Smyrna times., 1866-07-04
The European War

wbiob - : use cah De assigned for the wa
nratn1+ nus I', JuSC 3urst upon Europe. but tn
ver1 "pon "uich Prussia and Austria FIGHT !
very simple matter. BY the defeat of 1o non !,
I ndTk Wh0m England encouraged to 90 70 U.i yUnl
anu Iheh deserted, the two great Gpr1So,' ,o,r w"
lS became In 1864 Joint noSsnssors of tI'
Io" vi 0chleswlg, HOlstein, and Lauenhnra
less than year afterwarf. Anstr;a UoId III L
LlShtS IN Lauenburg for ., 500 600 tbaIorS az. a,o
~ the convention of Gastien if ras a,,ranG I'',G
th" hi". tle lolht occupation should Terminals
St";', IA IA Should take possession of Hol
ri; Sto, any russia OF Schlcswig This was one
Step III the negotiation by which pr,,yS;a ~.
pected ultimately to become ma.+nr "f'l ~ cH
e che DuchleS, but beyond this point Austria va
IIsee 10 go, and rejected every proposition far
! Ine 1hal ceSSlon Of her rights to UoI.to;n ~,
province OF little value to Austria. but Of oroot
Value TO Prussia on account of it's nrarness TO
| 4er frontiers, and Of its seaport. kiel Astbo
diplomacy OF Prussia grew more and moro nv
gent Austria, on the first of June last handed
| over the question to the Federal Diet of Grr1
many. Ihls step Prussia instantly denounced
"s VOCATION OF the Convention of Ga,tien,
! since ny that Convention it had been orrenj
that all matters relating to the Durhirs SIauJ
De settled between Austria and Prussia inin,
p'hdehtlY OF tine Confederation. pru,sia
therefore, dec Jared that Convention at Am end
anu INSISTED that, as consequences her ripht
70 70 the JOINT occupation ofiIol,tcin was revival
one prepared, therefore, TO march troons into
that Duchy. '"''
Long before the dispute had reached this
point. me menaclng tone of the negotiations
between these two great Powers had warned
l-ut"l'e tIat the Continent Was on the eve of
war; and the rest Of the States We're nat los.
interested in the approach of war than Austria
ana Prussia themselves. There are. in the first
place the minor States Of Germany. tnrming
win AUSTRIA and Prussia the Gcrmanic Con
federation. In that Confederation two stru0
giles have long been pro.ce ing side by sjdE
HrSf, the struggle between Austria and Prussia
lor controlling influence on the whole Con
federation; Sccond, the struggle of the peonln I
the people of Austria and Prussia as
wen as on the minor States, toward German
nationality, which should embrace under one
government all German-Speaking populations
NO war could occur which should not have Am
immense influence upon these two issues
Austria has succeeded in attaching temporarily
70 hGr SIDE majority of the minor States. and
,he fedcfal lIet, representing population of
l9,OOO,OOO, exclusive Of Austria and Prussia
has declared IN favor Of the former. Neither
Austria, which still Obeys the despotic tradi
ions OF the House of llapsburg, nor Prussia
which Is ruled by Bismark, minister whose
'olicy Is nothing by the people, has any sym
'athy with the aspirations Of the German lib
'lalS but both have cOnclilted and used the
popular feeling as one instrument in their
truggle Tor supremacy la point of fact, it is t
ms ! desire for leadership in Germany which
lrlveS Austria and Prussia to arms and by no
means their misunderstanding about the pettv
State Of HOlstein. All the IIolstein difficulties
Ould be readily enough arranged were it not d
or the lrrcpreSsible conflict between the two /
reat German Powers, either to establish an {
scehdency III the present councils Of the ma t
ION! or To become Its recognized head whene-
or It's political reorganization shall take place
he minor states, however, are not at this mo- t
lent the most important element in the situa- t
ion. +
More than any other European Power, Italy S
eicomes ,eiS the coming war. Since the peace of il
lilatranca, In 1859, left Fenetia in the hands {
her Austrian tyrants, Italy has watched, and v
alted, and prayed for the moment when it u
night be possible to strike blow for the libe-
ltlon OF that province and the unity of the
-lngdOm: As soon as it became probable that I
le negotiations between Austria and Prussia (
lust end III war, Italy sent an envoy to Berlin Il
, conclude an offensive and defensive alliance !
lth the enemy of Austria. Prussia bound a
erselt not to make peace till Italy should be /,
Die to make terms with Austria, and Italy low :,
iiIy pledged herself to stand or fall with Prus- s,
a; War, indeed, had become a necessity 20 -
Idiy IN maintaining great army for the de- =
,hSc c vi her venetian frontier, her treasury :.
au au strained Its resources to the utmost. and T.
81 q. nlosI prOVldent statesmen agreed it was i;
,'ueI " naZaTu everything In war which had w
reasonable chance of success. than 70 81 "
0wy INTO hopeless bankruptcy. The ItaIv u
hlch believes IN Garlbaldi was impatient for " "
opportunity to redeem its pledge to its bro - -
lers in Venetia. Victor Emmanuers svmno- III
lies were on the side of the people, and his X
ersonal influence had been thrown, whenever -
was possible, i'll favor of the party of war. ~ =,
be enthusiasm of war was general, and as soon l.
the probability Of an alliance with Prussia ny
as made known, the preparations for war pro- be-
eded 50 rapidly that, even if Prussia and w
ustrla had made peace, it would have been
arcey possible to restrain the volunteers un-
'r GanbaldI from crossing the Venetian from
sr; On her side are the sympathieS Of the DC
1rld. America might care little for the quar- nj
between Austria and Prussia, but the eman- til
patton OF Venetia is to US the most interest tn
g. question Of European politics, and whoev- tr
hghtS on the side Of Italy we welcome as the to
y of Liberty. ha
Behind Italy stands France. Napoleon may Sc
may not mean to put his sword in the scale W;
the hrst outbreak of the war, but he is in an
n.e contingencies the inevitable antagonist A
austria. Ii the war went hard with ltaly. O
e author OF the Peace ot ' .,It,anra could y
u look on while the Au.t7.t l'r gam acw rs
er VI Han. lis cooper. ~ ia,nuI; ru i !"
ritual security that Italy ciunnt y,,nn. our .. J..
Is Is contest any worse than ,hc an., in. H. co
VI choose his own time to fling down hi, pr
uhtieC ana announce his terms, but from tho bu
oineht inc nrst shot is fired on the Silcsian M
rider, the Emperor Of the French is the arbi-
r OF the situation Austria may conduct a
ntest, against Prussia and Italy with some wr
pe OF success. Let France join the alliance, u,
d there is no future for the Hapsburgs. in in
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