The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-09
ORIGIN OF The TROUBLE.
The Relations between France and
Prussia.

The Relations between France ana
Prussia.
The dispatches we give above by the Atlantic
Cable show that Europe is even now trembling
upon the verge OF great War-greater, IN all
probability, than history has ever seen. should
the conflict take place, it will be due wholly to
the jealousy of the French people at the
enormous extension of the Prussian power.
From nation Of seventeen millions OF people
with territory scattered TO the northern part OF
Germany, Prussia, owing to the victory OF Sa-
dowa, has almost in u day become the controller
of the destinies of all Germany. and wields the
military power of forty millions of people. Its
territories now actually extend from the Baltic
to the Alps. This state OF affairs has excited
the intense Jealousy OF the French people,
whose foreign policy for gel eratious has been
subverted by this change IN the relative power
of Germany and France. Having occupied,
with briet intermisSions, since the time of Louis
AIV, the first position among the nations OF
Western Europe, France suddenly hnds herself
in a secondary position, Notwithstanding the
of having the ablest and the
most asttue monarch of modern
times upon the throne. The sHdden growth
of power on the part of Prussia was evidently
unexpected to the Emperor Napoleon, who un-
doubtedly shares with his people the chagrin
they feel at the sudden elevation of the Prusslan
power. Losing prestige abroad imperils his
throne; and the recent attacks OfMessrs. Thiers
and Jules FavTe upon his foreign policy touch
his pride as Frenchman and monarch as
well as his fears as the WOuld-be founder of a
great dynasty. Hence the rumors that reach
us that, spurred on by his own chagrin, as well
as by the great jealousy Of his people. Napoleon
has taken sudden steps, which, to the Bourse
and Stock Exchange of London, pre-
sage war. 1t is evident that, to
Offset the enormous accretion to the
Prussian power, Napoleon has either under
taken to demand the Rhine as a boundary, or
has insisted that Switzerland Belgium, and
Holland should hold the same relation to the
French power that Saxony, Wurtemburg, and
Bavaria do to the Prussian power-in other
words, that those nations should form French
ZOHUereiR, In contradistinction to the German
ZOlIuerein which heretofore mas prevailed east
of the Rhine. Should tins war take place-and
there is every reason TO believe 1t Will take
place--it will be short, sharp, and decisive
The experience of the campaign which pract
cally ended with Sadowa, shows that the use
of railroads and telegraphs has revolutionized
the character of great campaigns. When enor
nous masses OF men can be hurled upon
piyen points within marvellously short period
of time, campaisns lose all the long and tediou
character which have marked their hlstor,
heretofore 1t must be bered that although
Prussia was victorious in the connlct with Aus
tria, that her military system cannot as yet nav
extended over the rest OF Germany, that tn
needle-gun is as yet confined TO her own soldiers
On the other hand, France at any moment
capable of putting into the field six hundre
thousand of as good troops as tnere are Ia IN
world: and behind these six hundred thousan
froops is a nation vain, proud, and at IN
moment hot with passion against Bismark an
the Prussian power Should the conflict tax
nIace II will clearly be for the possession 9
Belgium and Holland, which countries have 10
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campaigns between France and the yaTIou Tou
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