New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-13
FRENCH INTERVENTION IN THE EU-
ROPRAN WAR.

There can hardly be doubt that the brief dispatch
received last night by the Atlantic Cable in reference
TO the Emperor Napoleon announces new and very
warlike complication in European politics. After
long observing mysterious silence after assuming,
in turn, the part of friend of Italy, Austria and
Prussia Napoleon has deemed tho right point Of
time 10 hare come for officially informing the
world of bis views and his demands. He has
formally demanded of Prussia an extension of the
frontier Of France.
As has long been intimated by the seml-oficial
papers of France is not the frontier of the Rhine
that claimed but only the frontier of 1914, which
included the Prussian towns of Saarlouis and Saar
bruck the Bayarian town Of Landau and the Belgian
towns of Charemont, Mardenbourg, and Chimay.
Nothing is mentioned about the taking of popular
vote in the districts to be annexed.
But however large or small the territory may be
that Napoleon will claim and on whatever conditions
be may offer to make annexation dependent, all these
circumstances are Of little importance compared with
the fact that France has made formal demand Of Ger
man territory. The announcement OF the fact must
have made the most profound sensation in all parts Of
Germany, and in fact, all over Europe.
1t will be understood rs the French reto upon The Ger
man union Increment which was rapidly rallying the
Germans everywhere round the provisional standard
ofPrusia In each of the Northern and Central States
the people were almost unanimous in welcoming the
overthrow of the old Confederation and of the State
governments which had opposed Prussia. In Hanover
Hesse Cassel Hesse- Darmstadt and Nassau, move
ment in favor of annexation was spreading The Liber
ais everywhere showed their readiness to cooperate
with their old opponent the Prussian Ministry nayng
the foundation of the new Germany. or the three
leading States which-not counting Austria-were to
have the option Of constituting Southern Confeder-
alton, two, Wurtemberg and Baden, were rapidly
going over to the union with Northern Germany. II
only foreign interference could be kept off, the speedy
reunion under the leadership Of Prussia, of all the
countries constituting the Old German Confederation
with perhaps the only exception of the Scavic DO
| hemia and Morayia) and Italian (Southern TyroD
districts in the German Provinces OF the Austrian En-
| pirc was almost certainty.
All the political parties of Germany, however widely
differing in their views Of Germany, unanimous
and determined in their refusal TO allow any foreign
interference and still more 30 in declining to enter
tain any offer for the cession of German territory
Bsmark has long been suspected TO have made
pledges 70 Louis Napoleon regards the cession Of
saarbrick If this is so, 10 may be safely assumed
| that the breach between him and the first German
Parliament will be even wider than IT ever was be-
tween him and the Second Chamber Of Prussia. If is
not true and if he should, in union with tic German
eople defy Napoleon, new war cloud arises on this
Eur opean horizon much darker than that which fore
bod ed the German,Ialian war. Before making the
demand Napoleon undoubtedly has counted the cost
and fully made up his mind how to act in case OF r.
fusal.
The special mission from Prussia to the Court Of the
Gar and still more the account given Of this mission
IL al ofica paper Of Beglin, seem " INDICATE tha.