, 1866-07-16
Gustav Strive ON the War in Germany.

Gnhl&V S1fuTe ON the war In Germany
We make the following exuzt from Guztsv
Strives LETTER 10 the st. Louis Eftsacas Past, 1t
IL dated. Franklort-on-1 the Milne, June ed:
sfrnsssa iecloned confidently upon being able to
bio" up The whole German Confederation, Of At
le1st 60 10 fnshteu Sa1ony, hanover and Hesse
that they Would put their troops at her disposal
When The moment for decided action arrived, hoW.
ever, It appeared thHt The Confederation did not
quail before the threats OF The Prnseian Tam"rlaDe
1roops hastened from nl e1des to the protection a
Frankfort, the captta1 city from Hease Da1mstAdt4
wur e1nburg aud Baucu, h4c troops constitute The
Eighth Army Cope and are "a, 900 men strong. Tls
eorp. ALL be reinforced by troops from Nassau.
Bavaria md Austria 10 tfee uetse Cassel, Hanover
snd Schleewic- -Dolsiein from Prntsia. For q
long time the Elcctor Of HesEc has been
the obtct OF a1l kinds OF attacks. But
Nbcn the decisive moment came. the Eleclor min
latred n1m determination while the ms5onty
In the Chamber were ehametu11y treacherous
not only to their Owl n1trow principal
1ty, but to their enira German fathetland. Precise
" The tame thing totk placc at Eanoyer. In caste
The f1usEtap EmhafsAdot declared that the s1ccesa-
or 10 the crown, Prince Fredenck William Of He:ee
stood upon The P1ustian eide. 1t was made known
That II The Eletos would not 80 with Psuss,a that
The hereditary prince would. The Embassadnr
proniased the Elcrtot the northern portion of the
Grand Dnchy ot Hesee Darmstadl.as aprice for his
al.iarce- Al this critical moment the Minister or
WEr re-tened, and the majority OF the chamber
which had beeu Won oytT By the P1us.fan Embas.
dor, adopted resolution p1aying the Elector to re
NAM neutral. thar t., to disregard h1s duties
10 The Confederation. But The Ekctor renamed hrm.
lie ansTdtd the Trussian Embassadora that the
nozthe1n part OF Hesee Darm.tad. belonged to him
already. and that between him and his brother there
VA. TO misunderstanding. 1t commanded the
M.nser Of war 10 retain his Office for the present.
ihe Prince William cAme forward and declMed
himself 10 be with The Eiector and Tor the Con-
federation. The Hestsan troops, Is, 900 men, were
collected ard moved to Hauau. They are now
tha1e In taiety. According to the last newe. the
Eector ana Is 0O 0o0 oil the Sate treasure was Etl
In castel or IN The neghborhood surrounded by The
pIutelAus. THIS vas one Of the stabs Of the
reacheEy Of the Chamber, which uaed erety pos-
stole means 10 prevent the removal OF the funds.
These consist mostly In Slste paper, whoee nun
bere are known and which can easily be put ont of
c1'culatdon. The game roo which Eebaltan md
Otlker played In Cateel Was played By BsInInekcn
in Hanover In the FeV ctists, when the whole force
Of The State should have been called out with the
utHpEt promptl.cae4 to form junction With the
Cor icdeza'c troops and to take A stand agalnst
Prrssian lust TOR punder, at this moment the Ste
reos. pc Ptctident BeuntuCeen proposed about the
ssme Thing thAt had been proposed to the EIector
CABIN ct and Napoleon Ill had lately given utter
ance was too elear and aiesinct to b misnnder.
stood at the Court Of Hanover. The King refrsed
IT, yield 10 the Pfues,an overturet, and fell back
with his troops to G0tt1nReu revoked ali fur1oughs
spo marched With q 900 men strong by Wltxeo-
hauien and Eschpaee toward the South.
ssThe Duke Of Cobutg- Gotb&, Ernst L., acted IN
the mo=t dugrscef11 manner. IEe.ead Of tendlng
his troops TO the Federal fortress Masenne accord
tug 10 promise, he went oyeF to Btemark and tor
Narded hse contingent to Gotha, Where they could
not escspe capture.
''1he troops Of South Germany are far from being
armed go well d those OF Prussia. The muHie
loading pieces caunot accomplish mach againlt the
beedle guns. But then the Ftustians havc nearly
eytV Available man under arms; the rest OF Ger
many 1ot more than III 10 2 Per cent. Wherever
The fFnss:ans come. tney axe tne country clean OF
yonrc men and enck them in their
regiments. Shonld the Federal troops IL
wade Prussia, they cannot make Ieprisal, because
tho young men are already gone. The Prus.fan
army although strictly Organized, IL In 1act an
army fos the people, because it contains all the men
Of the country capable Of bearing arms. This Ia by
no means the case wiih the Federal troops. An
penule il tue cry OF all. In this behalf immense
uhlch has not been overTuu uy Prussia."
The Post mAkes The following remarks at the
close Of The letter:
I'VE have excluded number Of correspondents
10 mike room for this bnt yet VIC cannot possibly
ey7Dpa h1ze With the views and principles which
suuve has developed. We can find no ground 10
place any hope in Ausrix or in the petty States,
although We have righteous indignation against
MsmtEk. Between two evils We make no cho1cev