The New York herald., 1870-09-06
Z U R 0 p E.
Special Dispatches by Mail to
August %.
Bonapartism and Imperialism
Topping to a Fall. \
Paris Preparing for Demo-
cratic Rebaptism.
REPORTS FROM THE BATTLE FIELDS.
S.rategic Contrasts Between the TranrO-Ger-
man and American Wars
King william and General Grant
AS Commanders in the Field.
THE NAVAL COMBAT OFF RUEGEN
S.rategic Contrasts Between the TrancO-Ger-
man and American Wars.
King William and General Grant
as Commanders In the Field.
THE NAVAL COMBAT OFF RUEGEN
Movements on the Baltic Coast and
Hopes Of the Poles.

The European mail OF the steamship Siberia, to
hand at an early hour yesterday morning, supplied
our special correspondence from the seat OF war,
with interesting letters from writer's In various
other points Of Europe besides, dared TO the 23d OF
August. Our special history OF Old World events Is
thus, as usual quite interesting to-day.
The London Post OF the 23d Of August SAYS
We have reason to believe that the statement pub
lished by the London Times yesterday In telegram
from It's Berlin correspondent, - absolutely ull-
founded. The Queen has not written, "in reply to
the Empress Eugen1e's letter about week ago. re-
GREETING her inability to nedate;' nor has her
Majesty observed that in constitutional England
mediation must proceed from the Cabinet, but that
the Cabinet dld not think the time come" This re.
ply Is on the face OF 1t hctlon for the queen would
never write to a foreign sovereign concerning the
1thoughtsr and opinions OF her responsible advisers.
The letter to which this reply has been invented was
never received by the Queen and was never written
by the Empress. The story Is u libel upon both
sOvereigns, but in the OF the Empress Eugene
IL Is cruel calnmny, which IL believed In Paris,
might lead u consequences too horrible TO contem-
Plate.
The Moscow Gazette, which, like the other princ.
pal Russian papers, has during the war been
seadfast adnerent of France declares that although
France commenced the present conflict it was really
originated by Prussia. 1t says:-
A war with France was absolutely necessary to
Prussia for the final uDitcation Of Germany.
She fell this faal necessity hanging over her for
than three years, and at last seized the oppOr-
tunity when IL was ripe. The war was prepared by
ahe aStute policy OF Berlin, not only at home but
also III the enemy's camp; ana when all was ready
when France was Isolated abroad and disorganlzed
and betrayed at home, and consequently quite In.
capable OF entering on great war-she was goaded
into fighting, and IN such u manner that 1t seemed
as II the pr0vOcati0n came from herself. The Prus-
sian declaration OF war was put INTO the mouth OF
irrllated France, who knew not what she said.
The London Times says that England has 'now
the opportunity of seeing how much nation can do
and how much nation can suffer What in Il 4
be put their defence and made to fight Tor their
ives9 We are the only unarmed people in the
world. No reasons, except those founded on false
security, blindness TO change, Incidence or pure
folly can be given why every man should not have a
certain degree of military training There be no
doubt that there is in the country vast amount OF
warlike ardor. The question Is how to deal with it
and how TO turn il to the best account"
The FaU MAI Gazette OF August % has the follow
ing
All Europe has Deen confronted by o new and
startling iact colossal military Power has uneX-
pectedy rsen up among us. We say has uneXpect-
edy risen up, because the most favorable estimates
OF the frussian military organization had not pre-
pared us for anything like the reality. Many people
thought that the result of a war between Prussia
and France would be TO dlspace the latter from the
position OF military preclnlnence she was supposed
20 have regained under the second empire. But II
the contest ends as IL has begun 1t will do very
much more than this. 1t promises 70 place Prussia
In a position such "a France has never held except
under Louis XIV. and under Napoleon /. There Is
much the same sort OF difference between this and
the position France has lately claimed to hold as
there Is between the Utramontane theory of st.
Peters supremacy and The Anglican theory Of his
pyimacy.
Our Dublin correspondent writes that the publica-
ton of the King OF Prussias letter To the Pope in
answer TO the proposal made by his Holiness to me.
diate In favor or peace has rather turned the sym.
pathies OF the Irish Catholics which were previously
10 strong in favor OF France, in the direction OF
Germany.
Two Naples Journals the Nuora Pa,fo and the
Piccoto tlfat Mazzini was in that city before
he went TO Palermo. where he was arrested. The
authorities were inclined 10 detain him, having a
strong suspicion who he was but finding that he had
an English passport. in winch he was called Henry
Zannth they let him go.