The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-11
THE FRENCH RO> NDARY, ON THE
RHINE. 4. W.

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twill be remembered by our readers that the
French Emperor last summer made certain de-
mands for an adjustment" of the French frontier
on the East side; an that the same were fatty Re-
| fused by the PrussiRn cabinet. a recent number
OF the Augsburg Gazeae gives us an authentic ver-
sion OF the nature Of said claim and at the same
tune th4 ows out q warming, the more significant
just now, in view Of that 400 600 army reoreani
cation, we have heard SO much Of within the past
two months: ~. ..z.4 j@ ,,,2sS Il. .rlil 4.
The augsburg Gazette says: On the 24th o,
July NJ. Benedett, Ambassador Of France. made a
communication to Count Bismarck, of which the
l following are tue main features: ihe Netherland
territories having belonged till then to the exGer-
man Confederation, to be excluded from any new
nounce her rixht of garrisoning Luxemburg. Re-
PROCESSION to France Of the territories Of Saarlp1s
Ct saarbruck, and its coal basin, both Obtained b.
to France Of Rhenish Bavaria and aesse essiSn iSa
so7erelgns Of those States to >receiye coinnansa
ION Son IN Germany. Fhoss territorial clains en-
one FRANCE was compelled to restore to .Germa-
~. N 1915, In getting possession Of .Rheniah
Davs5ia and the coal district Of ne saar, TFalco
you'd have Obtained two fortresses, Landau and
saarlouls, and also Mayence, the bulwark Officer
many. Moreover, once Luxembourg having ceased
TO belong 70 the German Federation, Holland
expenses Of the fortress OF the Grand DSnchV ft1o
winch would then have to be garrisoned by tRa
FIencn or pc QernOlahed. S.g MI $3I. s5s ,,S' @lE
OF public notorety that the territorial conne,sa.
Ions claimed by France have not beam vifhirax7n.
and that the day when France will deem pronar K,
press them again is perhaps not fes distant; -,
The manner NJ! in which this demand was made.
and the decisive refusal it met with at the hani7a
ofFrussla, have contributed largely to weaken the
p'esssge OF IouB NAPOLEON, and have done; mora
rta'a1sA To aacure for BB1ARuK q strong hold on
tne patriotism and the atfect1ons or 1s,S
men. Here he will ever have ralyin9 point: that
VII unite all Of Germany whether. otherwise 1,iDI opDI
posed TO Prussia or not. How the Emperor came
70 Daok down so ignominiously was. then, and is
stll, q great mystery. Some suggest one explana.
ton and some another; the most probable solution
o. tne mystery connects it with the sudden mala-
oy with which the Emperor wss seized last Eprinei
and which thu Saturday Reu;e,o suggests. t.nnav
have naturally intensified the vanllstion that bas
1or some time been becoming his CHIEF mart.,
Characteristic. :Is3 y 4 i..l lf'-;SSs
sut while this was mysterious and laumiliat;no ~
the sde g France, nothing could have BEEN c,asfer
OF more glorious tha n the whole affair on tha aia
q Germany. Count BISMARCK showed Harma;ny
what abe was capable Of doing. NArorzon thun.
dared 81 him, and he was not afraid BE resoInt-
" declined to cede an inch Of German oron,,d
and Continental Europe awoke instantly TO tha
delightful conviction that it was mo LONGER AZ tha
mercy OF ons man, and that "a Power had s5r,,np
up which Imperial France was afraid q attack. .ss
The Augsburg Gazette now reminds us ::tist thia
affair b not yet &c; tied; and that ore long tfa
world may be gratiaed with al aquiline combat
on fearfully gigantic scale The eagle .ot France
VIII fly at his black Borusaan rival, and struggle
Tor life or death may The result. ~. .. c