The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-26
Arrival OF the steamship Cuba.

BOSTON, April 25.-The steamship
Cuba brings Queenstown dates of the
18th.
burg was presented to the King OF HOlss
land, expressing an ardent desire to re-
tain their position under the House OF
Orange.
The Journal Des Debats has an arti-
cleo the Luxembourg question, saying
that it would be much better that Lux
emburg remain Luxembourg, ii ii can
not become French or Prussian without
great war, of which no one can fOrsee
all the consequences.
The Gazette de France says: The
public is persuaded that there will be Il
war. We are very sorry that the quea-
ton of Luxembourg was raised, but
France cannot recede now.
The Opinione Rationale says: France
is weighed down by profound and
grleVOus excitement.
The Prussian government has haugh-
tily refused to evacuate Luxembourg.
This is rank ingratitude. Her insO-
lence is unbearable.
The French press is nearly unani-
nous in holding, whether annexation
is consummnted or not, Prussia must
be required to evacuate. The Govern
ment alone is silent.
The Li6erte says: Far from ap-
plaudIng the silence of the nation ut the
alarmed at it. Far from encouraging
its indifference, we should make APP
peals to its patriotism. Far from con-
cealing danger, we should make it put.
lie Far from isolHting the country by
the silence of Chamber and Peers, we
should vote the urgency of liberty of
the press and public meetings. Jour
nails which are dispensed free of stamp
regulations ought TO awaken the senti-
ment of patriotism in every cottage and
every workshop. Public meetings all
over the country should make known
10 NJ. De Bismarck that If there is Il
German nation, there is also n
French nation: that If there is Ger
man patriotism which is susceptible,
there is II French patriotism which is
tOuchy; that in u word, the German peo-
pie, excited, misled and made to serve
Prussian ambition, will find itself up.
posed not only by the French army but
by the French people, determined TO
defend their Independence and tear in
pieces the treaties of 1915.
Another powerful article by Girardin,
in the La Liberte, contains a series of
war questions TO the French people,
the tendency of which, no matter in
what sense It may be received, goes to
show that France is ill-prepared
for war; that Prussia is likely to
hold Luxembourg, and Napoleon must
go to war or permit the nation to be
Inundated. He concludes very we'll
that the question put in these terms
has but one solution, war 1t is; war be-
cause Prussia, encouraged by our pa
Iience last year, will not yield either
the question of Mayence or Luxem-
burg. 1t is war because France will
not suffer herself to be humiliated. The
present government had been reproach-
cd with having given less liberty than
its predecessor to France. The govern
ment cannot deny this, but that this
government has always made one
pretensiOn, and that is. the preten-
sion of having restored France
to its rank in Europe; to having carried
high the flag of France, before humili-
ating France. This preteusion need no
longer have Il basis. This is the reason
why between Prussia, which
will not yield, and the Empire, which
cannot yield, war is inevitable, unless
at least Bismarck exhibits modera-
ton to which he is not accustomed.
The Liberte, containing this article,
had AN immense sale, and its perusal
caused profound sensation. The sale of
the paper has since been prohibited on
the streets.
Girardin, previous to the publication
of this article, received an official de-
mand for the payment of five thousand
francs, which he paid.
The Cologne Gazette urges compro-
mise rather than war, by declaring
Luxembourg an independent State, or
cedlng the Duchy to Belgium.