyn de
Lhuys, recently displaced from the Ministry. Ia
to be recalled, and will again have the port
folio Of Foreign Affairs. This fact-if it shall
prove that the statement is true-will tend to
confirm all that has been heard of the dan
gerous complications Of European diplomacy
that have occurred since the close Of the war.
1t was very broadly stated in the summer that
the Emperor had arranged his scheme with
Prussia over the head of Drouyn de Lhuys, and
that the Minister and the sovereign were at
direct and even stormy issue as to what the
role of France should be in the premises The
Emperor may very possibly now be convinced
that his able and experienced Minister saw the
case more clearly than he himself did. He
may feel that he has been out-played in the
great political game of the erection Of Prussia
into first class Power, and, under the iaflu-
ence Of that impression, naturally turns to the
astute adviser who warned him Of the cOnse-
quences from the first. II the recall Of the
Minister has any such starting point az this,
we may expect to see, under the joint influence
Of de Lhuys in France and Won Beust in Aus
tria-the two great opponents Of Bismarck and
the Prussian policy--the initiation of very
earnest and practical Franco-Austrian alliance
and attempt to recover the ground lost.
M. Drouyn de Lhuys is perhaps the man who
can be relied upon to make the most of the
game against the Northern alliance. The Con-
q hnr md
knowing best how to avoid it, he may yct
easily enough make Rome the price Of Italian
compliance with French plans. There are sew
eral escapes from the binding force of the con-
vention, and he had his thoughts upon one Of
these long ago, when he informed the Italian
government that in case after the agreement
had once been actually carried out by France
and Italy the Holy Father should not be
able to sustain himself, for such an event
France reserved her "liberty OF action"
That is, France would take away her troops in
1866 because Of her promise, but nothing
should prevent her sending them bsok in 1867
if she saw Fl. Here is the price of another
ally against the North, an ally OF the Latin
race. And the consolidated kingdom of tho
Iberian Peninsula will furnish another Tho
Portuguese press has been refractory on the
subject of the union Of the Iberian Kingdoms.
They have declared that Portugal did not desire
such an event, and had no ideas Of selfsggran-
dizement or thoughts inimical to Spain. just
now M. Montholon, some time the Emperor's
representative in the important mission near
this government, has been sent to Lisbon. Evi-
IDENTIFY, then, the Lusatian capital has becomes
place as important % Washington was during
our great war and while the scheme Of Mexi-
can empire was in full bloom. United France,
Italy, Spain and Portugal, with Aua!sis. vii!
be a fair balance to the Russo-P russian ALL
ance, and the Emperor will even have reason
to thank Prussia if the plans of that turbulent
Power should help to a happy conclusion his
pet idea of coalescing the Latin races