The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-05

80 shen couple OF hours
earfisr-say nine or ten O'Clock
IN 4fEAA sM
The GFea1 Confnsion In Eure>n.
While Al eyes nre directed to France In awe
pkaoksn contemplation Of her sudden and over
vhelning misfortune the rest Of Europe IL by
no means exempt from great perplsxity. The
hearts OF men arc falling them for fear, in many
FsgisnA In view Of the political exasperation
nnA me sore material trials that the approach
Hnsvinfermay bring. The westher wise In both
psmaspneres are predicting severe If not very
yong winter, and the condition Of supplies and
ne relations Of labor have become such that
E1ous approximations Of dearth and accom-
Paaying popular commoton are entertained at
way european centre Of trade and manufac-
ussa The governments are evidently making
~ = snng - they can ''slsw and aleft" for
tormy times; but they find Il impossible to
fake 10 SAL 70 far as their military expendi-
tuSss are concerned. On the contrary, such is
she fatal necessity Of their bad system. that
Shsy have to spread more and more canvas in
Fhe very teeth Of the gale. Just at the moment
Nnen the labor Of every able bodied man is
mos required In order to make coed the ter
r1Dle losses and devastations Of this years war
sare Oh the Powers are calling out fresh levies
ef troops, seamen and marines, and turning a
double mass Of effort into unproductive chan
psls. eaoa'
In other articles we have shown how immi-
mont is the danger of famine in France, and
although Prussia and the rest Of Germany are
In better plight than their battle-strlcken
neighbor, they look forward in no easy
Game Of mind. They, too, are worried
with conflicting counsels. The popular party,
led by such men as Jacoby, are at fierce issue
with the party desiring the establishment Of a
Germanic empire, and, working in between
these, are the cliques and factions of the va
rious aspirants to existing thrones Russia is
greatly agitated by the serf emancipation
question. the movement. Of her German princl-
palities for special privileges, and the great
military levy now going on. Scandinavia
trembles in the presence Of the Gear on one
side and of Bismarck on the other. Switzer-
land Is menaced with revival of religious
dissensions and oppressed with the necessity
Of garrsoning her frontiers. The same is true
of Belgium and Holland. Italy, with the Ro-
man question, and Spain, with the throne diff
Guilty still open and angry, are continually on
the eve of fresh outbreaks. Austria may be
likened to seething caldron, and Great Britain
is kept in travail by economic troubles and the
fncessant efforts Of Ireland to secure some
shape Of national autonomy. Turkey totters
TO the fall, at least Of such dominion as she
retains. in Europe, and Greece Is but the
shadow Of an Independent State. 1t is true
that such was the situation, TO some extent,
before the outbreak Of the great war, in June
last, but it's peris and anxieties have been
1mmeasurably increased through the complica-
Aons created by that war. No reader Of his
tory, no observer Of the times, no statesman,
can fail to perceive in these symptoms the pre-
iiminary breaking up Of the great deep that is
to be followed by political deluge. The way
il preparing in the Old World for new systems
Of government, a new social order and new
civilization. Let us hope that the dire confil-
sion of the present hour may be but the shifting
and changing into their proper places and rela-
lions Of the elements that are to form beau
uful harmony tomorrow for the honor and
happiness of our race. We see as yet but the
rough ends Of the embroidery in the workings
Of this providence. In little while the other
side shall be turned toward u.s. that we may
hail the wise and exquisite design!