The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-05
GERMANY.
The Popular Feeling In Austria Favorable to
Prussia.

The Popular Feeling aa.;a IN Austria Favorable to
The impression prevails that Austria has not
forgotten Sadowa, and sympathizes with the
French in the present war. This belief has
grown out of the statement telegraphed on the
authority of the Eastern Budget Count Beust's
English organ, to the following effect-
sin regard to what has been said of possible
sympathies in Austria with Germany, there is
no trace of them-not even in the German pro-
yinces, where the recollection of the events of
1866 is still fresh AS to the Poles in Austria,
they would have no difficulty in choosing be-
tween Prussia and France; and even the CZechs
as appears from the famous memorandum of
their leader, DIR. Rieger, are quite determined
not to lend themselves to any Prusso- Russian
designs against the French nation"
There are not less trustworthy indications
that the popular feeling in Austria is with the
German people. The Vienna correspondent of
the London Times on July IA, says:-
If any one could still have doubted that all
feelings of revenge and animosty against Prus-
sia have completely disappeared in Austria, he
has only to follow the manifestations which
have been exhibited since the differences between
France and Prussia have arisen.
But two days later he has occasion to write in
still stronger terms, follows:-
Even if there be people here who would not
| be distressed to see Prussia in stress, the
| general feeling of the country in favor of the
strictest non. Intervention is so strong that no
| Government were it ever so powerful, could
| brave it without exposing itself to destruction.
| You NAV be sure of one thing in the mean time
that as long the struggle is confined to France
| and Germany, Austria will not buy one horse or
call in one man.
As for popular feeling here it begins more and
more to lean towards Germany. If there was in
the beginning some ill-humor against Prussia
for furnishing preteXt for the disturbance of
peace and our loss of all the advantages which
| were in store for us by the chances of consider
able exports, it has completely vanished, and
| Vienna feels as German at this moment any
| A., kl,nD H. a
all those calculate who expected that this people
would barbor feeling of revenge for the hu-
initiation in 1866; and one of the leading papers
well expresses the feeling when it says:-"They
have excluded us from the German Empire,
but they never will exclude us from the German
people"
Prussia Weakened by the Alliance of South
The following from the Times Vienna cor
respondent, is an interesting view of the influ-
ence upon the war of Southern Germany
A look at the map is SUFFICIENT to convince any
one how much worse, strategcally, the position
of Prussia becomes by the participation or South
Germany in the struggle. Instead OF compare
mund, connected by network OF railways
with the heart of the Prusslan monarchy,
Prussia by the participation of the Southern Ger
man States has an open line OF some two hundred
miles in length, which runs in an outer aOgle to the
Rhine at Lauterburg, making thereby all attempts
to defend the line OF the Rhine illusory,
and leaving Prussia to divide her forces on
the northern and southern theatre of war; Such
division has the additional disadvantage that she
two lines of operations only imperfectly con.
nected by diagonal lines OF railways. AS any blow
in the north while invasion is threatened by de-
scent from Denmark might paralyZe tbs vital forces
OF Prussia, she must always direct her chief atten
tion TO that point, al will scarcely be able dc
much for the defense OF the southern line, which Il
thus left more or less to take of ITSELF Ii
forced IN the first instance, by French army, mo-
only the military preparations OF the Southern
States would be cut short, but the Southern Prus
sian army would be in the flank OF the PrussaI
army in the North.
| 1t was no doubt these military consideration
| he mot OnIuf m iaup aut
on the neutrality of the Southern German States
bur, on the contrary, to force them into action b.
the categorical demand to decide at once what posi-
tion they would take The decision became s.
much the more easy for them, as after the tur
: which the complication has taken since the with
draw al OF Prince Leopold, and after the incident
Ems there could be little doubt of France being de
i cided to undo more or less the work done in 1856
AS it was certain that sooner later the Souther
:, States must be drawn into it, the military interest
of France certainly made 1t desirable that this shout
be done at once and not after they have had time
prepare better.
= The Iron Cross.
u Berlin correspondent writes:-
= This decoration, instituted in the Gilbert
% wars" of 1913 -15, yet worn by many of the vet,
T. soldiers, symbolic of that determined braVer
which led to the conquest of the Gallo invade
j., and which is so much honored aud priced
~ this day that the wearer is always special
~ saluled by Lhe military aud civilians-ths ire
Is cross is now Teinstated by royal order, %