, 1869-05-06
The Work Of Prussianiz-
:
ing Germany.
Curious Manifsstationsi IN Hanover.
Errors Of the Provisional Govern
ment Of Spain.
Daily Life Of the Pape-His Golden We'd.
ding.
The Elections.

A1alss, the man Whop next To the Emperor can
every way SPEAK with the most authority Of OF
foreign relations. recently made a most pacld
speech tn the Chsnbcr Of Deputies He declare
that the Imperial Government desired peace: tbs
there WAS nothing, at this moment, that SCENE
likely to trouble II: that the position aud the #
tnre Intentions Of France we're not to lntefpose
the Affairs Of Germany; IN abort, peace was de
dret, 50 long NJ the honor md Interests Of Franc
were not At stake.
| Language having been given to men, and rsincI
! rAlly to M11istet1 to disguise. rather than IN ~
prcsf, their thoughts these words do no, nra ::
much. know. Stn the7 have great stgni!cauce
The Marquis de Iavaliette Is an cstImable mi
esteemed man, quite brilliant, very sympathetic
much 1ovcd. and occupying high position |,
FItnca and European society. Ills oIoptcd son
II Nelcs dc lava.ettc, the son Of tie Marquis.
who has Just died, m American woman. much n.
gIetled IN Pafis, married one Of the daughters O
Tue Gtand F1zles Honher. 4 Liberal Ia oniniou
FcFy anticlerleal, much faneied By the Friucesj
Aasalhe, the cousin Of the Emperor, aud who ex
erdses over him great influence, dut
70 early remenhfanees and affection
lo'ed oy the Emperor himsell-l
soveretsns can love any ons besIdes Ii hcnsc.yc,
u DC Iavaiesse Ia too shrcwd to lie use,essly ane
to his personA harm. THIS speech WIS hts dtbv
az an orator IN the Corps Le1ialattf and he sac
ceeted folly, 1t Is not very likely that he lIe]
knowingly. 1t Is almost certain that he believe.
tn peace It Is almost certain that he nones,,,
wkhes It, and will do his best to preserve IT, Srct
is the tfsrl1canec of this spccch-crtther mors
nor less.
PRErAREp FOE WAR.
1t Is proper to add that almost ut the same mr.
ment, the Minister OF War, Marshal Neil. made
aotne remarks which did not haImonize With those
OF his colleague. Unlike him, he spoke but of va,
and ~atiile preparations, saying TIM. the a5my
"as ready; that In this time 0! military su1pr1ses
they could in eight days be n the field nd on the
way to the enemy q county; that France hal six
hundred thousand men al, ready; nuore military
oapphes and stofes than eses before. aud Ill back
| ed By much money, onf Heil-kuown national cnar.
ae1eft and resolution not II be th.eatenr txtce
but IN dealing With the P1ussisns, whose huuor Ia
naturally aggressive. especially when they hope to
lnuncate the1f advefsarics, this Is pcrhaps the
bt7st way OF keeping peace They know now tnat
| ne arr perfectly prepared, which We one. were
nor; ready to endure nothing from them, but at
Inc same time determined not to medde ia Ge:-
man matters, with which We have In reality moth
ing TO do. They Will Keep quiet as regards us, aud
We VIII DO the same concerning them.
rnss11l,I1Ei.
Inc *af1fke hJpotheAla the most to be feared is
That when this waF Is determined In the head o.
The Empernr, OF tnat OF N. Won B,salark each of
whom, feeling that peace impaired their prestige,
might desire, At any price, to refresh 1t By wu
One would hope to gam the Rhlnc one Of the
keeness and decpest-rooted desires Of France:
the other would lie to perfect tho unIkcaton al
Germany, md follow 1t up by taking from M Al.
SAGE. Lorraine, and part Of Switzerland. I, IA
true that Ia Germany, as In France, public sentl
nent u opposed to this war; but. II
our ruiera wish II, what can VIC do.
since We have teen foolish enough to 1eave
cur nses and fortunes In the h.nds
OF cur chiefs without reseFTtng the right OF con-
trolling them7 In this case, there will be wal.
Inc only thing which keeps US from II Is the lack
OF some plausible pretext, which neither o, the
TWO a'se1sartcs desires to gdse the other, because
each wishes to have public opinion on his side
NOW, pretexts arc things easlly found with ve,g
Htile searching. H. On the other hand, as one eau
hope without believing IT, the Idea Of war is
not determined In the heads Of thcse tFo
potentstes; Il, as they cay, both having reached
the ouulpotcucc they dreamed of, wish chleny to
preserve u, and DO not care to compromise it In
war; our Emperor Is truly sick Of the rcmeu-
bsanee Of the battlefield OF Sollerno, and ha7
promised himself that such a scene shall not hs
bcgun again BY him; II Won Bsma1k Is no. sure
enough Of the ncT-ma1e unity OF Germsny to lead
Its people against US; II the King OF Prusaia, who
h after all, his master, does not wish war; they
can rac1tty agree on some anlcahle dtsarminc.
peace may last.
Such is the situation, but little changed, rs you
see; still considerable step has been taken hy
THIS declaration OF nonlnt egrentIou In German
af1Alrs
BEL0HE RiuRoADs.
The question with Belgium relative to the raN-
roads remains where It was, The propoaltiona OF
the Belglan Envoy hare been rejected by the
Minister Of Public Works Of France, who, ID nls
turn, puts forth othera This may be r!Ru to
pEot4act matters unula rupture occusrs. For some
thAra hnrya Ann1H
ancea With the woskmen in belgium, due | I'm |
willing 10 believe, to chance. But they msg throw
the Belgian Government into embaryassmenta |
which a1e always dinlcu!t when foreign affairs
arc as much complicated as at present.
CSF1cAT7oS or GERMANY.
The work Of Prusstanlztng Germany moves |
slowly. Not only DO tho princely hegemonIes here
and there rcsst ali they eau, but public opinion
seems To DC turning against this unity, which Is
oot me enhaVlng Of Germsny by Prussia They
seem ut ast to understand this on tho other st,lc
u the Rhine II they ere once possessed by the
aea tnat NC have no desire TO nttacl them they
HH understand better and better the truth Of this
disguised conquest which the italian Cayour nrst
patented IN modern times, {or this ia the 4 &c
u every ambitious policy. The HAnovcriaus In
particular, obstlnatcly object to absorption.
Selshbors Of Prussia, End. therefore, knowing By
experience tho vexa'tous and desros1c ways Of the
russians they do not wish to submit to them, at
east willingly, but under any circumstances prt
esttug IN thtlr T1y. give you one or these mo-
cstatlons savagely htppocidal but quite original:
An ENTHUSIASTIC 1ASorEktAS.
II Is known that the King OF Prussia con1scated !
he property Of ahe ex-Elcctor OF Hanover for the /
a1ae reason that the Enture cats p7:rldgcs, OF a
at mice, or TINT one bant1ng house swallows 10
mother, OF one nation anosher7 Why did The
North defeat and partially devour the South in
or1 eountJ7 By the rtRh1 Ct the strongest, that
'susal right which has prevailed from the Stays
II Adam down to this time.
Having cnndseatcd hts property, and not wish.
s to Keep II for fear Of losing II, and deslrous Of
la.Ing the money, greedy Prussts sells It. Thus
lew days ago, the stables OF the tlethronrd
'ttnco werr disposed OF. The principal lot,
nree nne Arab horses, particular pe;s
the Prince werr purchased by an IN
oo"n, who WAS said to be an Hauoyerjan
encra1, very popular IN the country, E1esstan
no nag been ont Of place stnec the annexation Ii
se6 The moment the horses were sold, the pnr
haser went to them, took revolver from his
ocfct and st1tnty blew their b1slus out afrer
hich he withdrew Without a word Ia It neces
af5 10 give reason for this i. Surely not stro1s
we for Prussia THIS Il MI TINT ,hey know Of this
ngular proceeding.
AFFAIRs N srAx.
Aatsers in Spain arc proceeding in very halt
x "ny they sdFaoce 1t all The Proylslouai-
tataty GoEesunenr which rules there, vastes
&c true sovereign of the old regime. and I
u alwaJs a malortsy In the Co7es,
ut this seuano-Pnm government has
one one foolIah thing. 1t had almost /
neially o1ered the spanlsn throne TO {
c father Of the King OF Portugal who has the
Futatlon Of being vcrJ worthy nan. Eut this | !
liking refused, and e1en in very disdAlnfuI
rus, As II 10 say: Leave me In peace; have I
uethlag better to do than to govern turbulent t
p nf,}fx
seA' Decidedly this retired old King ts not a r
o. THIS refusal wounded the present 1uIers of ,
aln, who swear that they made no Offer. Ett | b
N can they MAKE people believe that tney Of
red nothing when there Is = public refusal :,
ave you 10 imagine uhether Castllfsu p-ide viii Il
wounded b. this occurrence, By this refusal BY !!
Portuguese, By an herclitz9 enemy. By that =
an who, says Portuguese rruvesb, ending him 6
Il drowning and seeing Spanlard pass oycr
idgr whence lie could easily be saved, cried ou, 4
him: Nan, mau- come; come here thut m.y
It Jou before dying" One must be =
II ignorant OF ones own country TO | :,
Us offer the throne to 4 natural enemy. It's a. II
The crown of Franco being vacant by revolution q
which Las happened-our Provisional Goreru- :,
mt should offer ii to The father Of the King Of T. T.
ossta, to any Frederick, even the friend Of Vol 4
re. -
esidc5 this, The Spanish Government boyrows q
It cao, Ike a Merchant who, out OF monrI =
on the verge Of bankruptcy, seeks to stop the q
tst leaks, oE 10 make up purse to run aSay Y
H. Then too, Queen Isabella and her uumet. Is
pa1usans a1e intriguing as much As possible TO
ef1aso* tho Provisional Government Coutiuusl
aHesies aEc exchanged between her and The
tieiles; there are meetings at the ranes and ! =.
e Were attentions rendered by the Emperor m
! impress; exchanges Of vtsln and presenta: Il
talnsa calculated 70 aid pa.son who de1res s.
'esAn Tor herself or her son the throne she N N
lost. =
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