The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-14
THE GERMAN WAR QUESTION.
The Difficulties that Besct Congress
Smuu Chance of Preventing War.
rTrom the Paris Steele, May 25.l

rE'rom the Paris Steele, May 25.l
When tho Conference shall ut last have met, when we
eall have PASSED through all the phases OF TINS inter
minabIe procedure every picnipo,ent,ry will refer TO
his Government il the slightest accident,if an nnek,
pected iutrrprrtaton pretcnsion should happen TO
arise. During that time. what will como to pass LAS
diplomacy which with sG a
OF sprcasing ermcntations and international hate' VIII
train OF Sder aud provoking general conagration
Italy ontre is up quivering with impotence armed
the powerful voice thnt shall say to these angry waves,
"Thus tar shalt thou CO. and no further! Tho dipo'
journal. which speak Of the length OF diplomatic pro.
ceedings does not to consider the desperate and
Prussia and Italy. These l,5OO,OUO armed men wno
only await signal to preciptate themselves on tho
the savings of twenty States. All business is sus-
rsstS every ali pi"ts At the %
tho moment that these great disputes, like SO
over our heads it is not too much to estimate at two
thousand niliione OF francs the expenses and dam
Germany. Austria Prussia and Italy. than heen
millions are thrown into an abyss from which they
cannot by any possibility ever return. The vital
forces each nation paralyzed the youngest and
most vigorous arms torn from tho plow and tho
worksh 'p unproductive; and you speak. for
sooth of diplomatic proceedings, and You find it will
be no esnry to mount to tho Capitol and thank
the gods it, about the 10th of June the members of the
Conference meetl But immediate would be
hundred times betr than these sad and painful nego
peace! Conference should met-these Cabinet
courers should have passed along the highways the day
wicked acou. fell together on Denmark-two giants
against infant-to snatch from her tho prey which
to-day they are quarreling over. Tho accomplishment
OF that crime should have been prevented. But tho
most inquitous preensions. the most subversive
btons were allowed iree scope and tho world is now
astonished at the reaping what It sowed To accuse
1tay-to reproash her with tho faults which she may
commit In tho sta of cxataton which she has reached
is W But i ly HpSs in nr 70
baptismal fount, and for first prin iple and first
dogm,, old she not teach her That sbo ought to DO
o Ap' ss on n
on Osea yon will never persuade Italy that she is
GsgaDs such an 10 The aren
Hyy of that people, only yesterday born to national
nate when it undertakes to concate Prussia and Aus
triaP No! vain words will not suffice in the dangers OF
All in Europe suffer under one same ovl-the great
1n9uity committed in 1876 which mounts to the heart
with impuny the vanquished not Inundated with
out day of reckoning. simple conference does not
haps repair 1885, sovereign aud crying injustice
Of But let not deceive ourselves; this repara-
ncaly' be certain that war will give 1t at any price.
Austria and Prussia.
tF'ron, the London Times May 2s.1
1t should not hs forgotten at this crisis of affairs that
tho quarrel which has called million OF to arms
and threatens to envelope half Europe ames is es
sentiay and originally nothing but private quarrel
tween two membe.s of great State respecting a
question of internal policy. war between Austria
and Prussia would be something more than ci, war
1t would be like between Ohio and Illinois III con-
tempt Of the supreme Government at Washington. Un
fortunately, the supreme Government OF Germany is
not strong ugh to enforce its authority against two
sucl rful I,tes Austria and Prussia
htical rights according to the theory of the Cor
manic Constitution, are, nevertheless, incontestible
II the Germanic Consultation worked properly and Of
feotually, there would be for any collision
between Prussia and Aua:ria, or, indeed, for auy
overt rnrturn the ouastton of 6chieswig Hof-
stein That quesu N ts simply question Of success
sion In the Duchies, and, SUCH devolves directly
and necessarily on the Bund Federal Congress for
decision. Moreover # Austria attack Prussia
or Prussia attack Austria, pending this decision
aRgres sion would expose the attacking State coercion
and punishment at the hands Of the Federal forces All
Germany is bound to keep the peace within its own
territories and oil the armies of all it's States under
Obligation to insure this result. The Emperor of Aus
tria and the King Of Prussia Just liable control
as was the King OF Denmark in his character of
Duke Of Holstein. The only difference between the
two cases is that the Bund strong enough to
one Of them, and 10 not strong enough to in the
other Denmark was weak, and could be coerced. Aus
tria and Prussia powerul and 1t s not 80 easy to
deal with them Nevertheless both the theory and
the right notorious they possibly furnish
means OF from the present difficulty facilIta-
ting those ssions which must necessarily be made
If peace Is to DO maintained Austria could not easily
give way to Prussia Prussia to Austria but both
might defer to the Bund. Our latest intelligence from
Berlin represents this event less improbable than
formerly.
he Exyfv v,rnf T., II