Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-11-18
i1Thre 1Thr Pre.eInt I. Map Of Euro,

The Present Map of Euro,
The new map of France, of W Pc
luch has been said, was issue' nich so
n the 2sth ultimo. 1t is ? in Paris
y a preface9 which speal accompanied
he present map of Eu' s as follows of
"Under the seco- cope: S.i=zaIisih
las reea;ned her Ind Empire France
Alps. Italy hs natural frontiers, the
Holland har IS, become free country.
,ound bert burst the chains which
iytne of the German Confederation in
,uxer 4nher possession of Limburg and
,as 2nburg. The German Confederation
= obeentdissolved; the federal fortress
have ceased to exist; Mayence is now
occupie ] by Prussia alone. Landau and
Genmersheim belong to Bavaria, and
are garrisoned byher; Rastadt is occu.
pied by Baden troops, and .Ulm by Ba-
varia and Wurtemburg together. Prus;
sia is materially increased, but in reali-
ty the European Balance of power is
not destroyed to the detriment of France.
Before the recent events Prussia and
Austria united were the rulers of Ger
many, and they could oppose US with
S0,000,000 of men, bound together by
treaties and formidable military organ
ization. To-day the States surrounding
France are independent Belgium and
Switzerland are neuter; Prussia, with
the North German Confederation, counts
30.000,0o0; the South German States,
having a military alliance with Prussia,
count S,G00,000,, Austria 35,00O,OO0 and
Italy s22,OOO,O00. France. with her
unity and her 40,000,0OO of Inhabitants,
including Algeria, has nothing, to fear
from any one.ai b.sir, .rl1 s.g,..5 .,;t.I.,
n"Ist this map not only a quietus for the
past but carte blanche for the future
Nobody, whether in France or Germany.
can mistake the real situation of the
South, The States composingit it are al
ready annexed de- facto one single will,
if not a single man, reigns at Stuggard,
Garlsrube,. Darmstadt and Munich, as
well as at Berlin, Dresden and Hanover.
On the first opportunity the state of
things exis ing in fact will be pro,
claimed as of right, and the Main will |
be crossed. Is that what the map and |
the comments upon it mean to sanction |
beforehand That is the important
question:. If the answer be yes, then
Bourse may lay aside all fear, for after
such resignation we can see nothing
likely to trouble our serenity. But if
mo-, is it possible to consider the map
as symptom of panic when it fixes
as the extreme limit of our concessions
and patience boundary which will cer-
tainly be crossed to-morrowiif it has not
been already.'a ae7i rfar 1T,
A Paris letter says: % sai 77bag u
THE military library in the Passage
has been besieged by crowd
anxious to get copies. As many as one
hundred thousand have been bespoken."'
The London Daily News has the fol-
lowing comments
alt can scarcely be to tranquilize the
nation that This new map of Europe has
been produced. The nation never asked
for Nice and Savoy, and has never shown
itself particularly proud of the acquisiE
tion. Algeria was not a conquest of the
Empires andis not usually regarded as
very ,valuable addition to the natural
'esources of France in war o., in peace.
The French people have bad so very
little to do with the national affairs for
he last eighteen years thstxthey cannot
,e supposed to take arm, interest in
he imperial policy, except in so far as
hat threatens to involve them in the
;alamities Of war. =. yE13I l-gta-r..g
'f"But does the Emperor care to per-
uade the nation which he has never
aiken into his eounsels2a Surely it is
o the army, not to the nation, that this
nap is addressed; and without for an
Instant suspeeting Louis Napoleon of
he .absurdly Machiavelic design of pro.
'oking military susceptibilities instead /
f allaying them by making the power +
f Prussia patent to all eyes, SO that /
very soldier in the Empire may feel .
imself humiliated and burn fer revenge, I
Re cannot escape the impression that
ne production Of this map is calculated /
) puzzle and perplex the public mind, /,
nd therefore to disturb the confidence in
eace and to exasperate that distrust
-hichi makes men at last, from sheer
esperation and ddespondency, prefer the
-orst of certainties to the fever and par
lysis, of perpetual mystifcation. We /;
hould be only too glad to believe that /
l publishing this map the Emperorhad j
o other thought than peace. But in Z
lat case its appearances ought, accord /.
lg to that logic which the Emperor =
ives SO well, to be followed and COM
leted by a decree reducing the army to 1
peace footing, and inviting other pow I!
rs to do likewise, instead of faecompanyI 4
g the equipment and drill Of the Nova
le National Guard and Immediately /
an article in the L11oniteur /
hich explains and justifies, in its own /
lslion, the maintenance of, the Aus I
ian Sarmyiiat an effective strength, of
ght hundred thousand msn.sl1 ln1 7oi