New-York tribune., 1867-08-09

nality of Russian policy tOward Poland. lne ohIy
conceivable effect of il Russian patriotic Ieauyle
,nuet ba indionation at the advocate, ana NJ the
court that let him so speak, and at the auuenCe u
general public that frankly sympathzed Win uie
And so come. by the easiest possible Transition TO
general politcstO the war; when every pouS nds r
loose underlying persuasion or aSoner nc or later and to
the sides different nations are TO take III IT, Inc
EatHte which at best was never more UNI M oit,el
corIjojc except for the ten days when Napoleon
er,,ncd il with personal pOllteneSs, while the Gar
and King William were his guests. The entente that
seemed TO the superficial On-looker to have peeh
arrived nj for a moment after the LuXemburg Lon
dom Conference, in the relations of France ana
Prussia rapidly returned to state of cooness It's
now quite generally held that II has passed 10 the
stage of irritation or oaiBt cOOlness. .
1t is generally believed that piece OF diplomatic
writing of the species called rre or hvey was sehI
ten days or more ago from the French Ministry OF
Foreign Affairs to Berlin and that the meaning OF H.
if put into plain French is: 'If you, Prussia, go on
10 apply the 'PrOyidentiu doctrine of aggOmeratlOn
so as to gobble up South Germany, we assure you
that our most distinguished sentiments are that we
don't ike il, Nnd shall keep not hkngu a r@y niach.
What strengthens the public belief III the recent pas
sage from Paris TO Berlin OF written paper on ihls
essential character is, that the sem-ohical denals
which the rumor of it has brought out, only eectthe
technical forms of the diyersely edited rumor
One semi-Oficial creature denies that notes are
ever sent from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the
"Cabinet of another natiOn another triumphant ly
asserts that there could have been no such = dls-
patCh' and points out the vital distinction between
dispatch and note and another that nelthcf
could have been sent TO the French Embas-
sador at Berlin because the ambassador is absent
from that city on congo. Folks have not forgotten
that twenty pieces of written paper the subject OF
which was the Luxemburg affair had passed through
the Foreign Office previous 10 the day when Minister
Rouher solemnly asserted that no dispatches had
passed on the subject That th9 war
Minister is busy and yigiant in his department
every one knows. II don't make much difference
whether the filing mp of arsenals and the buying OF
cavalry horses, and the pushing of contracts Tor
ChasSep0t guns, be called preparations OF war for
war; or preparations of war for peace-S Cis pdccnl
para bellUB that bOshiest ofold proverbs ns-they
are going on, and provoke people to thinking their
own thoughts about the significance Of thcm: III
they of a geographical turn OF mind and track on
the political map OF Europe the routes Of tavGmg
MOnaTchs this Summer-tOr they are OF FluellcnS
mind that there is occasions and causes IN all
things they note that the Car comes from home
through Prussia goes straight home through Prussa
does not go TO England nor Austria, both which
countries do happen to lie in Abdul Aziz's zigzag
itinerary from Paris to Constantinople
Very intelligent and uniformed persons have been
busy this week in making n connection between
these great political trains and the little accOmnoda-
tiOn trip Ofthe Empress Eugene to Queen victoria
While some discover IN 1t the proofs OF the speedy
completion of the grand Junction OF Austria, France.
Italy, and England in mutually protective alliance,
other totally uniformed. Some invent Tor o cause
and occasion of this brief unccTCmOniOus visit, ne
gOtiatOn between the two ladies respecting certain
Mss. of MaXimilian sent by their autler from Mex
co not 10 Louis Blanc, but to his cousin Queen Vic
tOria. Awaiting from future history revelation
which will then have lost most of ss interest of the
real reason, it must be admitted that the recondlte
ones Just mentioned more acceptable to the uuln
spiTed mind in this singular instance Than the ordin
airy motives of an ordinary voyage Her Majesty left
Paris when at least two royal guests OF her husband
were IN town, the Kings OF Portugal and Bavaria.
She not absent long enough 10 serve any hyg-
enc IrpOse of travel and II Is hard to believe that
the personal friendship of the Empress ana the Queen
Is OF so paSsonatey dOtlng quailiy tAt the FORMER
should Just at this moment. twice cross the channel
spend two days of travel for the sake OF embracing
her dear Victoria, and talking over their dear old
bOardlng-SChOO days Tor q day only.
1t is like enough to have had something to do with
'MIex and Mexico after all. For beside that the
Empress is known to have taken and kept the
deepest interest, political personal Pnd religious, IN
the M6xicPn hila,.ess, nom IT'S hrsi etalthg down
through Church triumphs, and French }AilltaIy
victories, and MaXimilians flower crowned" eptIV
into Mexico, to the funeral mass said for tho poor
souls T6pOse IN the Tuileyes chapel the other day
which she wanted so much should be said and sung
and ceremoned at the Cathedral Of N0trc Dame
that unluces sicGiost pitchiest OF all businesses
does connect Itself with all sorts Of .oIeign affairs,
turns up ON all sorts of hands and dciles. as II We're
in double sense all who have ever touched 1t, ana
before all IN gbOStly parade. Ministers ilatteied
themselves that they had done with II for that bout
and this season when the debate on the Expedition
and what has come OF il, seemed 10 be closed the
other week IN the Corps Legisath one OF lts worst
features turned up again gn as ever TINS week al the
tail end of the session and discussion OF the Budget
BUryer raised the financial question whether the
bankers who, under patronage and cncouIaRemento oi
the Minister of Finances, made most Proht!3e bar
gain with the State for negotiating the Mexican
loans should be suffered TO pocket all the profits OF
that bargain, but by virtue OF most singular clause
i'm il to throw all the disadvantages Of il on the
French ITeasury-that is on French taxpayers IN
general, and III particular on French Claimants on
McXicO-whOSe claims the expedition was under
taken-to secuTe-whIch expedition was declared by
Ministers 10 the shame OF doubters. aud the brow;
beating deposition questOninRa brilliantly assured
they had let of their friends the bankers from tcir
unlucky share of the bad job. Aitcr the long series
of miscalculatiOns, misstatencnts, falsihcdtons,
rhetorical. pyrOteehny contradictions self-cOntra-
1iCt
talking clerks have had 20 do and suffer ON the McX
can account for the past six years one is touched
with a feeling akin to pity for those unhappy gem
tlemen in reading this latest-not yet the end-de-
bate on the Mexican question. Even they, so patent
ly was the case against the Government had not the
face to deny that there was not certain measure OF
pertinency in Berryers argument.
Here, am afraid, is one OF the strongest reasons
for expecting war one OF these days; II alone VIII
be of strong enough present interest TO put out OF
sight and mind into unheeded past history that Meg
aOtheric Mexican muddle.
And with this, voting the budget rejecting all
amendments, of coursc the Corps Legislatit adj
iourned last Wednesday. Apart from what influence
the reading of of the debates may exert on the
nation. this session of five months has been as
"sterilen to say the least of IT, rs any Oh those ses
sions so much of whose valuable time was taken up,
as His Majesty complained last January, Ill sterile
debates on the address," the right Of discussing the
which he at that time withdrew. OF the three laws
which he then sOlemnly proposed and promlsed-
reformatOry Of the Army, of the Press and the Right
of Meeting, not one has been brought forward Ior
The only reformatory measure, of any worth ap-
proved al this session is the law abOsing imprisOn-
ment for debt ID was originally proposed by the
Emperor 20 months ago. His own nominated ma
iority, always promptly Obedient to his suggestions
Whenever when they look TO suppressng or Stacking
by new regulations any liberty there is going, man,
aged to resist its passage by one impeachment ana
another for two years. When at last, two months
ago it was sent up TO the Senate 1T took that dull
conservative body long time to make up their slow,
unwilling minds 10 its approva-nearly One-half OF
It's members were in favor of referring back to the
Legislative that is of staving OFT its operation for
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