, 1866-08-14
TIE EUROPEAN WAR.
NnpO}eOfa Asks OF Prussia MI Ex-
tension Of The French
Frontier.
What NTnyec lsnA Accomplished fpr
QscrMlnlty.

4 dcrpatch from Lon'lon, dntcd August
ll,ll, says;
"Sarolcon l,as asked from rru.sia Al cxlcnslon \
'So dccl,ion lIae yrt bcen given by rrusr1n 10 |
,hs hssns ae1naaa for IN extension os fson1'sf to
This demand will introduce new coupls-
cation which Will lax all tho ingenuity of
Bls.nark to stsaishtcn ont. Tho 1,llUwIns
article from the leading Dorapartlst journal
was thrown out ns ftclcr or sklr1n!sh llnu q
fortnight before the demand was mndc.
Napoleon may finally compromise With
rrussla by gobbllng Belgium:
nOSArATE PROGRAMME FOR TIE coSdREss.
From 1:OpInion National, OF Pasts, July AS1
The Austro- -pTussinn conflict has raised tho
most grave problems that hnyc heen pr.:sent-
cd since ls15 to the people Of this continent.
The points that arc sooil to bc submitted to
the Cabinets Of Europe are tho following:
An alteration Of the map Of Europe, fun
damental change In the bases upon which
general politics rest, and the establishment
of a new balance Of power We cannot too
subjects. or the fre PARTIES interested, I'VE
speak Of peoples, not dynasties,) four would
receive from onr solution of the trouble all
the satisfaction they need. One alone-Aus-
trfu-wou1d hate merely to pay the expenses
of the var, and, out Of her thlTty.six NIL
would lose but two millions seven
hundred thousand Venetians and TyEo1-
ese4 The programme to be fol-
| lowed in order 10 attain such IN end
To gather, under the direction Of Prussia, all
the Protestant people Of the north Of Ger
many, whose centre Of attraction rests in
Berlin, and whose outlets are on tho Baltic
| Sccond-To establish the complete iudcpen-
}.dence Of the Suabians {Wurtcmbur.e, Baden
| and Ror-o rf1A rrHn IN d 1r1~ty tyrsat Jn1fne1ty
arc Catholics, exposed to- Prussia. and pay
take in high degree Of Ga!Io-K Roman Gle
ments- ThiTd--To exclude Austria from any
hand in the affairs Of Germany because she Is
but one sixth German, thus putting an eud
to dangerous rivalry and giving full liberty
for expansion TO the genius Of tic Germanic
race, which hns always been paIalTzed by
tho house Of Austria Fourth-To restore
Trcntino- Fiah-1o gise France just COM.
ptnstaion that Il dut der. Let rs suppose
that these five. points be adopted BY
the Congress which cannot fail to- be
convened after the warz It Is perfect.
II clear that Europe thus transformed
she has been at my period OF her history
! | Prussia, raised to the rank Of great power
and having at her disposal large navy.
| would have accomplished for the benefit q
vantage in the plans laid down By her politi:
| cal tradition. The Suabian countries, freed
from all Federal ties, would be allowed tc
| rcaceably follow the lead Of their own inter.
ests without being, as heretofo5s, held n s 19x
a zerlaud might no longer fear the inroads o
!. Germaulsu, which has ever foolish1y drealncf
: of extending itself from the Baltic to th'
E Lake OF Geneva, and Of absorbing Alsace
: Lorraine, Flanders and the netherlands
l Italy would be appeased aud France, reloic
{ Ing at being raised from the humiliation cas
! uIipn her il 1915, wonld have no other au1
u h{tiou than that Of deyotins herself to tn
e productive labors Of the intellect and Of IN
: stiIl another result would be obtained, an'
9 who will deny Its yast imPortance: Russia
which has so strong q hold upon Germany
q would Immediately lose all the ground It ha
succeeded in gaining through intrigue an
mafrsaze connections: Prussia ~ Tould ala nav oas
Of Czarfzm. Snabta' strength would depen
upon Western Europe. Even Austria, In,
ine become almost exclusively Magyar nm
= Sclare, could look upon St. Petersburg bt
Us the headquarters Of an insatiablc amn
lie ton, bent upon the absorption Of al IL
Of Sclare counties and, nll cause Of rivaly Ia
q. ing disappeared between France and &c
s. many, both nations might lean upon car
9, Other with entire confidence. Their respec
atssss snS w9aS %estesa ao
I tfsa,'e tsst is 'ex duo ol' 70 France eon,titat
y enc Of the essential clements IN ~
y. work OF reorganization For. to nal
Il any settlement whatever, without cur pa
y tIclpation III its advantages, or TO make o.
;o- against our interests, is the same thing as
10 Build upon o sandy bottom and this 1nu
In not bc forgotten. For France ts ueith
~ ~ calone, or IS she ambitions, but she loF
an Justice 20 much that she viii require It TO-
10 exercised towards hessclE It becomes
d. to maintain the position which she occupl
e. ia tho world, and If It plcascs our nclghbe
= | to nlter the map Of Europe VIC pretend q
es9 ns It must not be dbne 10 oMf detrlnent. II
~ general interests Of Europe require NOR
10 That our nation should keep her 1as ato
on and Germany, above all others. should und
lhe stand this. JUDGED. to whom hare We +,
70, dcrrd greatcr services, au1 who has mt
~, =. to expect from us than Germany. ]
nj though It IL an iucontestiblc
sls. that present civilization Is the result
bel tho common lnbor Of MI nations, still
ail- cannot DO denied that Franco haA III
~; ~. In this arluous work, lnrgc1y prnpondcI
ect act inC share for sho rut her shoulder 70
sro wheel With decisive vlgor, and gasc y
ost; to the progress which now carries ~ a!o'
we Fraucc clyilIxcd The Suablnn nations, aottl
tho them over wlth her colonies during what
70, TERMED thr Gallo Roman period FOLLOW
Eso !:s the guide Of that great Emperor VINO
~: born on Tho banks Of the Seine, C4arlemaS
';Sc aho transformed the whole Of Gesma