The New York herald., 1870-07-28
GEEMay OP;NiOy.

[Frankfort-o the Main July 1l orresponience OF
Indepen lance Belge]
King Wllliam mas not the Napoleonic or Bourbon
amDison or placing the princes OF his house on
thrones in every direction his sphere Of action being
solely In Prussia and Germany. ia thlul in that re-
not have the crown OF Poland for his brother Prince
Henry. The House Of Hohenzollera, since it has
settled in Bran leburg, has confined itself to its Ger
man misslol, and tnat course has constituted It's
strength. What has caused the ruin OF the
Hapsburgs Is the extra -Germanic Cosmopolitan
character which they have assumed, and which
has wasted their forces. 1t would be dinicut' to
make OUT that King William and his Chancellor
ture; why Should they not. when all the world was
informed OF it2 We admit, therefore, that they
young prince and his wife, the lnfanie OF Portugal,
Donna Antonia. "Why did they not 1t Will be
W We 's W should they yp have
been more difficult, more susceptible, more exacng
than the Court OF France where this candidature
was not rejected, where 1t was considered as admi5
sible, where 1t had often been presented not as
regularly decided on-ior one, must never exag-
gerate--but as possible solution. as reply
to this objection OF the Spanards:-You wish, there
fore a any price to put up Prince Alfonzo, to tho
must even have been known In Paris that, If year
ago Prince Leopold was not officially declared to be
candidate, 1t was because the Regency was en-
French. In the negotiation With the Duke II Genoa;
that having Jailed, Prince Leopold's Was brought
forward. With q little reflection the Emperor NapO-
leon might have expected II, as the inevitable
march OF events. Are they expected to be more
clear sighted al Berlin than he ls to bar the road
for Prince Leopold; to comprehend him In the eXcu
sion pronounced against Montpenser2 But yet
again. it Is to charge the King Of Prussia and M. de
Bismarck with q role which does not appertain to
them. The Emperor OF the French has pretended TO
say that under all circumstances he left the Spaniards
free and did not concern himself with their business
he mas convinced no one; the whole world knows
that his chief attention has been given to them since
the expulsion OF Isabella. No government In Europe
has been respected; but the Others were not OWNED
One may have wondered at the naive confidence OF
the spanish, wn. appeared 70 oelieve laaI france
to open their eyes.
[COblentz July 10y correspondence Of Independence
Ihave been here for two days, but can see no
sgnSof any Intention OF Prussia TO commence the
preparations for campaign. There Is not the least
which commands the course Of the Rhine; the
patrols circulate through the town with their
habtual regularity; but no movements Of artillery,
and complete calm rcgns under o
sitting heat. And yet there is a certain
ALI precautions are theg taken, they say, for in
a situation so rieiacing Prussia would be Commit.
lng an imprudence in not armlng. Let them not
be alarmed Count Bismarck has adopted all neces-
gary measures, and VIII unmask his battery when
the moment shall arrive. He Is not, however, able
Saarbruck the silings are filed with goods
trucks In each train may also be perceived large
number OF wagons with this significant Inscription,
In Gerrnan:-Forty men, six horses AS for the
liesslans, who became Prussians by force In 1868,
they are rackad with opposite Feelings. With all
their heart they desire the defeat Of the Prussian
army, but at the same time they fear the outbreak
Of war which would soon devastate their eountry.
They have little sympathy with the French the fact
must be admitte1; but how they detest the over
bearing altitude OF tie Prus5lans
The K,'eutz Zettun0, OF Berlin, had an article In
April, 1861 IN which, afer having reproduced IN e1-
tenso from the Official journal reply OF Count Bis-
marck to the Interpolation OF NJ. de Bennigsen, /,
added the following words:-
It Is quite sufficient that tho Minister has declared
that the confederate governm ,ut3 are persuaded
that no foreign Power wia'aa 70 assa1 the incon