New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-15


the Emperor will stick to his position of three days
ago, up to which time he rejected Victor Emmanuers
urgent proposition for joint occupation represent
ing to his French friend that such an arrangement
offered him. Victor Emmanuel, the only outlet be-
tween abdication and with France. There was,
indeed daynOt long when abdcation in favor of
dutitul son, Humbert, might have hopefully seemed
to signify coup detat, suppression of Constitutional
Monarchy and of Garibaldi; but les iOWS de surent
ct ne reSembleat pas. AbdicatiOn, few days later,
seemed to signify suppression of Monarchy i'll
favor of the Republic of Garbaldi Dictator Mazzini
and what's its name broke loose. When, week ago
to-day, Napoleon eOunteTordered his justpreceding
cOunterOrder, which suspended its preceding order
for the departure from Touon. his thought, at that
third vigorous makeup of his mind, was that he
could bluff Italy and put down Garibaldi by this
new Roman expedition, without fighting, and with
out resuming garrison duty i'll that Eternal City. II
is quite possible that Italy has pronounced itself
so openly for itself and Victor Emmanuel, at last,
himself for it, and Gen. La MarmOra here urging
that the national movement under Royal leading is
the only diversion of the national movement under
Garbadis leading and that the only possible restrc
ton of that movement to a limit this side of the
Vatican is an international agreement to temporary
JOINT Occupaton-it Is quite possible, that Napoleon
Is consening now to what he refused so recently If
not then we are to have war; conclude the Thought
tul ones. This opens first between France and Italy,
to spread either side, in this WISE Prussia joins
Italy; Austria joins France; Spain sends fleet and
troops Tor debarcation to Naples; then Russia-Tur
key-and-and-
French military force has been brought, under
the highest state of preparation for immediate active
service. Arrangements are made, and movements of
troops are actually taking place on scale that far
OutmeasuTes the mere necessities of temporarily pro-
tecting Rome against the attack of few thousand
Ganbaldian volunteers. Were war within fort
night decided on the arrangements would require
no alteration. The Italian army is in w0fully worse
condition, and the Italian treasury i'll worse condi-
tiOn than the army The Italian people are evil
IDENTIFY in considerable better condition than the
Mexican people the other years-in as good con-
diton for fight perhaps, as the French people were
against cOalized Europe IN 1928. Prussia again, is
as well prepared as France, and the moment II was
war with France WurtembuTg and Baden surely
would be German auXhares and Bavaria at worst a
vacatDg neutral. Austria, per contra, is in better
state of than she on the eve of SadOwa, and
the amiable young gentleman who monarchizes her
forces under the combined influence of Minister
Beust (who does not forget that he is Saxon and of
his present host, Louis Napoleon, who, he forgets
the fast friend OF his dear lost brother, Max,
and with whom ne seems even more fOndly intimate
than he was at Villafranca-this amiable Francis
Joseph is quite capable of joining in the war; AS for
Spain, her participation IN the war being unwse,
costly, and with bgotry for motive nothing short
Of Napoeons prohibition can keep her from IT,
Such is the pleasant programme we have for recre
ative contemplation this HOLIDAY of All Saints. Ii
is difficult it would be interesting to know
actly how the French look at ii. We newspaper
folks always talking in the most familiar way of
French public opinion, though we were acquainted
with 1t. As lddsbury says, 1t is like the Dead
March in Saul" which everybody has heard of, few
have ever heard and yet fewer can distinguish from
any military music played slow. Beside the indica-
tons of public opinion visible TO all of Govern
ment, more interested than any private individual,
tries to arrive at its real estate through reports of the
police, of perfects and other subordlnates of the
Ministry OF the Interior whose machinery is also
used TO manufacture opinion. Newspapers, | need
not tell you, doubtful indicators here than
in countries where the press is free or nearly free
When Government announced last week its pur-
pose TO fOrcibly impose on Italy respect
for 1.-THE September Convention. the EteRdTd
came ont with the boastful assertion that
!6ls energetic I9 iE was supported by the
that it approved by II of the 81 daily political
journals of Paris of which ordinarily Is rank in the
category of opposition, and six only in that Of Gov
eminent papers. To say nothing now of the odious-
ness of this campaign in the long run, so naivey
made by the ociOus EtenddTd nts thoughtlcss zeal
to prove too much the other morning 1t Is 10 be OBJ
served that the six ofcious journals always, and
matter of course, entertain. awares any and every
Government message as though II was angelic; that
the Catholic Church organs and the egitimist could
but approve in the the adoption of their policy
by the Government but more than all, that the seven
disappearing journals, representing every shade OF
liberal opinion from mOnarchical constitutlonahsm
to republican democracy from the journal deS DCbdts
to the Courier Francois nave an aggregate sale OF
some thousands than the daily sale OF the other
fourteen daIlies-and have yet larger proporonate
superiority in the number of their readers; they are
TO a much larger extent than the others the popular
papers which you find in cafes and small reading
rooms Three daily papers are omitted from the Ete
tours Chdrrdr is Paris Puncha great deal of ITS old
acid and zest squeezed out the Napoeonc law OF the
pressOf small SALE but quite extensive reading cir
culatOn and influence going direct through the eye
to the nage-ceDsOTum by virtue Of It's Sharp wood
cuts and witty hits on stone The Big NoRdeW Is
posted on the outer wall Of all the Maires IN the
country, and the little Evening Monihu, popular
lied sheet sold for one SOU has immense circula
ton and. on thousands constantly reading II and
nothing else. considerable influence. The, more
stately and costly reviews and other periodicals. like
the Detr MOndes and lie Correspondent and La Rerue
Chretienne and q few small sectarian Protestant and
Catholic weeklies, only affect the general public
mediately through the limited class OF their thought
ful readers. only preach TO the converted
Public opinion, if tested by universal male SUI
frage vote ten days ago, would IN TaTls ana some
against intervention in the Roman business and
might perhaps now; ,
0ic are quite other sort of elements that go to the
formation of public opinion The first two OF these
elements, are rather 10 be overlooked by foreign
Spectators and even Partisan journalists are never
laast sight of by the clergy Taken as a body, the
parochial Catholic clergy Of France for Jealous hard
work and decent lives can compare favorable with
anv national clergy in ChristendOm. They are TO a
great degree of and with the people, by social class
origin, by intimate daily association ana sympathy.
Above all they bless the marriages. they Daptlze the
children, catechize them, and largely conduct then
Education visit the sick confess the living, admins
ter the last sacraments and bury the dead--admln-
lister the last sacramens to nne-tenths OF an dying
huence is very great then, and when brought to
bear on politics bears inevitably in one dlrec-
ton, for Rome and the PoPeagainst or i9r anS soY
s thew or rather their herarchia chiefs who largely
rule NapoleOns policy to-day; he submitting unwll-
lingly enough, trying to appear not TO submit, put
working in their harness all the same for hope OF the
very great reward in the general elections OF lSG9
last consideration TO be noted by those VINO WISH
70 get at the actual state of public opinion in France
is the difference between ten days or so ago and now
Thousands of men, in the army as well as In clvll
life who lately deprecated return TO Rome or any
friendly looking that way, now that Napoleon has.
without consulting them and the country in any con
stitutional way, implicated the national nag
and honor" in that course ready to sustain them
in il to the bloody end. Patriotism of our country
Ike - sort Ia nowhere stronger than III