Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-02
FROM LONDON.
Correspondence of the Ohio Statesman

LONDON, may 'lStn, 1000.
The rulers on the continent are once
more in peaceable mood and swear eter-
nal friendship to each other. Thus Napo
leon pretends to make beginning of the
reduction of the French army to peace
footing, while in fact the new organization
leaves more men to the disposal of the
Government in case of emergency than
ever before. Prussia is the only state which
is really carrying out its promises by hav-
ing already granted furlough to about
$4,000 men. No government should be
more glad of seizing the opportunity thus
offered for general disarmament than that
of Austria. Although many important
steps towards reform and liberal form of
Government have been made in that coun-
try, Austria is still on the verge of bank
ruptcy, and nothing short of a wise, strong
and economical administration can save it
from relapse into that abyss of political
ruin from which it is fast emerging. After
having freed herself, therefore, from the tet.
ters of the Concordat, Austria should at
once proceed with the Improvement of her
financial system. The reduction of the
army will go far towards diminishing the
public expenses, which have hither'
weighed upon the country like a crush
ing load. On the eastern frontier of
that empire rebellion threatens to break
out against the Turkish Government,
which may be gilmore serious consequences
than Europe is at present willing to &C.
knowledge. For some time past the popu-
1oks ol,
dissatisfied with the rule OF their Turkish
masters, and an insurrection in that quar-
ter is apt to assume large dimensions and
to threaten the very existence of the Porte
in Europe. In no quarter would such an
event be hailed with more joy than in st
Petersburgh. 1t is true that the Russian
Cabinet pursues a peaceable policy at pres.
ent towards the Sultan, and Gen. Ignatieff
the advocate for war measures against the
Porte, had, much to his modification, to
return to his post of Ambassador in Con-
stantinople with assurances of friendship
on the part of the Gar to the Grand Turk
These protestations, however, have only to
be relied upon until Russia considers the
moment propitious for hostile step on the
not having abandoned his plan against
Turkey, may be found in the fact that an
alliance between Russia and France could
not be effected, in spite of the strenuous
efforts of the Russian Ambassador, Baron
Won Budberg, at the Court of the Tuiller-
r. les, who has just been relieved by Count
Stackelberg, until lately the representative
OF Russia in Vienna.
The views of France in regard to the
Orient are known to be decidedly in favor
of the Ottoman power being upheld in all
its extent; and Russia could not, there
fore, enter into an alliance which would
completely reverse the present policy in the
East. The King of Prussia, in the mean
time, is making friends everywhere, ex-
cept, perhaps, in the Tuilleries, the cor
dial reception extended to the Crown
Prince of Prussia, in Italy, in contrast to
the rather cool way in which Prince Ma
poleon was received, having created an ill
disguised feeling of jealousy. Prussia and
Italy are decidedly on good terms; and so
are Prussia and Russia ;1and so are Prussia
and Great Britain. Austria alone observes
a certain reserve, which may, however,
disappear gradually, unless nourished by
French influence. ..--....I -....-t ....
Last, but not least, the affairs of this
country deserve our attention. 1t is a
characteristic feature of Great Britain
much to be rejoiced at that Parliamentary
government has the upper hand, and does
not hesitate even to correct the Crown, and
defeat the Ministry, whenever the mea-
sures adopted by those authorities are con-
sidered incompatible with the rights,
and privileges, and liberty of the people
The present struggle between Church
and State, between the Liberal party and
the Conservative Ministry, must event.
ually end either in the formation of new
Liberal Cabinet or in the dissolution of
Parliament and the appeal to the nation by
way of new elections. The success of the
Abyssinian expedition has done much to-
wards increasing the prestige of British
arms. The effects of it will not fail to
make themselves perceptible in India and
among the nations of Central Asia and of
Africa. Great Britain has faithfully kept
her word, and it is believed that with the
exception of a seaport for the landing of
British vessels, the whole of Abyssinia
will be evacuated by British troops, the
majority of them returning to their respec-
tive commands in India. ,.