New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-14
FRANCE.

ROlargl TREATIES AND THEIR DUGATI)N-WLLL-
INFORMED CORRESPONDENTS AND THEIR AsSER-
TIovs-oFFIcrAL "EorEs " - AMUSING UTTER.
AycEs on TIE MEXICAN cUEsTI0G-PEESOsAL,
LITERARY, MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL ITEMS.
! From ON specil Correspondent
PARIS Juno ], 1896
Tho three quasi.belgereut Powers have accepted the
invitation Of the thrco psculoneutral Powers. The Con-
ference viii be composed Of the ordinary ambassadors Of
the overpl Powers resident at Paris, and Of specially
appointed representative from each ra,ionsay its Minis
tor Of FOREIGN Aars il should be ready to hold It's first
meeting by the end OF next week. the beginning Of tho
week following il viii have for President Drouyn de
Lhuys Govemmcn. here is giving itself some pains TO
represent ITSELF as believing in tie pacific efficacy Of the
Conference This does not, howevor, inspire the public
with much confidence of such Iguit Neither docs that
note in n, ionie4r last sundaysaIcmny declaring that
tho report Of secret treaty existing between France,
Prussia api Italy spuo,ns cessons Of territory to the
former IS lse ia all pointsquite counterfeit the Napo-
leouc Au.crra speech The babbng, mumuring cnrpent
OF uic tunlOu, sO far as make II Out Win rs
sudden faxes, reduces, edtes, winding ruunes ttat
change from dl 70 day and even from hour TO hour SIN
( mainly drifts toward war IS inevitable. ,
For tins public mainly judges Of the probable fituTe nom
tho patent of the actual stale Of things m Europe
A dance az tie NAP OF Europe by tn ight 81 history
shows mot Of icts such diplomacy is raycled some
times bus that seems 10 need cutting by the sword laKe
the AusiIoil allan angle or example hoN can ltgy 10
Bounre ownership Austria possession OF FcnetiA Z
What means will Conference have 10 DrinS one or ne
other 10 such reYunCalioni Territorial compensation 10
Austria But there is not enough territory lying around
loose ia Europe cut compensation nom. there II nor
bit OF and the size OF cabbage-c iarmed By never so
feeble tingkin dukeet, that At least Two Of tue 9g
Powers dOes not claim is patch OF compensation bLt
would cost more 10 any Power than II can gam Dy
war far material cost goes that Is perfectly true
and almost always has been ruo and The consideration OF
the tnh has almost never prevented war. People, as
In the case Of the Italian rulers, IN the Of Francis
4..tf r.ut .Ifu IL
terest which, after ALL i geneIaiy enough correct uut
unoalccd estimate Of interest and the necessities OF
the case Nothing clearer 10 European calclatoi5
the othg year tLan that il was Ae interest OF the united
states 10 stop being the United st tes. And we certainly
should have directly ecolOm1ed some numerous Oh thos
anls 81 fyes and some thousand millions OF money y!
letting the "WayWald sisteTs 20 their own Way-the
foolish 7rgins. But we By this time had been too poor
for nv mower on earth % do Us reverence. And then,
how colM ne let them got Easy 10 say lot them 60.
But whD the us who had the lettns-go power VINO
! could I .
ence a Washington before tho open fight began
ami froro swere other conferences Of plcihcish
tile ed pretcnse 10 Canada and on the James
River led Ione am4bc OlcTs Of mediation sent IN from
France Tie object O. the members OF al these meetings
was tos show not the mombe OF tho other party, BUY
10 the world that they ready - be reasonable that
their claims reasonable, 60 maintain the s0undness OF
their positions ~ me bar oil me WORDS o mon anu
preserve tholr liberty of action" fancy that Il tho
neau Of The triple invitation to ms Conference ana us
hfccDd acceptance. A. 10 what VII come OF s sessions
ia WY 81 definite settlement of any orc OF inc three
great Questions 10 DO debated review Of conferences
held md treaties made IN reference 10 these same que
tons within the contemporary historic period oilers Little
promfe. Let alone thar " hlal settlement OF Europe by
The "trcltcs ~ Vienna, of whose stpumiions every
party to Thorn has violated or mor;ho very e1-
ionce Or Napoleon the throne Of the bourbons being
tho third French unprotected violation OF ono OF
tho chc.eat Of the articles OF inc constitution Di
of Europe as then sffhcd-et aloho that, j say,
and the tFirle alliance and tho rest, and come
down 20 the London Conference OF le5., where tho IN
terminab'o scLl sWigIIOstcin question settled.
lhtr IN fle
Zurich Conference and treaty that followed it was con.
vcucl on thc liza 81 July $50 between Napoleon and
Fmucis Joseph. olc Of Tie bases oil peace, ina.
Veacia shall form part Of the Ilaiian CoJed,rafiGH
thou- ming under the crown OF Austna, and on the
following ~. il Napoloons proclamation I" ms army
Europe read; "hcnciiai u II true, rciAains uocr te
socper Of Arstfa; Will ney rtlcless, BE- On Italian
province. forming part Of he ColiclerhioA ms was
.laf fcfr and Il rorie iul 90 Confederation OF NapO-
Icon further constituted IN the 18Th article q tie treaty
az rich concluded tho ION OF Che following Aolem'
bsr whereby The two Majcsties mutually bound them
solves 70 favor "the crcato1 OF toHtIeia"h a",..s
She Italian States" OF which Ncneta shall be- one, to
Do placed under The honorary Presidency OF tho
Pope' ssc. Uox Cavour aud Canbadi, aud The
cro.s9sys. ve ai knowI to tho yanou., varying,
iGlclitous conventions and conferences bct~een
Prussia nri Austria respecting the unhlppy Dlcliesi
which each now declares that the other Las shameiuly
cardcd; 20 that portion Of te doings az the Irii
C,r--cs heId 20 the close OF the Cfncau War which
contained tle settlement OF the Danuban Principally
question. fho which settlement was almost Immediate!
1nffel by the action Of the people OF those countries
n
NAV 80 crprcss myself, anh should guess | might
80 in fc weeks, b. their choice o! nrince for
.ie- I'm DO ycr face AID eyes not only OF the toD.
,..ori fetil -mcnt ~ 800 bit ~ tAe Noefehe, ga
Iractually m session ia Paris NJ the fery moment when
tits m0c.ery wis thrown 40 them. pretclnu further
enumeration Of modern instances, 10 cite ho statement OF
OIysse Barro hls historic essay Oh treaties, which
1, tho effect tAat taxing al recorded ones from the
rles f1n TO the present, their duration Of Oh
seIyauce been two years And yet the FAR Larger par
of them, being sgucd BY pleni Otenillles Oh thsum
Power, open with preambnaory assurances oil ulstn,
gusAed constellation addressed To the Godhead, aui
nuur consequent soomniy-sanctioned declarations OF
perpctuity Of peaceful purpose.
l. may Pc worth noting as something that Gofernmeht
nero has shown 10 wishes 20 be- taken notice or that the
Imperor expresses confidence IN the paci ing influence "a
tho Conference end that this is inspired from he Minis
try OF Fo.eign Anlgs the st Effort viii b. TO reconcile
Nsda aud Prussia and then Italy viii be left 10 fight
ont In quarrel with Austria alone You may read TINS
expression OF this notable purpose IN the faIis
rightly informed OF what tho French Ministry OF
Foreign Affairs eaai, The EagSt pHjie 20 be PcrsIgded
"a a. purpose or opinion, than any othei rams
correspondent of any foreign newspaper taking oi we'll
informed correspondence let notice four instances Of
their accuracy and tuthfulness pick three from tne
reading Of Yesterday papers IL 30 happens that tho
leters Of two OF the several clever Paris correspondents
OF the IldeDeadeHcc Bdge Oh Brussels arc Jnsted III
parallel columns that paragraph IN each IS brought
In exact horizontal accordance and pOle-Wdo difference
10 the other; both "able writer's have reason 10
know the intimate views Of the Duke OF taumon who
has us brought news OF The state OF opinion OF Austrian
statesmen iu tho present crisis. Presented III 5 column
these yows that these opinions are most fayoole 10
peace IN that that these opinions are set h1ed or wa"
Gould anything be more happily Illustrative OF The well
informed correspondent, or OF the acute diplomat Ny
third instance Is the Paris correspondent IT, we-ln-
formed" Of course there arc no others OF some poyhoal
papers Who in reporting the flrowell interview OF the
Emperor with Mr.. Layarl, tho English UnderSeere~ry
OF Foreign Affairs who has been here 70 arrange CONFER
ence matters tells his readers Of the rural districts W
the close OF she dinner the Emperor reported TO nave
AIKEN bis guest by the hand and TO nave saiu WIN
marked coriiay Of expression, say 10 -oiu 4.' IN,