The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19
rTribune's Cable special. ]

NEW YORK, July 18. - The IFt.
bune's correspondent telegraphs thai
not one word of NJ. Theirs's re.
markable speech was allowed to reach
England by telegraph. There has
been a systematic scheme afoot to
deceive Europe about public opinion
in France, respecting war, and to de.
ceive France about the opinions OF
Europe. kilograms to the English
papers during the past week have
misrepresented the tone of the French
Independent press, and suppressed all
manifestations against war. The
press censorship was never more act
i've and unscrupulous in spite OF its
| first warning.
The English press now, without ex
ception, charge France with the re.
sponsibility of the war.
It appears that after Grammont's
declaration, a demand was made for
the dispatches; and Olivier, after re-.
fusing to give them, was compelled
to admit that France had finally de-
clared war on account of the Prus-
sian dispatch communicating to Eu-
ropean courts and Kings the refusal
and that this dispatch, thus made the
basis of the war, had not been seen
by any French minister. The gov
ernment had, in fact, declared war on
what purported TO be an abstract Of
that dispatch. supplied by two
French spies whose names are with
held.
When war was announced the Left
refused to join in the shouts Of the
majority. When the majority voted
an extra war credit of 100000, 600
fraucs, the Left sat silent.
Theirs after declaring his love for
the country, and patriotic determina-
ton that when war should be declar-
ed to grant to government means
of eonquering, said:
Our duty isto reflect. The resolu-
tions you have just adopted. is the
you Of May 9Th, 1866. You refused
then to hear me, when / sought to
show you what was about to happen;
let that recollection persuade you so
listen now. The principal demand of
the government aas been conceded.
my conscience tells me fulfill q
duty in resisting imprudent pas
sions and in representing soberly the
conntry's interests. Is this time for
you 20 break the peace on q mere
question of susceptibility You are
shedding torrents of blood for q ques-
ton of form. IF / had the honor to
govern my country, / should have
wished to give it time for reflection.
regard this war as an imprudence,
and its occasion as ill-chosen." After |
the dispatches upon which the declar- |
seion of war was made, had been re- |
peatedly demanded and as often re- |
used, Olivier said: II will read two |
but not the signatures,
For our agents would be sent away"
He then read part of one dispatch |
the refusal of King Will |
liam to receive the French Embassa- |
dor, and two dispatches from French |
agents abroad. giving the substance |
Of Bismarck's s circular. The circular |
itself NJ. Olivier did not pretend to |
produce. he concluded by saying: /
We 90 to war with light heart and |
confident in the army. We will tell /
;he whole truth. What we could not |
endure was the semi official commu-
to all Europe of the rejection |
of our Embassador; all the more sig
nifcant because done in the most
courteous terms"
Theirs replied to Olivier: Il is |
% a blunder that we owe war. Prus /
,ia ought to have been attacked when
she desired to unite the German
States. Then war would have been |
and we should heave been
sustained. / blamed Sadowa at the |
time. To-day the world demands le-
gitimate complaints. Prussia also |
has committed q great fault in nego-
tiating with Spain, yet Prussia wished
peace. and we have war.
We have still to require the re-
Of the Hohenzollern can
didature. I should still be with you,
but now that we have obtained that. |
we demand something else. You had
not only obtained your result; you had |
the form and substance of both. yet |
you say Prussia has aotyielded in form.
and we have been insulted. Public !
opinion will turn against US the jour /
mails of Europe will be, again, for Prus-
sia never would have resumed this |
It would have been mad