American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-05-01
EoratVn News.

The French and Prussian embroglio grows
more threatening every day. ana In spite oI
,onc;liatorv sneeebes in the French Corps
Leo,.Latit bv MARQUIS de Moustier, Minister
of Srate and of Foreign Affairs, and by Count
Bi,mark in the North German Parliament,
a financial panic is the consequence In the
nr;ncipal money capitals of Europe. Count
R;.msrk in his speech on April l, stated the
issue in regard to Luxembourg to be about
as follows: On the dissolution in 1866 of
the German confederation, Luxembourg, not
desiring to enter the new confederation on
account of the military burdens which she
would have to assume, reverted to Holland,
of which she had been part, and which
power demanded the evacuation by Prussia
of the Luxembourg fortresses. About the
same time the King Of Holland asked what
position Prussia would assume in case he
ceded his sovereign rights in Luxembourg
to France. Prussia's reply was to the effect
that Holland would be held responsible for
such transfer, and her action was the re-
enforcement of the Luxembourg and other
frontier fortresses. Subsequently propo-
sition was made to quiet matters between
the two great Powers by declaring Luxem
bourg a neutral State.
Two other but smaller specs of war dis
figure the European horizon. Greece has
excited the ire of Turkey by her too active
sympathy with the Cretans and on April
10 the Sultan is reported to have threatened
her with war. The Spanish Government
in December last refused to yield to the de-
manis of Great Britain for restoration, with
damages and apologies, of the British ship
Tornado, seized in 1866 by Spanish man.
of>war on suspicion of being Chilean pri-
yateer; and the Spanish Cabinet ordered the
case for adjudication before prize court by
which the vessel was lately condemned
The English Government on April sent
several war vessels to Cadiz to enforce its
peremptory demands for instant redress, not
only in case of the Tornado but also of the
Victoria seized under the same circumstan-
COS. An answer in the case of the first has
been given, declining to accede TO the de-
mand the Victoria has been delivered up
Spain gracefully yielding to English de-
mands in this case.
The Liberal party in the English Parlia
ment has divided, and its first effort al
amending the Derby reform bill has resulted
in its discumfiture. On April IL Mr.. Glad
stone, leader of the Liberals, offered an
amendment fixing the voting rate at f5
which, after long debate, was defeated by
a majority for the Government of 81. Thi:
it was claimed by the Government organ:
would saYe the Derby Cabinet from disso,
luton.
Patrick Condor, alias Massey, the Gen.
eral in chief of the Fenian army operating
in Ireland, on being captured, turned Queen,
evidence, and is to be the principal witnes,
for the Government in the forthcoming trial,
for treason
The Oxford and Cambridge boat race or
the Thames came off on April l3, and wa:
won by the Oxford club after the most ex
citing pull ever witnessed on that stream.
Maximllian's situation in Mexico grows
more desperate daily. The siege of Quere'
taro continues; the Imperial force was not
entirely surrounded at our latest dates and
was well supplied, and it was believed could
subsist itself until May l, but had no hope
of extricating itself from its position. Es-
co5edo on March % reported that the be-
sieged force, about 1000 strong, had made g
soirtee from Queretaro on one of his supply
trains, but after a sharp fight had been re,
pulsed and forced into the town again. The
siege of Vera Cruz was begun by the Lib
erals on March IL, on the departure of Ba
xaine and the French. Dates from the city
to April 2 represent the siege to have be-
come moro vigorous, and the daily bonn
bardment severer; SO brisk, indeed, as tc
prevent steamers from landing. At that
date the water supply had been cut off, and
the last beef in the city had been killed ant
eaten.
The Emperor of Brazil has called out the
National Guard, the great reserve corps o.
the Empire, to reinforce the army in Para
quay. Great discomfort prevailed in conse
quence.