Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-17
"rnE EMPIRE is PEACE.n

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The Paris Moni,eur has the following oficiaI
poleon{ -
"various organs of the French snd foreign
press puoilsh as well founded statements
Whlcn are OF nature to carry doubt aud dis
quletude into the operations of commerce and
inoustiy our International relations. il is per-
sistsntly alleged. are strained, and Justify the
presentinnent Of q war, more or less close AT
hano 10 give an appearance of probability
to these asser tons, the formation OF two new
preparations are said to be actively going on in
The War Department, and il is also said that
the effective OF the army is maintained At the
strength which u had at.sined towards the end
Of April last Those rrmors are totally desti-
fute OF foundation. They can only be pro
duced and propagated by hostile passions in
terested speculations, and highly lamentable
credulity. The trnth is this-there is no diple
matic question before the Emperor's Govern.
ment of . nature to modify its peaceful and
friendly relations with the various Powers
1.-THE Cabinet of Florence has taken the most
energetic measures to protect the Pontifica cal
frontier against every attempt, and the conven-
ton of the 18th OF September 1854. will be res
olutely executed. No new camp is TO be es.
tablished either in the interior or on the from
tiers Of the Empire. The soldiers belonging 10
the classes Of ls60 and 1861 have been all dis
missed to their homes since the first of June
The active army comprises at the present
msment only the four contingents belongin ing 70
the classes Of 1862, 1868. 1864 and 1865 That of
1856 will be in Incorporated towards the close OF
August, but the intention of the Government
is TO dismiss the men OF 1862 at the same De.
riod From the LIST of September, therefore
the active army will comprise only the cen
ungenfs OF four classes out of seven. The
enective OF horses mas been sensibly increased
In consequence OF purchases made in April,
but the Minister of War has decided that eight
or ten thousand of them shall be placed In the
hands OF agriculturists and that meas ure is in
course OF execution. The Government feels
conhdent that these precise declarations viii
dissipate the doubts which have taken possess
sien OF the public mind'
NAPoLEoNs DECLARATION OF PRAcR
The official announcement in .Roatteur 10 the
effect that Napoleon is very peaceable, is re-
Rarded with much distrust. The general tenor
OF the comments upon il in the English press
is indicated in the following extracts from a
long article in the London Daily News:
"The French Government appears landably
anxious to convikce the world Of its peaceful
Intentions. Unfortunately the art Of creating
confidence is not among the secrets OF per son.
al Government The more Government
protests In one direction, the more excitadlv
does the public mind move In another When
It sounds note of Peace, peace on all the
keys Of all the instruments Of offici al publicity
the public listens with feverish impatience to
the sound OF distant and muffied drums
Through all the smoke Of OH cial contradictions
and dentals it discerns the looming dangers OF
situation which has neither the security Of
peace nor the decisiveness Of actual war, but
rather the estlessness of a slumber necessarily
disturbed by evil dreams The uneasiness in
creases with every attempt to remove it: this
appetite fer dtstruet grows by what 1t feeds
on; by the rumors which supply the want OF
those TWO elements OF natural self go verument
which M. de Persigny is beginning, with a sad
inconsistency, to sigh for ublicity and con-
troll; or, in other words, 8 free Parliament and
free press, ins tead of q Chamber OF acclaim
ing cevotees. and press from day TO day de-
pendent on the mercy Of the Administration.