The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-02
From the New York Times
Prussia, Italy an tho Campaign of
1866'


The Prussian Government il not IN
the habit. of fblpnNcring, and yctit is no;
easy to sec what object it crn have had
~ view III the publication Of Gen. Won
MoItkc's report on the military opera
lions OF the allied PrusSiam and Italian
forces in the campaign ag;ns, Austria
i'll 1866. Formidable as PRUSSIA IS as Il
military power, 81, cannot, w,'h France
burning for Z 'Tccli'icauon' OF frontier,
afford at once to nccdl"ssly ALLEVIATE Ila-
) and drive Austria 70 a p rmancnt ut.
tlndc OF hostility. And vet that is but
the natural and inevitable ',suit of Tho
publication OF The report in question:
1t officially places on record several very
important facts. 1t makes j, clear be-
yond doubt lhatlhe obincs aimed at
ny Prussia, in tho campai n Of 1866,
was neither more nor less shan the alb.
solute annihilaton Of Austria as a Ger.
man Power. Jn order to attain this
object, Ita y was made use Of as an in
strnmcnt, and treated rs such, with true
Frusslan military nsolcnce. The ofcn-
slve lmpGta'lons ,on !hc courage OF the
italian forces, and the contemptuons wav
III which their services arc spoken Of in
the report sLung Gen La Marmora TO
the quick. and he at once brought the
subject before the Italian Chamber Of
Deputies, making statement, from
which it appeared thaL the only ,commu-
ncatlons, he received from The Prussian
military authorities in 1866 were impe
rlous and offensive dispatches debating,
at the very last moment, plan Of cam
palgn utterly inconsistent with that pre-
vionsly laid out by him and the positions
already taken up by the Italian troops.
LA Marmora finding an alteration CT his
plans impossible, and thinking ,bo tone
OF the Prussan dispatches insnGcrab!y
arrogant, never replied to them, but fol-
lowed up his original scheme Of, ASA
ing the. quadrilateral. Tho defeat Of
Cusloz2a cnsncd, and to tha. defeat and
to the refusal OF the Italian General to
conform to the P,ussian orders. General
Won Mollkc attributes the, failure of
Prussia TO dictate terms 10 Austria at
the gates Of Vienna
-A''>t l''|oS iS''htllOIS LtItlSSla can 10
longer expect to lino read instrument
in Italy or to hoodwink Aukta Italian
rational pride,is tco sansitS1o Not to Bit
tcYy resent impntations on the bravery
OF Italian troops, especially when made
by an ally who openly confcsscs that
her object was simply to make use oI
Italy Tor her own purposes. And Ans.
trla can never again Trust The power
which has once aimed at her dcstruc-
ton, and has no hesitation in avowing
1t. If Prussia had desired TO drive Aus:
trla into the arms Of France, and to de.
prive herself Of all aid from Italy IN any
future European war, she could not have
adopted more cliectual mcasurea for that
purpose than she has done. For once
Prussia seems to have made u false
move, her inordinatc military vanity
being the cause. The French papers do
not conceal their cxuttation on the occa.
sion. Prussia is weakened and Italy
insulted two results most deeply graft
lying to the French mind. tt is not
easy to forctell the extent of the inhu.
encc on the future Of Europe which this
inopportune publication OF Gen Moltke's
report may eventually have.