The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-12
The State OF Europe-RevOIutiOns Present
and PROSPECTIVE.

Inc DLulB OIL GuTopC-I6cFOAhbSho AlcSVhN
and Prospective.
From che Herald
England is now in a state of revolution. Her
Goverument her Parliament, and her press
have at length been forced to confess this fact.
The Fenian movement, which the statesmen de.
olarod would amount to nothing, has thrown
the whole country into alarm and confusion,
Outbreaks are dreaded in London and Liver
pool as we'll as in Ireland English securities
are depreciating, while American bonds are
rising in price In Prussia the King has openly
quaTTelled with the Chamber Of Deputies, and
great discomfort exists among the people. Aus
tria and Prussia are disputing over the duehies
which they recently conquered, like La Fon-
taine's robbers over the stolen mule.
In France the press, under pretense of encour-
aging the Fenians, is really MEETING all the revo-
lutionary elements throughout Europe. Prlms
rebellion in Spain has been only temporarily re-
pressed. A successful revolution has been car
Tied through by the people and the Legislature
OF Romania. The Italians, laborlns under a
heavy debt which they have no apparent means
to pay, still look longingly upon the Papal pos
sessions. In Belgium one party IS IN favor OF
an alliance with Holland, and another party in
favor of an alliance with France; and between
out in the cold In q word, o careful review Of
the condition OF the leading countries OF Europe
shows that every one OF them has on hand
revolution either present or prospective.
Wnetner any or al OF Jnese EeNOluuons VIII
succeed we do not now predict The year 1866
opens like 1880 and like lS4S; but the revolu'
tionists now have much better chances of sue.
cess than ever before. They have waited pa
tiently during our war to see how this republic
would come out Of its crucial trials, and our
victory has produced its natural effects by en-
couraging the European republicans. When
the southern Confederacy fell all the powers
which had sympathized and assisted it were
irretrievably damaged. Tom Hughes said no
more than the truth in Parliament when he de-
clared that if England had not violated her
neutrality there would have been no American
Fenians. During the same debate MIR. Glad
stone-his mind hsunted with the ghost Of the
Aldbdmd-admitted that the English Govern
ment had not made any representations to this
country in regard to Fenanlsm, and had
neither moral nor legal grounds for making any.
Mr.. Laboucberes appeal for a reform In the
English law OF neutrality which was seconded
by Mr.. 0hphant and others, was in the same
strain. When we pa6lished the first account OF
the Fenian organization, shortly after Lees sur
render the London Times copied it and laughed
at 1t; but now this very ridiculous organization
makes all England tremble. The other revolu-
tons in Europe, which now appear as weak as
Fenianism once did, may have the same effect
upon France, Prussia, Austria, and Spain, by
and by. We know that the European powers are
leagued together to put down republicanism,
and that they have large standing armies; but
simultaneous outbreak will nullify all their
alliances, and, in course OF time, their soldiers
may become disafected. Still, we are not dis
cussing the question of the ultimate success OF
the Fenians or any other reVolationists. The
point we make is that the Fenians have already
succeeded in bringing John Bull to his knees
and in making him hesitate as to whether he
had not better take out his wallet and pay of
the Alabama claims. Clearly, this is something
gained, and we can well afford to wait ior what
IL to come.