New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-20

affair; only important negotiaton-the only one with
regard to which it will be necessary To explain our con-
duct to the Chamber is that relative to the Oo"no y
Three days after this pompOus declaration, the
French people are informed by a teegraphic
dispatch published by the Gazette de France that Mar
shall Pm had offered the Spanish throne to Prince Leo
pold OF HohenzOlern-Sgmarngen, brother 10 Prince
Charles Of Roumania and this teegraphic Dispatch at
first read with general ncreduiity, gave actually the
first ntimatOn 10 the French Government OF what had
been going on between the Provisional Government OF
Spain and the Minister. The French Minister at
Berlin, NJ. Benedetti knew more about what Bismarck
had been at than you and the Minister at MadTld
NJ MERCER knew just little Neither OF these OFFICIALS
was at his post NJ Benedett who receives salary OF
200 francs and perqusites at one watering place.
and NJ MERCER de Lostende who gets 10000 was at an
other both enjoying themselves their money as well
they could and leaving the bore OF writing dispatches
TO their agents. who could not be expected OF course 10
know than their masters OF the trick that was
being played so clever and secret were the players that
the Prussan Minister NJ Werther in recoun ting his sor
to NJ de Grammont, declared that he had been In
way consulted about the matter, and az for NJ.
Olozaga the Spanish Minister he flew about day before
yesterday, like parchedi pea-now to olivier, now 10
Granmont declaring that he as innocent OF knowl-
edge on the subject newborn babe. Yet IL would
that al parties might have been their guard for
II is not the first time that the candidate In question has
been brought forward. In Prms famous speech, made
the nth OF June in the Cores describing his search
for King, he spoke OF whom, he said, ne could not
name but who united inhs person all the requisites for
monarch, being man Of full age and Catholic, mar
ried and having children and who would have fulfilled
all their desires IL he could have been brought TO &C
cept the throne. Now, at the time this speech was
reported there were several English journals and at
least two French ones, lie Temps among them,
which put their fingers this mysterious Prince at once
and named him-that is, called hm-a Prince Of Hohen-
zoern, which quite enough II they did get his nrst
name wrong and mstook him for his younger brother
Frederic. One would have thought that diplomatsts
would have had too keen scent to be led away by
Marshal Prms maneuvers; but they were and none OF
the Government journals had any suspicion that would
be worth while to find out who this unnamed candidate
might be- and keep eye on him. Edmond About has
written in lie SOr seathng review OF the situation In
which, after doing full justice to the imbeclity Of the
diplOmatsts, he turns full upon the Emperor, and
charges the whole blunder to the accnt of personal
government. "They say" he begins, that we have
diplomacy 1t may possibly be go. am 100 wel-bred
to deny it, for have many friends cho rear The en-
6roidered coat Of Tdeyrdnd." But, when study our
foreign policy dspassionaely my nature will allow
me when try TO range in order and to reduce TO some
principle the events that have taken place about us
from ls49 TO 1870 ask myself with sort of Impotence,
what sort Of diplomacy we have and whether 1t would
not be better, the whole If We had none at all"
Whatever my dislike may be, to bring the Chief of
State personally before the bar of public opinion, the
shelter behind his Minister'S 1t is too plainly demon
strated surely established that the responsibility or
foreign policy for the last ~ years rests solely
upon head. single man has planned every
thing, conducted everything, executed everything;
our glores our properties, misfortnes our dan
GERS are the complex work OF WILL" And NJ. About
is right and seeing at this minute acted before
eyes the most scandalOus of farees in which, what
masks the actors wear one face the Emperors
peers the empty eyeholes whatever the name Of
the puppets-Ollivier Grammont, de Valdrome-one
hand equity mans at ST. Cloud pulls the string that
makes them play such fantastic tricks before high heaven
1t is not easy TO see how the Government could have
committed the blunders that it has since the news first
came to light In the first place is only in the papers
to-day that get hold Of anything that looks like GER
tanty the subject OF the candidacy. 1t is now de
ciared that Pm soHt dispatch to tbs spanish Minister
Olozaga informing him that the throne had offered
TO Prince Leopold Of Hohenzoern and that he had ao-
cepted in letter written with his own hand This,
however, is story OF the Constituencies, and
may he true false certainly we may as well believe
NJ Olozaga II he declares that he never knew anything
about it, But we know that the Prussan ambassador,
NJ Werher knew nothing, and the Prussian Government
has replied to a dispatch sent by NJ de Grammont that
II WAS complete stranger 10 the candidacy OF Prince
Leopold Whatever may he the situation, would 1t not
have seemed the most sensible in any country
but France and under any government but that OF the
Liberal Empire to find out trsi what the facts really
before
the Corps Lksatf that account would the French
permit Prussan TO ascend the throne OF Span Looked
at from side of French supposed interests there
is no doubt considerable objection 10 the proposed
arrangement; but was it not plain that, sup
posing it TO DO contemplated, 1t was an affair
that demanded the most careful treatmenti
Arc the French spelling for fight with Prussia that
that the mere naming Of candidate for the Spanish
throne who is an independent Prince, and whose only
connection with Prussia is the fact that he is Colonel in
the Prussan army should be seized upon as cause OF
warf French honor is ticklish thing, 1 know, and
French patriotism but don't believe the French want
TO 20 to war on such silly prtext. Yet DE Grammonts
speech in the Corps Legatf has made war almost in
eyitabe in either the Prussans, Prm, or the
Prince Leopold, cannot be bullied out OF their
poston or in the Spanish COrtes, body OF men
desperately proud, and filed with dislike IL not hatred
for France chooses to elect the King offered them by
Prim in defiance of the Tueres. As for the Prussians,
they say they knew nothing Of the Of Prm,
and as Prince Leopold is Independent Prince, they
cannot pretend to control his action they wash their
hands of the whole business Now suppose the Cortes
elect Prince Antoine Gustave Edousrd Leopold Euenne,
Charles Thasslo Of Hohenzoern THAT is his string OF
Names and you may choose the one you like best
TO call him by) and the Prince accepts by what right
human or divine, will the French interfere in the mat
ter and how they pick quarrel with Prussia on the
subeetf Yet, II all this happen and they don't fight
with Prussia, where win the Government BET think
there can be little doubt that such asco would be tho
last feather that would break the back OF this most
tent camel, the French people. &C.
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