The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-27

II
/ State ssores, arc prover5ially weM kept
State secrets, however, are less we'll kept thai
formerly. They do. At times, oox, out-wit
ness the Grant and johnson correspondent
What hAs actually bsen done al S,lzburg VI
do not fully kaow. Ths secret, however, ha,
not been psrfeotly kept, and tbs little which ID
known will doubtless have the s1,ct Of bring
Ing speedily to light what Is unknown.
Our latest kilograms mako this, Of feast,
abundsntly plaln-taat Prussia, II she does
not know oil, q fully convinced thai
the two imperial hs,ds, while they wers
together. wers busy - they well could be,
plot Ing sysinss everything which Of the
present moment she holds specially dear Or
Telegram Of yesterday states that the semi.
odloial Journals Of Bsrlin have no doubt that
certain definite -ssfang smsnts have besu ooms
to By the two mon Arohs in regard to ths forms-
ton Of . Sou,h German Bund. Wha.evsT
may have been the dongs Of tho mousrohs Of
sslsours. and whaseva msy be the ultimate
results Of the oonfsr6 sna., II may be laid with
the utmost safety thsty' Lilo they have n,adod
matters Il no particular, th,y have boon suo-
osssful Il sgyrsvatlng tho situation and
Fastening On . conflict which many already
ssw was inevitable.
II had been . dimsuls thug to discover
sufficient sasus beW Tho wArliks feeling DO
tween Prussia and France VS. we'll known,
but fsw osu'd $50 on what prsssxt war could
BE- commenced. We cannot cay th3 prctsKt
hes yst bssn discovered; but we oan and do
say that the points Of actual contact have
been brought dangerously nea-. Feeling has
bssn embittered and Int ensided to . degree
that .reatens to defy all power Of restraint
War between the two peoples has already
commenced in tn, journals Only . little
mora provo,asio Il nso,s,ary, and tho pen
will give place to the sword.
Wrrs It not for tho terrible con,equsnces In
repsrabls from modern warfare We should feel
tempted to say tho sooner che conflict takes
place the better. Everywhere ths suspense Is
felt to be painful. In financial anl CONNER
cisl centres it Is not only pan'ul but disastrous.
The thre ,tening at itude on tn, on, hand and
the defiant attitude ON the other, have boon
so long IN ,intain,d tho tho report Of the 6rst
cannon would be felt to be relief
II tbs contest can b. conGnsi TO Prussia
and France alone, II will certainly b, one Of
the sho t,st, slarpe,t and mo 1t decisive which
the world hs, yet sssn. That it will be 50
confined we have Only small hope. Austria,
we fear, his, for som, reason yet unknown,
allied herself to Fr,nce. Pru STA, as n ,ces-
sary con'"q lence, will Ian upon Rus 'ia, and
Rrssis will not refu,e her help. Fe,r alone
p events Ialy from j)iuiny the enemies OF h,r
former beneflotor bit now rather ex,ctlng
p,tron. The wa, therefore, W Ii be European
in Its dim ,nsiolI i will be csrrl3l on mil
1t Is determin d which of a the existing
Powers is entitled 10 TIE prc-emInenc, and
tn, leai This is really til ,asion now q!
i,sre; nothing bat war ON settle it; and
directly il Is sett'el, thu i;s! step will have
been taken towards that 4 aud confederation
OF the nations which IL 10 b., the cha actsri,tic
Of the Earope Of the future. For time the
rival claimants Of this supremacy will DO more
or less numerous, but eich successive
struggle will reduce their number and IN
One central governm mt, whether monarcicL
or republican, circum. 'ances will d ,tsrmins,
Europe will DO driven by stern necessity ut
once to look for protection snl to ooacentrare
hor ,srons.h.