The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1870-08-31
Questions at Stake i'm the War.


and Prussia is solely the fraii of,he Emperor NaPo
leons ambition have paid but little attention %
the recent history OF Prussia The cable tells MS
that the London T5rs said recently France, with
oul a shadow OF excuse or Justification, paugcs
Europe into war OF which no living person may
sce the end~ The 6rs, part Of this sentence may
answer :he purposes Of par,issuship buS 1t is no,
historically trae The latter par, % the sentence
although containing only an oppion, is worth more
consideration. The probability ineresses every hour
tina, this viii be vsr Of colossal magnitude Il Is
said iha, the Unitcd States cannot possibly be drawn
into e. bat how there Dc any certainty Of that's
Misunderstanding with regard to any American
vessel Intercepted on the hlsa seas BY belgrrenJ
Power, might compel rs TO take an attitude which
would end in war. At present we have uuquCstion-
ably, better prospect Of peace before Us than any
Great Power on the face Of the earth. We might do
trade uucQualed In cur hisiory-we might perhaps
reins;ar our foreign commerce al a single stroke
Il the policy Of Congress had ouly LEI, the hands Of
our shlQhuildcrs aud MERCHANTS free.
II the sympaihics Of the American people arc az
present with Prussia, that is no reason why VIC
should wiuuy blind ourselves to the iocoutesiable
facts Of history in reference TO this contest Frsncc
as We have already shown, had many temptations
assumed that Prussia Is an no;feuSive Power which
has been goaaed into war nv wsuton insults. with
ont doing ANYTHING TO provoke the suspicion or en-
nifty OF France, her tre position is eu,ircy falsied
Ne living man would he - mach amused with this
theory as Count Bismarck the guiding principle Of
whose life seems nov 70 DC, Eosry 81 srcuso sssus
snag7,,s;z uso7yao We taIk Of Inconsistencies in
statesmen bat The world has never seen 50 rcmark-
able an instance Of man reversing all his PROBES
sjcus as IL witnesses in the case Of Bismarck
In 1880 he inside speech avowinE that the
mission Of Prussia Was 10 subordinate herself
70 Austria. Ten wears cfiorwar5s he warned
Austria that she must sLandou her old position in
Germany, In 1854 Prussia led Austria into the war
against Denmark, and managed 10 absorb all the al
vanta-es o. the enterprise, That little iu,erlude Is
partly forgotten now but the transactions associs-
ted with 10 little 70 the credi; Of other Powers
besides Prussia England syupaihize5 with Den
marx ana all bat positively pledged its assistance
q her. There can be 10 doub; that Denmark went
into the war counting upon this assistance. Il new
er came - Denmark was crushed and Austria be
;-ayed.
The King OF Prassia and the Emperor Of Austria
s-rcc5 10 divide the Elhe Duchies between them ST
the famous meeting where the Convention Of Gas
ten was drawn M. All This time Austria was mere
" being used ~ Prussia a> eat's-yaw. Bismarck.
With tie p-ovcr1ial Zeal ofa new convert; had taken
~ the crsud idea Of North German Confederation.
and resolved that 10 price would be too high TO pav
for II, Since the time q Frederick the Great. the
policy q Prussia has been TO suppress weaker
States OF plsce lis feG5siories on vacant thrones
The story Of the Elbc Duchies su6 Of Hanover Illus
t-atss tie drst tendency. and the recent intrigue
with Prim Is an example OF The second But Bis
maroks iuien;iou 20 render Prussia the dictator Of
Germany was Al first 50 little appreciated BY the
people, especially wea they sSW il involved : war
with Au>trs, that he Was probably the most urpop-
Ular man in the country. When he Was shot AZ. IN
Nav. 800, the syupa;bies OF his eouutryue1 were
entirely with the assassin II was al different ster
the MAR. Bismarck Wss received in Berlin with
more than royal houors. bui 10 man knew better
than be that his work VAS only half done,
France could 10; look uumoved upon the supreu-
scv aco2irc5 BY her daring rival NJ Edgar Quinet
wrote. in 1857 Sc VIII %; France often aud ofe2
awake from her sleep, thinking she hears the step
of her giant ueishsors Or. s1pposiuE she were 70
fall ssleeP without taking prudential measures.
would 10; this b The sign q 8 deadly relaxation
And what temptation then for Germany 10 take
advantage Of il, n al these cases our danger Is
eea4I-y great But VIA; could France DO u this
y =
70 the needle Eun Of Prussia. and the example o.
Austria lad shown bow mad VAS the hope OF win
Ming battles wiih A. inferior srm. Tie hosts Of
Austria f1u Ike corn beneath the sickle, While the
Prussian troops were comparatively unsettled.
Austria had made the fatal mistake Of undertaking
ber rival Tie ssyi-E attribute5 10 Prince Sci Har-
reuoe-z-'' T -zzi aEi5rl & FSs q sscri 1,- -ssits
i 5zl55r-wheiher really uttered or rot. expressed
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vas thzi Austria Va herself almost destroyed
he Empsros Napoleon could not hgh,-bui lie
c1-Id prepare 10 6El-- Prussis 50 far from mo5er-
s;iu- her aims seemed clearly 70 Be sllzrguE then
der next move VAS 70 pace feud4iCry upon tie
throne Of Spsin- Napoleon s4E that tie hour had
come for striking The blov. II LIZ las been ambi-
tioas can suy one pretend thst Prussia hs not slso
been guided by that fatal rassious Is ths sgress-
ireueSs- al OF tie side q Nspoleous This Is rot
question 10 be decided by syuE1itieS bit BY X
gard for the records Ot Li>tOrT. TLese THO Grezt
Powers have be. striving 70 gain the MASTERY in
Egroqe FOR yoz-s qsst- Bismarck undoubtedly
seemed 20 Be winning tie -sue- Il France and
Prussia could uoN Dc LEFT alone 10 fight cat their
uwu quarrel. the world would lock or, not indeed
with Indifference, but Nth comparative ezluness-
o. this. LoSerer, re have no Euzrsutes- Auy scci-
6sut-iLe Temporary invasion Of BeiEiuu-uizht
6raW E.iaHd into she vortex, and events might &C
car waica wouls q; Gree and irsvoe4oly change tie
current q uoazrn history Il ! s5solsily certain
;az,hs prs<sa; Esr even If is ana i 90; enlarged
Eil materially charge Tie position e tie e0utez-
taats- IfN1gclaon f1il5d. he would disappear from
tie throne OF Frzucr. while King William 1, Would
probably emerge = Emperor OF Germany Il Prus-
"a 5 compelled TO ;rsst for peles, the loss q her
Razuish Provinces E0uid probably 60; b TIE ulii-
maze measure q her Eu-siiifs-iou--N 7 Tfr.ss-
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