The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-28
THE WAR ASPECT.
Russian AnttctpatiOns of n Gigant
European Struggle.

FROM We FTtS DeOuLS, august 10.
At the moment when the Prussian press is
becoming calmer the Russian Journals seem
disposed to increase in violence, not only to-
wards Turkey, but also towards the nations of
Western Europe, While the greater part of
those organs continue to draw q most frigntful
picture of the crimes which they attribute TO the
Turkish tooops in the island OF Crete, the Mos
cow Gazette, representing the extreme Russian
party, declares all Europe to be menaced with
terrible confiagration; ; here France is aboul TO
rush upon Prussia to endeavor to destroy the
consequences OF the campaign of Bohemia:
there twenty. four millions of Italians are pre-
pairing TO fall upon Rome; IN Germany the
states annexed to Prussia last year are about to
take up arms TO reconquer their Independence.
Instead of pointing out to us the means of
escaping from those perils the terrible Gdzette
calmly says:-"Ifthe shock is inevitable, why
delay 1t? The friends Of peace themselves may
prefer an immediate catastrophe to so lamen-
liable a state of things" No doubt it depends
on Russia alone TO avoid all those disasters. but
we are not worthy of her intervention in our
favor Already in the spring she kindly saved
France from a war which was on the point of
breaking out, ana we did not snow our graft
tude to her. mo one has understood the great
ness of the sacrifice Russia made in pacifying
Europe, when a war on the subject of LuXem.
bourg gave her such good opportunity of
livering, without difficulty, her co-relgiouists
In the East whose destiDies are so intimately
bound up with her own" To that sacrifice Eu-
rope only replied by giving an enthusiastic re-
serves no pity; and the Moscow GJazette conse.
quenty abandons France to her sad fate.
French Reply to PruSstan Accusations.
From the Paris Temps, AuguSt l6.
In an article which has been extensively
copied, the Prussian print NORTH German
Gdzette) raises the scarecrow OF the old parties,
and affects to represent war as being demanded
dynasty. These are they who, if The Berlin
journal is to be believed, are favoring a resort
TO hostilities, while the Emperors government
has aSsuredly no idea OF combating the princi-
pie of natlonaltties, after having been the first
adroit, involving as it does at once a menace
and flattery. But at the same time 1t would
be di1ficult TO represent with less fidelity the
n q al m MI lin
opinion in France. If the Prussian writer
knew our country, he would be aware that
uoneerng circulars of the administration;
he would understand especially that war
the apprehension entertained by enlight-
en- ed men is precisely that of seeing the coun-
enterprises for which it could not be RESPONSE
ble inasmuch as II could not prevent them.
Would the North German Gdzette pretend by
any chance to place the Mexican expedition to
the account of public opinion in France? Does
it think it can insinuate that the opposition
drove the Government into that undertaking?
Its language now, respecting the disposition of
France towards Germany, ts not whit m ore
sensible than either of these suppositions would
be. The Prussian journal shows in still an
other manner its ignorance concerning US. 1t
does not admit that the internal condition of
France can have any share in the cause OF the
war which people anticipate. Nothing, how
ever, is more certain. At the present point at
awake ming of public opinion after the Mexican
disaster, after the struggles of the last session.
after the hopes to which the letter of the 10Th of
January gave life and (Which at present scarcely
remain hopes-atter all this, there is no exag-
geration in saying that our Government finds
itself between the horns OF this dilemma
either to satisfy the legitimate demands of
liberal opinion, or to impose silence upon 1t by
the loud, brutal roar ofthe cannon.
The Imperial Conference at Salzburg.
From The Independence Beige, August IL.
The journey to Salzburg, with respect to
which the Court of France was prompt to en-
tighten that of Prussia, especially through the
intermediation of the Count de Goltz. is not of
a nature to offend Count de Bismark or his
sovereign. We should even be tempted to be-
lieve, with our Berlin correspondent, that taken
together with the tnopportune proceeding of NJ
de Moustier in favor of Denmark, the Prussian
Cabinet, on the contrary, congratulates itself
upon this visit from the point of view of sue
cesses IL Is calculated to promote in the ap-
An article published yesterday in the journal
deS DebdtS and which assumes the form of dip
lomatic communication, will not modify these
| appreciattons Of the Prussian Government. A
perusal of 1t will lead to this conviction.
| According to the French print the two EN-
perors ia their approaching conversations will
speak OF every question at present agitating
| the Old and New Worlds; the settlement of the
| Mexican war, the constitution of Germanic
99nlH unity UNDER the supremacy of Prussia, and
| ottoman empire. Napoleon and Alexander T
| dlVldlng Europe between them at Erfunth had
not SO extensive programme as that of which
Lhe OeodS desires TO give the settlement to Ma
poleon III ana Francis Joseph. Thus notUith.
standing the authority which ordinariv a.
taches 10 what appears in that Journal we ner.
| sist III believing that the interview at Sqlzhnro
| will have no other character than that OF 4
demonstration, somewhat marked, perhaps of
affectionate sympathy mingled with regret