New-York tribune., 1867-05-27

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t.r oaf Special Core l'''' P,r,s. bay 10, 1861
r,;s like sending Goals to the Parker Voin-nSy' "
8 like sending them in the Tearmo7t cai-'os0n' %
manuscript reports Of the Conference "Io'S
are secret like those OF our Senate "h'n " o'''
treaty. seeing that they win reach your compost
tors in print and by the column I'i "iilIo you ,ro
1oo;,..ri,o t,is Tho London Conference Is com
,,s I'd of ssven plain pOentiaiies, all bouho 10 Sc
-, oo,l Of whom has q Secretary OF LegatOh "ho
.,l n,o nrotocol of it, dcIbeIatOn' caoh Vi ""oir
,,rDicates a copy of the same to the DliiiS'eF Vi
&c, AG,irs of his Government who cominuni-
.t.s the same to his Soyereign-.o IN all ~ was
,r,l,cvrand-Or some one olSe-who SAID that secrecy
:, dinlomacy was like virtue IN w0mHn-ncVor sdIo
o. ,Lc tecpjng of more than two persons. Dldsbuiy
compares the secrecy of the Conference 10
meal sprcad for seven. of which tWentyelght
persons partakc, each with more or less
hungry walters in the shape of intimates'
interested bankers. etc. at his side and back;
hungry for the pckmgS; there IS nothihg leit' anu
40 we ore not merely kept informed aoout the con,
ference; we are Overkept Tor, beolue inc geh'ii@l
,,roCr,,ne of It's performances and another IN
fclliccnt correspondent ana 'WeI-lnl0llnSu cIcIoo
furnish us more OF less accurately, with the olclal
opinions of It's members expressed IN the COnelcnce
the same cOnfdentially expressed outside tie Con
ference, and their private opinions pnvaley eA-
pressed, and private opinions puphcly .eNIFeSNec'
The result in the publiCS opinion here IN IaIlS Is
thai.ihe curse of war far rs immediately ITOy0ka-
ble hy the LuXembWg OCCASION Is temporarily
removed. CTOakeTs are generally pelSuautd no"
that war is adjourned. Optimsts are unable 10 lhu
Or give any strong grounds for confidence III long
Miltaiy preparations are going on as actively, now
in Germany and France as at any time since caooWa
Belgium proposes To fix the annual contingent ,S
wear at 1900 instead OF the ordinary annual Iun'e,
l9OO0 COmscups; distant RuSSa Is busy WIN W}r
work and so of the rest temporary, peace Is oo-
tanned ii il be obtained through the actloh
of the Conference, on preliminary conditions
which France arrived at by rereatlng
movement. which, so far as get at the
,crct history of Nanoeon's conduct of foreign af-
fairs il but one of a series of retreats that he has
made in face of advancing Prussia III Is now an &c
copied historical fact that only few weeks ncgntla-
tiOns. of which, through ulaccIeuileQ astntS, ~
took the initiative, had resulted III treaty egrOed
ON good shcepskin and ready Tor signature that an
ncXcd LuXemDurg To flaPcc; III AuguSt OF ScP-
temher last Ia gentleman of TIE IRIBUNES eulto,
rial corps can fix the datel Herr Bismarck tolu
person of my acquaintance that Napoleon lad
heen djsapDonted But that was before the Military
Conventions between Prussia and the South German
States published before that stipulation IN lno
treaty OF Prague, inserted at NapOle0nS sptCa uI-
gencc partially assuming the rights OF the SchlesWl
1lOlstoiners had been left for near twelVeh0htn
unhecdcd by Prussia, before the LuXemburg con haH
begun to unwind One who VIII Degih 10 IateI 3ach N
than the Once-famOus AuXerTe speech, ana read III
their chronological order the speeches since uttered
10y the Emperor the letters over ms own sigEttuiei
the letters and speeches OF his authorized mhSteIal
spOkcsmen and penmen-Drouyn dc Lhuys, Lava
1ette. ROuheT-thc notes IN the M0RueU', ana inc
dOubc-leaded inspirations of seml-oilcal edltors'
and compare that course of reading with the course
of events. will do what great many trenchmeh
have done and see. what they feel that TO put III IN
the mideSt fOml France no longer occupies
the position she occupied two years ago. OF one year
year ago. or six months ago or SIX weeks ago; ana
such a reader may ask himself the question when
soine French folks are putting How much further
down will France bear this decensiOn for lts ruler.
the man who has descended from the great ArDlteI
], that almost governed the world. ana nominated
emperors to It's waste parts, down so near 10 poca
tive wanting - AID observe here, what is come TO
loo matter of anxious consideration to subject
France the Emperor always remains his own MINIS
ter of Foreign Affairs The Mexican affair was OF
his personal beginning, against the tlmdly urged
advice of the wiSeSt about him. 1hls Luxembourg
affair is understood to have been started from the
Very outset through "unaccredlted agents, ana
snismanaged under his personal direction. VINO can
know or shrcwdly guess when or where next he may
lind occasion to spring q war-heedlng a1alr on inc
nation Such are some OF the considerations that pre-
vent calm thinkers and wise lovers OF peace praccai
business men and thoughtful politicians VINO look
before and after, from confidently hoping Tor any
thing better than prolongaton oil the EHoPe""
armed truce. -. o,.o..
That the Conference would develop into congress
was a yeasty whim of fancy bred, TO be catalOyueu
only as an idly talked of notion IN these last days
rngly less fantastic Is the other loose llOatng no.
tiOn, that ont of the Conference ana the friendly
visits here this Summer of European SOYerelgns may
grow as out of Lord LOvel's and Nancy Bells their
breasts cOnspiIing amable dispositions, that snail
finally unite in a Congressional knot of sovereign
true lovers. One thing is looked for now as GER
Gain--that no end OF crowned heads are coming;
Prussian King William, and Gar Alexander
and Queen Victoria, and lots of little ones
enough perhaps, all Their heads lying together, III
caucus as it were, the inchOate idea of Congress
But an international Peace Congress, whose mem
bers are directly delegated by ruling sOveregns, Is,
ln the actual state of the world, highly UtopiaB.
The rulers of European nations. excepting the Span
lSh and British Queens who have been educated-H
quite broader than the mere technical sense-fOr war;
but whO unhappily, have very slight virtual expe-
1ience of its horrors, not exposed TO any OF ITS
grave sutlerings. An international Congress made up
of old campa gneTs prIyates major generals that
would be like to be Peace Congress indeed. IL the
IOyal guests of Paris this year would or eould only
spend their weeks visit at the Industrial Exhibition
in the Champs de MaTs-wOrking hard there with
help of intelligent guides-then something consider
able might be hoped from the Influence ON their
surprised minds of this truly admirable display OF
these sample ends OF the power, and greatness and
glory OF the Worlds works of peace. Poor things !!
ninetenths of their spare time from bed must be
wasted in visiting and cOunteryisitng, dining and
being dined, buttOnng and unbuttonlng their morn
ing and day and evening clothes; OF the remaining
tenth half VIII be spent III gaping at the interesting
variety of cannon and small arms. noticed the
other DAY one of our United States, IN the "Ag-
1icultural" compartments, afour-baneied murderous
& To be mentioned in the news catalOgue-for little
than that, alas lis hardly organized, limited
movement here loosely entitled the Peace League,
Lovers OF Peace, " at yalmost any price from PHI
]anthrophy from political philosophy, which teaches
that. general rlle not only existing good laws
but the generous voices that call for better silent
amid the clash of arms, from considerations of direct
mercantile or other material interests, the work
1ng members of this league Their organ IS lie Temps
newspaper one of the ablest and most advanced or
gans of the Liberal opposition. Doubtless If the
management of foreign affairs left in the lands
dor the honor of France-they could not be much
OyOTse-as they have been and are likely TO be by
Napoleon; the bother IS that Napoleon never
dreams of consulting them IN advance and having
Once got France into position where her honor Is
at stake, the mass of her peOpe-fOur-Hiths of the
peace leaguers with them-will fight TO the death TO
save her honor The movement, however, is not
tirely insignificant You will observe that there is
1n 1t an element of political opposition tactics as we'll