New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-27
WAR NEWS BY NAIL.

TIE WAR FEELING N PNWs-EvTECT UPON
TRADE, TRAVEL AND SOCIETY - NEW -P'rEN
uCUON>-sJ RyIiLLANOE OF T'LLGbAwIC
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF TEE GOVERN
MENT - OLIVIER AND TIE EMlEROR -
FRENCH HATRED OF PRJssIA-WoNEN AND
THE WAR.
lTBoN ORR OWN CORRESPONDENT
PARIS, July rs. 1t is safe to say that moth
ing has been talked about for the last week. but tAe
prospect Of with Prussia. toldyou in my last
what the alleged prOyOcaonS 20 the conflict that
has long been in the air, and which twoud seem M
eyiab,o must come sooner later say ALL ged pro
VOCATION Tor il must be admitted, that there has been
real proyocatou, none worthy OF the
name. There ought Ito be some down
right good reason Tor it when two great nations
like France and Prussia take up arms when thcy eHer
fight into which an Europe may without dhh'W'S
be dragged, and which must, at a events rou'' d"
EJropc profoundly. Even now when war is Only po'
sibilty the disturbance is trcmcndous business ' h'a
sand-stl spccuationis Wild there has been almost
panic IN tie London stock Exchange, and the houiSe
has fallen francs. say nothing of the private ou'eS
of travellers i'm Europe, Of those oil Germans Resume III
Paris, or Of French summering at German watering
places story ran that the French residing on the
other side the Rhine had received orders 10 leave Ger
many within twentytour hours II was not true that
such orders had gyen but they must be possible
and one can fancy the amount OF personal trouble that
has been given 10y the existence of such state
Of things It deeper grief the thousands OF MONIES
and hearts in France whom the chances Of war have
mad, more anxious; the fields that must he TILED by
women for lack Of men. the manufactures that must be
uncd for want Of hands, the thousands Of young men
whose education must be checked their careers ruined
hy the craze OF France TO omhroh herself with PRUSSIA
ont of mere ambitious SPITE for it deserves 10 better
name As write, It's impossible for The wsest head TO
say whether the dee viii turn mp peace or war.
A. Cor The newspapers, they show capacity Tor down
NH I lffX nt III
Int which is perfectly xcusblc under the circumstances
II one takes the french view, that lying is merely CON
sidcratou OF cNpedieucy. Newspapers must have news
On them or they won't sell II the Government VIII not
furnish them with exact intelligence, they must PM ther
reader, Of with iuexact; false is better than no
news at ALL the newspapers 20 ahead, manufacturing
whatever facts they think Will best tickle the public
palate one Of the most prolific of the liars is the
Gaulois, which often brings out three or four at a
birth, and, they mostly die young Is
at it agaiu the next day. As the puDhc
sentiment s. divided hewlett UneQuay, for the scream
=. mostly for ,yar the Gaulos has lift upon plan for
suitiuc AN hands. and accordingly prints its "newS in
two columns called the waIkC' and the peaceabe
All the s aud the few facts with color Of truth in
them that point o. the probability OF war are cassheu
under the head, while the lies that smack OF peace
sre put in under the other. one instance viii suffice
The Galois of Monday declared not once hut twice, in
different parts Of the paper, that Lord Lyons
had had in his hands for "a hours the
abandonment Of his candidature by Prince
Leopold Of Hohcnzoern, and that therefore the
only excuse for had disappeared Now there was no
truth whatever in this story, although II may be SAID IN
u9s,iu that Lord Lyons had spared effort to bring
about peaceful solution of the difficulty, making the
most praiseworthy personal eXeron TO that end But
he never TO have succeeded so far as on satu
day to had the Princes desstment in his hands
No. twas lie begot without father. Yet lived day
or So one cannot tell, therefore, what to believe, and
until ne
ton 10 afford the luxury Of telling the truth, and dealing
only in asccrtained facts, shall have spoken
Imagine however, that there has been real activity
in the military department. and that the army is ready
for war; and all the forts manned and ships ready lor
sea in short everything done that would be done IN
case war had been actually declared. No can look
at even the soldiers Paris without seeing that they
are at last wide awake they seem, every man OF them,
TO have grown several inches taller within the last few
days and to have business in hand. The Government
however while letting the newspapers invent
at their case, and all tongues wag at thel
pleasure is very mum, and lets nothing
Of the truth escape that il wishes concealed
which, at present TO be all there is 1t controls
the telegraph and lets so TO you and to England Only
what it likes told that the other day suppressed
portions OF the American dispatches here and sent wore
90 the agent that il had ordered such and such words cu
ont This is exactly in agreement with what your Lon
don correspondent wrote you some time ago, only II
general believe they not so polite as 10 own 10 the
little knaveries However they treat their own people
no better and for the Chamber, they take no more
pains TO humor it than il the Deputies were so many
babes in puafoies.
NJ de Gramont's fiery declaration last week in an
uouncing the Prussan incident in the Corps Legsat
was a. good declaration OF war, and has compromised
the country exactly the extent that bona Fd'
announcement would have done that the Government
would begin fighting week. VI. Benedetti-who, by
tie way has not been dismissed any more than his mate
In ineicency NJ MERCER de LOsende-was sent 10 Ems
10 get categorical answer from King William
and VI. Werther went off on much the
same errand, and all the week France
has been on tptoe TO hear what answers they would
fetch back To all questions the Ministers had no answer
but that they knew than the questoners, and
now that the messengers have returned are not likely
20 get any more information NJ. Arago Monday, in
erpeated the Government directly to whether there
was any other question between France and Prussia than
that of Prince LeOpolds candidacy; If there were not
peace might be hoped for, if unfortunately there were
other demands the part Of France than that the King
Of Prussia should refuse his Of his nsman
acceptaton Of the crown Of SPAIN they could only have
been introduced as pretertS Of rar. NJ. Guyot Mont
payrOux Indignantly declared that they were not pre-
texts but legitimate causes for war; and NJ de GramOnt,
rising speak, there loud cry of Don't answer "
and he sat down again. WhereupOn NJ Arago de-
,lared "This silence is sgnifcatve - But the whole
silence Of the Government is significant. 1t has only
spoken once, and then most nprudently and mpudeny
t,y the mouth of NJ. de Gramont.
For it can hardly said that the Government spoke
Yesterday by the mouth Of Olivier when he made that
declaration to group Of listeners in the Sale DIES Pas
Perdus. the ante-chamber Of the House Of Commons,
which sent the cry Of Peace! Peace ringing over the
fountry and the Bourse flying up 3francs in less
than twenty minutes after the words had left his lips
He read dispatch addressed TO himself by the father OF
Prince Leopold, announcing in the name OF the Prince
his desstment from the candidacy of the throne OF
spain and in the midst of excited listeners TO This most
,,,nortant niece of news he went on 10 declare ave