The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-08
A New European Seitlem mt France Neus
ua.ized and Russia 10 he Held III Cneck.

From the Herald.
When Louis Napoleon, at Biarritz last autumn,
entered into his conudeulal arrangements with
BlsmaTk for the reconstruction Of the map OF
Europe, he little dIedmCd that the tLen com
paratively unknown Prime Minister OF Prussia
would prove to be the master OF the situation
Napoleon doubtless had calculated that in
coming to blows Austria ana her German con-
lederates would he at leas; a match for PRUSSIA
and Italy, ana thai the lnleIVeutluu OF France
would be necessary 10 bring ,he war to a con-
ClusOn. lie would then, Tor his serv Ceo as
mediator, or as the balance OF power IN the
var, secure bis Compensat on 'IOm III ussa OF
the lett bank OF the hnne, and RON ltaly OF
the lslant Ol SARDINIA, uT something better, as Il
little ylCerOyaly loI his aLiaDle cousin, the
Prince Napoleon, the son NAV OF KING Victor
Emanuel. Ihls was a neat Napple0nIC arrange
ment; but II has been ConL .etey upset by Bis
malk, ana the Won erIul skill, activity, and
II lhtary superiority IN every way d. VelOpeJ by
the Prusslans over Austria in the la e remark.
able campaign from DIesden 70 the Danube.
In tins campaign the astonishing successes of
Pruss u have SO Thoroughly hioken up po r
Austria and her German conie1erates as TO
place BlsmaTk III a condition to dictate his terms
OF settlement, both III respect 10 German and
Italy, regardless OF the propIamne OF Napoleon.
Thus it appears tOat in the peace prelmiuarIes
agreed upon Austria Is to wItndraH ron the
Gelmanlc Confederation, and Is to lose Venetia
and her interest Ia Schles igtIolslCIn; that
she is 10 pay ten mill ons 10 her advers trles a5
expenses OF the war; ana that the German
States north OF the NJ ain are to torm lnde-
Iendent union, while those south of that river
are to form another. A settlement upon this
basis, hICh expect will be made with or
without the consent OF Napoleon, will make
Prussia at least match Tor France as one OF
the great powers OF Europe. The Northern
Germamc Confederation indicated, IN one word,
Tor ali purposes oil war or peace, Will be Prussia.
Then, too from the act that 1t will be com
pact Protestant confederation, and ron Its
family alliances with the royal family OF Wind
sol Castle, Prussia hereafter, a. AGAINST France
vii become the natural and ethCIelt ally OF
England. Thus il will be seen that while lead
ing British statesmen and i urnals have been
blindly sympathIZing with the cause of Austria
bhmaTk has been doing more tor the mainte-
nance of the power OF England III EdroDPan
Affairs than all that has beel accomplished Oy
her cab net, fleets, and armies since the battle
OF Waterloo.
In the new settlement foreshadowed in the
aImiStCe aforesaid, Napoleon ceases TO be the
| aibitCr OF Western Europe, Tor france is neu-
| trahzsd by Prussia. Tins is not the equilibrium
anticipated by Napoleon; but il Prussia aud
| Italy can secure their own terms without hls
ASSISTANCE, he will be apt 10 fnd it eXpedlent
! to lot them do so. In 1853, when he had
| pushed his VIC oTous AMY INTO the Austrian
| QuadrilateTal, he paused aud made half way
! treaty OF peace Tor llaly, because the war at
! that point threatened to assume larger DropOr-
| tions than be was prepared to meet. SO now,
| il Victorious Prussia and Italy shall agree
! between themselves that his horse Jockey
CLAIMS upon the province OF Venelia, arising
Iom the CessiOn of it by Au-trla shall be dis
REGARDED aud that the temperatures OF the
| Pope must tall into the Kingdom OF Italy, II Is
| probable t0at Napoleon VIII discover tnat the
time has at last come Tor the withdrawal OF his
troops rom Rome. The reconstruction or
Weseln Europe, in this general view, will
seltle The Roman question by reducing, or rather
by eAalting, the Holy Father TO the unmIxed
control OF the spiritual affairs OF his Church.
and Will make the young kingdom OF Italy sutf
clentlY powerful 10 stand without the assistance
lptA Mr. ui.i IL. ~, nan pi
France will be completely neutrallzed by the
pew power OF Prussia and her Anglo-German
Protestant confederation.
Austria, meantime though shorn of her late
prestige and oustGd from the councils OF Ger
many, will not, nom The loss OF territory. be
materially weakened. On the con rary, we shalt
not be surprised f. through gen raj European
conference she shall be given the Danubiau
princil ties. IL will Ger AMY be the true
9 policy OF FnglaI d. Prussia, Ialy and France to
JOIN III efecting this arrangement, IN order that
Austria NAV stand along the whole hne OF the
DANUBE barrier against Russia and her unIe
hEquls he'd designs upon COnstantinOple, the
BosI horus the Dardanelles, Turkey in ASIA and
the eastern end OF the Mediterranean.
Such are tie recthcahons OF the map of Eu
rope, east and west north and south, suggeste
, | by he late wonderful triumphs of Prussia
: against Austria, and by the still more astonish
: ing successes OF Bsmark over Napoleon in the
3 delicate, flcult, and dangerous game OF diplo
| macy which they have been PLAYING, each fol
himself though apparently as altners, or
t division OF the stakes on the table. Bismark
almost unknown beyond Germany Jew months
| ago, stands now the ioremast man IN Europe
r In diplomacy he has eclipsed the astute Napo
r leon the Third, ana in var the victories ldentl
r fed with his pol cy are only parall led by those
/, | OF Napoleon the First. Out OF the paltry
!. Schle. wig. Holste'n squabble he has succeeded
$ IN . avirg the most daring and dangerous gamt
J, OF national aggTand cement known in history
|. He has proved himself a man OF such rar
r sagactv, abilities, energy, and herolsm, that HI
n will surel, 60 down 10 history as one OF tn
g mos brilliant liehts OF the nineteenth century
e and as the leading mind In he establishment 0
a the equilibrium o Europe on solid foundation