Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-01
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FROM FRANKFORT.
FRANKFoRT. August IA, 1868,
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& FRANKFORT. August IA, 1868.
"a Napoleon is doing his best to contra
dict the war rumors, which are still
aAoatin Paris, and, in a late address to
the Mayor of Troyes during his sojourn
in that city, has expressed the hope of
peace being preserved. Nevertheless,
he appears to apprehend his being ulti-
mately pushed to a foreign war by the
impetuosity of the army and in order to
detract the attention of the nation from
interior matters. ~ 81 'saN'i- 'i1o
1t is likewise becoming more evident
every day. that lie has endeavored to
raise General Lamarrnora to the head of
the Italian Government, in order to dis
solve the alliance existing between that
country and Prussia; also that he has
made great efforts to secure Holland and
Belgium by new treaties Of commerce.
War between France and Germany is
consideredginevitable, both in Belgium
and Holland the latter country there
/ fore argues that in case of Prussia COM
ing out victorious, she would certainly
claim the whole Of the Netherlands as
subject to the Prussian crown, but show
herself ready to give up all Dutch ter
ritory if she can obtain Lothringia and
and Alsace in place of it. Belgium is
afraid of being entirely abandoned by
the Great Powers and therefore not dis
inclined to come to terms. with CNapol-
con. The. King of Holland has gone to
Lucerne, in order to consult with the
Queen of England about his steps to be
taken for the future. When the Queen
passed through Paris, the Emperor did
not come ), from Fontainbleau to
welcome her, but merely sent the
Empress, who very soon became entan-
gled in such violent alteration with
Queen Victoria about peace or war, that
the visit was broken off within 80 min
utes and was not returned by the Queen
of England. The latter is said to have
told the Empress at last, that she should
use all influence over the Emperor to
hold him back from inaugurating war,
which would be disastrous to the whole
of Europe. If we add to this the fact
of Napoleon being apparently determin-
ed to interfere in Spain, as soon as the
generally expected revolution will break
out there, and of his having already con-
centrated an army of 10000 men at the
Spanish frontier, we cannot but consider
the situation of Europe to be IN very
precarious state. As for Germany, the
armies of Prussia and the Southern
States are gradually being located so as
to be prepared against any unforeseen at
tack on the part of France. AS soon as
Napoleon becomes aware of that fact,
he will hesitate before he ventures to
make an attack on Germany, which
soon could send troops into the interior
of France, and might possibly succeed
in single battle to destroy the Imperial
throne, which is anything but favorably
looked upon by large majority of the
French people, A proof of the truth of
the, latter assertion is furnished by the
fact of even the schoolboys daring to
hiss the Emperor, together with the I'M
perial Prince, at the distribution of
prizes. The commotion created by the
confscation of the newspaper Lanterne
for its satirical articles against the Gov
ernment, is another proof of the demor-
alization prevailing in the interior poll
tics of the country 10 eao slV e4a
Bismarck is still on leave in Pomme-
rama, and his absence is very keenIy
felt in political circles; the King of
Prussia is severely censured by public
opinion for having removed the incum-
bent officer and put his favorite General,
yor Mantufel, in his place. The latter
had been removed by Bismarck from his
position as chief of the military cabinet,
because he played the roll of diplomat
and was used for secret missions by the
King. 5sg 7 Yiwe 1rsa sora lH7i5 81
In 1866 these two generals had vio-
lent alteration about the management
of the war, in which Falkenstein was
decidedly right. but was nevertheless
removed to Bohemia at that time, and is
now relieved from his command, only in
order to crafty caprice of the King.
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