The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-18

to determine the conditions on which they could
come IN.
contradiction OF herself. She and Austria to-
eether made war against Denmark for the two
ouchies. Denmark claimed them as her own;
but Prussia and Austria declared that the rights
OF Denmark had expired that the duchies be-
lonRed now to a German prince, and that the
Scandinavian must give way. On this position
the duchies were taken by force; but now Prus-
sia repudiates all notion that Germany at large
br any German prince has any rights in the mat
ter; declares that the duchies belonged of right
to Denmark, and now belong to the Powers that
tore them from her. She holds to this last view
so tenaoiously that she is even ready to make
war against her late ally simply because that
ally insists that the two Powers did not take the
duchies for themselves, but for Germany. In
our own case, we know very well what turned
the radicals round. To cover and carry out
party games it was necessary to hold opinions
directly antagonistic to those the war was waged
on; ana they faced about without scruple. They
hold that the States are out In order to be con-
slstent with something that they propose for the
iuture not caring to be consistent with the past.
In the same way the Prussian change OF front
indicates political game OF so much future inn
portance that mere consistency is a triHe in COM
parison with it.
This game is to be played on large SCALE
and is altogether the arrangement of the Euro
pean Napoleon and M. Blsmark. The slate
was doubtless made up at Barritz last year.
France few years since desired to extend her
frontier in two directous-tow Italy on the
wishes towards Italy induced the Italian war.
That was a struggle in which France and Italy
fought against Austria to make Sardinia the
one Italian power. The programme of united
Italy oniv stopped short OF VeGetia; and 1t
stopped where II did because if it had gone
further the war would not have been against
Austria merely, but against all Germany. 1t
would have become European; the Republicans
would have been up, and anybody's throne
might have gone down in a day. But stop.
ping where it did, the consideration to France
was made secure. That consideration was the
Italian provinces on her border that she
coveted Her desire in that direction was
gratified.
The object of the war that is now to be made
in Germany is to satisfy the cravings OF France
towards the Rhine just as the Italian war did
her cravings towards Italy. 1t is still France
and another against Austria. The only differ
enCe is that the other Is Prussia instead of Sar-
dinia, and that Prussia is to be mace the one
German power, as Sardinia was the one Italian
| power. The consideration to France is the
| whole left bank of the Rhine. Timid reasoners
| suppose that France ought to hesitate to make
| one great German power, even more than one
| great Italian power; but, having gone so far
| towards making one she must perhaps make the
| other to balance it. 1t should be remembered
also that France aggrandzed by these splendid
| accessons OF territory in both directions, would
| Dave little to fear from either power.
| II this be in reality the arrangement, it mat
| ters not what course Austria may take on the
| chlesWie-Holsteiu question The war agreed
upon will be brought about on that pretext or
some other. Ii seems, indeed to be well under
| stood in Austria that that power can do nothing
to avert the contest, and that giving way on
one point would only cause her to be pushed
on some other She feels that she might as well
| fight where she is as anywhere else.
| The Italian war was stopped at the very point
| necessary in order to secure the objects of It's
| originator; but there Is reason to suppose that
| the greater war to be induced in Germany may
be less controllable. 1t is possible that the
great schemes may at last insure the objects
| of their enemies rather than their own. Venetia
| active; so also will be Turkey and Russia.
! Revolutionary elements will be up wherever
they exist. Hungary will make imperious de
| mands for concessions; and, on the whole, it is
| highly probable that the present year may see
| greater changes made in the map OF Europe
than have been seen since the first Napoleon
| was Emperor.