New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-13
Y. FEBRUARY 10. Is69.-TRIPLE SHEET
Greeks and Turks that they, too will not go to war

| this time.
The French diplomatic correspondence of the past
| year. If edited with bir. Stewards free and easy
| yoluminous frankness, might throw floods of am:
biguous twilight the dimness of our doubts and
| divinatons. But the French Yellow Book is sub,
| edited down TO insiphcaDee so far as the annual
literary exchanges with the great powers are con-
| cerned NJ. Mous Ter seems to have observed bril-
liant silence toward England, Austria and Prussia,
and this happy lack of historical record changes Tor
Russia, onl ~ to phanthropic correspondence with
st. Petersburg relating to the exclusion from the
battle fields of the future OF explosive shot and can
non balls. They are automatically declared to be
| unchTistian, ungentemanly, improper, lamentably
| augInentng the unpleasantness OF lnternatlonai
slaughter 1t Is pity that the great composers and
hbrettiss are dead: Done into verse and set TO music,
this part OF the Yellow Book would be pretty can
tata in strophe, antistrophe and chorus. Duct both
Emperorst People appear, approach, advance
ball or shot" Solo j.. n b., in Mexican costume,
"Oh no, by no means, not" Recitatiye, "IeaStways
at present not. not now that Max is shot and tho
empire il peace as per Bordeaux invoice till further
| orders" Chorus Of 1.3J0,0C0 French and l,i61OOO
Russian sups, the respective numbers, according to
Baron Kuhn that France and Russia hold ready to
| put into the field against the l,C2S95 OF Mr. Bis.
marcks North German Confederation the l,O)3OOO OF
the AustroiIuDgaTian Kaiser, the AO,l1l Of South
Germany, and the O,46l OF unyietorious Emmanuel
| of Italy
With Italy, according to the Yellow Book, whose
editor has evidently suppressed some interesting mat
ter i'll this chapter French relations remain IN sGtd
quo; with Spain thcy have been Loyalty neutral since
the revolution in the Peninsula. The ambitious and
misunderstanding policy Of the Danubian Principal-
ties and their PIssian Prince OF ruler are treated
with very positive expressions Of discomfort ana Of
serious warning. The dispatches relating to Turkey,
especially to its measures OF reform, show that NJ.
Monster was a firm supporter of the integrity of its
territory and sincere believer in its possible vital
| ity and capacity for civilization This may be said
| of his views on the Eastern Question:: Whether
right wrong, they held together That his reslg-
nation shOuld be accepted" when his master had de-
cided TO accept the Conference proposed by Russia,
is now further explicable, # further explanation
were needed by the nOn-Tesuant results OF the inst
series OF tho Conference sessions HIS iilne6sIwhcn
since has brought him TO deaths door, where he stlll
les-was convenient preteXt for his forced resig-
| nation, not the cause of its being accepted"
The death of that long sufferer, the Belgian boy
Prince, opens question Of the throne succession, IN
| which there are limitations that our Emperor and
| his young heir take interest. The littlo man was
| Just under 10 years Of age not old enough by Il
month or two for certain courts-that of Berlin,
| for instance-to go into etquettica mourning FOR:
Without taking such nice chronological measures OF
SORROW, conceive that the Court Of the Iuil-
cries catches a gleam OF territorial consolation
| through it's sadness The reignng King Of Belgium
| has no remaining child His brother. the Count OF
Flanders, is chdess, and IL reported to be imam
bilious of succeeding 10 the throne The merit heir 70
| Belgium. geographically considered, Is the Imperial
The Corps Legislatif has furnished us, this week
with another notable sign OF the changing times Vi
question of Interpolation, the origin ana details o.
which il is not necessary to enlarge upon for the I'M
derstanding of tho case, the House divided and sus
tanned the position taken by Minister Rouher by Only
the triling majority of 2yOes-lli Yeas 10 lU3 Nays
SIX years ago. The Tire (Lcs Cbql stood alone IN then
independence, and that was an advance on y year;
| ago. When, three four years ago. the " rory
| Trey yenturcd 10 hold tempcrately to certain opn
| ions of their own in favor of moderate reform:
(which Rouhcr then yilipended rs idle and rcSoa-
! tiOnary and which, since then NJ. ROuhers master
has Instituted and ordered NJ Rouher sustain with
his fcryid eloquencc). that thought marvel and
| great sign of hopeful advance. And now the 40
have grown to lO2. This Is the last sesson OF Tie
! actual Legislative Body. Members who went IN as
Government candidates their last legs, and, IN
view of the coming elections striking out more
moves