The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-16
Europe.
4 GEEERAL WAR.


\ GEccERAI. WAR.
The London correspondent of the New
York Times offers the following specua-
tions on the warlike preparations, and the
probabilities of Il general continental cX-
plosion III Europe:
On the continent the word is peace, with
the most active preparations tC. war. The
Emperor has selected the breech-ioader
which he considers the most effective in
the world, after a thorough trial of Il great
number at Chalons. and has ordered the
rapid manufacture of 200, ,000. The press
OF Belgium, well as of France, appa-
rently under the same inspiration, is cX-
citing Tie public feeling against Prussia.
The people of Hanover have vainly pro-
tested against their annexation, and sub
NIT sullcnlv to their fate.
Gambia is in insurrection, but it is hoped
that 1t may be Q,Leted without bloodshed.
But why an instruction in Gambia, an out
of the way Grecco-Turkish island? 1t is
like one of those forgotten shells of Col.
Schaffner, that unexpectedly exploded, or
the Charleston terpcdoes. that went off
after the war was over. Count Bismark,
before he entered upon the war with Aus
tria, had arranged for a whole system of
Instructions around Austria. Prince
Charles was sent to Roumania and there
were said to be explosions in Hungary
Poland, TRANSATLANTIC and the Christian
provinces of Turkcy. The war ended al
most before it began, with the victory of
Sadowa. The trains so carefully laid were
not fired, but this outlying island of Can
dia. wlicl! was part of the system, OK
ploded, and the Sultan may thank Mr.. Bis
mark.
The Emperor OF Austria is now at work
with great earnessncss, rc-organiZing his
Empire, his finances and his army. If he
can do this, he is all the stronger for the
loss Of an unwilling province. He will also
n n frnp
Germany, while Prussia has thc work of
reconcling and satisfying her annexed
populations, and the fate of all Southern
Germany is still to be decided. In two
years, the advantages given by the needle
gun Will have disappeared. In two yeors-
the great exposition ovcr-France will be
ready to pronounce her ultimatum. The
belief. Oh the feeling, that there will be
great war IN Europe within two years, is
general. In that war, it is probable that
Belgium, Holland, Denmark and European
Turkey will disappear from the map of Eu-
rope. france will advance to the Rhine.
There will be one great Germany. Austria
will move South and East, and Russia will
be upon the Bosphorus.
ALLEGED RUSSIAN SCHEME FOR \ GENERAL
INSU4RECTIoN.
The Eastern question-the pale spectre,
which so lately scared away quiet from
Europc-seems again about to assume a
formidable aspect. 1t is no longer the in
surrcction of Gambia alone which causes
uneaslness, but movements are beginning
in Epirus, and in the islands Of Chios and
yprus, which, it is feared, are but the
pledges to the extension of uneasiness
over wide area, and, perhaps, but the
low rumbling noises which precedes an
earthquake. The Porte appears to per-
ceive the dangers Of the present situation
and to be making urgent cndeavors il
Gambia, Chios and Cyprus to aver, the
storm. Negotiations have been opened
between Constantinople and Greece, with
the view OF preventing a Grecian expcdi-
ton to Gambia; but the Government. Of
Greece does not find itself in position to
forbid such an undertaking.: nay, it even
appears that it has no wish to do so. A
Constantinople correspondent of German
paper says that in Gambia the whole
Grecian population is preparing for q
and children have been sent to Smyrna
and the neiShboring islands. He concludes
his letter as follows:
THAT Russia is continually stirring the
Greek fire is we'll known here. 1t is
striking fact, that just at this time the
Russian Envoy, Gen. Ignatiotf, has under
taken q pleasure trip through Thestalia,
where there are also SYMPTOMS of ebuiition.
The Ministers of War and of the Marine
through half the night, Roumania also
causes us anxiety. Russia bespcaks the
protectorate of all the Danubian princi-
palities. Where will this all cnd?"
The Correspondence RttsSe, on the other
hand, defends Russia against such impu-
tations.
Berlin Coz. London Times, Sept. II.
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