The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-11
CHI a r l. E STON
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST II, 1906.
THE REORG TON OF gERMA NY

the neighbor of Gaul. "Unitod Germanyn
has come out of the combat tbree-headed
country. This we know is great disap-
pointment to q great many of her people,
both at home and abroad ;-particularly the
thinking portion of them, who ore anxious to
see their fatherland take the position it is
entitled to among the nations Of Europe.
All deprecated the fratricdal war: even
in Prussia itself it was extremely unpopular.
But once the war had commenced, and it was
| evident that the Prussians would be victori-
oua, Germans everywhere became reoonoiled
to the inevitable, and hoped that the lcSy
expected transition period hnd arrived, and
that the cumbrous poly -oephalous Bund would
be changed into q homogeneous empire, with
strong constitutional government. BIsMARK,
it was thought, was just the man for such q
task. But 1t seems wo expected too much, It
were idle to suppose that the ambition
OF Prussia was not equal to such a. grasp.
When B1smARK remnrned in the Chambers
several ye@-..s ago that Prussia could swallow
o0e!@sswig- -Holstein, that he would vouch for
1t. the Duobies would not disagree with it
l'SPreussen ,oird sic sekon uertragen kennen"b
he foreshadowed the policy which we have
since seen him carry into such brilliant exc
oution. To place the imperial crown Of Ger
many upon his masters head, is precisely
what BIsmARK should have liked above all
| things. That he stopped short of this, goes
| to prove that the menaces of Russia and
France had their effect, and that Ior the pre-
sent it was thought best at Berlin to be salts
fed with the splendid harvest, reaped in 80
marvelously brief q period.
According to the latest advices by the At
lantio cable, the principal points in the basis
peace are that Austria is to withdraw from
the Germanic Confederation. This she has
agreed to do. Prussia, contrary to our ex-
pectation, does not insist on a large noces.
sion of territory Her arms have conquered
nearly the entire of Germany. Yet Austria
is allowed to retain all her territory, with
| the exception Of Venetia, which is ceded to
Italy. The German population of Austria is
about 100000, md her non German about
20,0oO,0Oo, giving still splendid aggregate,
which, properly governed, may soon develop
the resources Of the country, and retrieve oil
| the misfortunes Of the past two months. IF
the Government act wisely, her separation
from the German Confederation and the ces-
sion of the Italian niulGontents in venet,a,
m ~ be for the best interests of the nation.
Another article in the treaty OF peace is
that the States of Suutn Germany are to form
q union among themselves. This confederacy
will be composed of Bavaria, Wurtemberg,
Baden and Hesse Darmstadt, covering an area
OF 37.3l7 square miles, and having popuIa-
tion of nearly 100000. Bavaria has 20 629
square miles ard 4,6l5,74s inhabitants, and
her king is thus natura ly entitled to the
leadership of this confederaoy. But he lis,
perhaps, the weakest monarch living, and
there being, moreover, no acknowledged DO
litieal or commercial centre to bind them to-
gether, the short duration of this newly consti.
tuted confederation is q foregone conclusion.
and asthe choice must ne eds be between France
on the one part and Prussia on the other, the
people of South Germany will, doubtless. ere
long place themselves under Prussian protec-
tion. The surrounding Great Powers may
then have to permit these nationalities to OK.
ercise as right what they now forbid Prus.
sia to accomplish by her arms, namely, the
unifcation of Germany under Prussian auspi-
ces.
North Germany will be the third power
under Prussian chieftainship; third only ac
oording to the order in which we have here
placed her, but first in reality. This oonfede.
ration will be composed of Prussia, Saxony,
Hanover, Hesse Cassel, the two Mecklen-
burgs, Holstein, Oldenburg, Nassau, the two
Anbalts, Brunswick, Bremen, Frankfort
Hamburg, Lubbock, Hesse Homburg, Lich,en.
stein, the two Lippss, the two Reuss', the
| four Saxon Duohies-- Weimar, Al,enburp.
Coburg and Meinirgen, the two Sohwarz.
burgs, and Waldeck. These cover m aren of
lAS.S9l square miles, Containing population
OF 22,3lO,Y63.
We know from the newspapers, and from
private sources of information, th, t m nv Of
the people in the aforeunmed little States d.,
not wish their runaway suveroigns back, and
| would prefer direct and intimate union with
Prussia to quasi uninn, resembling their re.