The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-14

impunity9 The statement of the Vienna Jour.
mails thai Napoleon has said
"In the year 1859 and 1854 ENGLAND opposed my
propOsa IN reference TO the settlement OF the Nene-
tinn and SchleswIg. Hostein qu stIons. NOW Eng
land wants peace. / also desire peacei but as the
most favorable opportunities nave been irlttered
away and as the conflicting Interests have been per-
mitted o reach point at which they must ciasn'
canlno Longer assume the respOnsiDlntyO OF events
may be a mistaken one, bu # so, IT is based.
upon a true estimate of the slrictest proba-
bilIties.
There is little doubt that impres i've as have
been the assurances of perfect entente c1fdtIe
between the present Governments OF England
and France, those assurances have been called
forth rather more by the respect which exists
between possible combaants and actual rivals
than by the mutual affection OF two neighbor-
ing peoples. The declared policy OF tue one in
favor OF peace at almost any price must stimu-
late the other to act with impuuity in matters
of general European interest. The interest felt
by Napoleon in the future of Italy is the one
which is Of all others most powerful over his
actions. IT is for Italy that he has diplomatzed,
and for which French army wa, launched
against Austria.
This protecting love for an ancient people,
whose history is full of sugge5tiyeness 10 such
lovers OF antique models as the author of the
I" Lie OF Cesar" may have double origin. 1t
perhaps has its foundation in the early dreams
OF the prisoner of Ham OF republics where q
Presidency sh Juld not only WELD an autocratc
power, but which should be guardian of the
national faith and the national culture. The
restoration Oi Italy TO something ike It's ancient
gloues is no new conception OF enthusiastic
minds; and that the mind OF Napoleon has an
intensely strong, though concealed, enthusiasm,
is well known; nor is the establishment of
france as the ruling Catholic power of the world
a new idea with Frenchmen. Nor are the ideas
OF protectorate OF the Roman Catholic Church,
ana simultaneous raising OF Italy to the posi-
itch Of a drst-class power and strenuous ally of
France, so atOpan as may appear at first sight.
SuDpo>inE we say only supposlng, these
views to be just, as indicating the possible aims of
the Emperor Napoleon, it is possible that the
reported reply to Earl Cowley indicates at once
a resolve, and conviction that that resolve can
now be carried into eXecution The position of
England is neutral, whatever comes of il, says
he in effect She has, he alirms, deliberately
chosen before to close her eyes TO wrong-doing,
and has no light now to interfere in a new
crisis. He accepts The situation with perfect
equanimity. He, too, will not lnterere-that is
TO say, he will act in whatever manner 1t seems
10 him best to act Thus, with in one hand q
menace, and in the other plea Of justification,
he is supposed 10 appeal alike TO the sword and
the opinion OF the world.
And yet there is high authority for the OBI
niOn that Napoleon Will not go to war Just at pre-
sGnI, nor sanction a war for Italian unity, so as
to leave England in the enviable position OF Il
neutral.