, 1870-07-26
The Situation in Eurppc.


The day after pn1 last i-sue went to p.css.
the dispatches from, Europe seemed tc i,.,li-
cate that o1r prophecy of war would be faI3i-
fed. The car3idatuIe OF Prince Leopold OF
Hohenzol1etn vas wisely withdrawn Ly the
Princes father, az the cause OF the expected
France would yield to the prayers Of the pow
ers for peace. Ert, as we said last week,
FrnHxr ita* going TO trar, SIMPLY because she
uas Jealous If the h0te suertsse= ef Prussia,
and ,eas conjidtnt Of rictory.
The avidity With which tue Emperor seized
upou the ht1nsy pzete4t Of the German Princes
c1ndidatute, showed ptsn1y that be was de-
tesmiuad uron war, and would find pretext
ro1res here II any further evidence OF this
were necessary, it isas been zbuniart1y sup-
rled in the events Of the last few days.
Immediately after the withdrawal, the
French t;os> rnmen, was notified Of tile fact,
and the Emperor showed his band. He e1-
pressed hi. dissatisfaction with the n,ere With
dEawal OF Prince Leopold, snt persisted in de-
nsandiEg that Prussia should formally di-sxow
tile csnGidatEre, aud tenon,lce furever all pre-
tenriuns to the throne OF Spain Oh the part Of
any members Of tie Holenzol1ern family. The
King Of lrusEia firmly refused 10 do this. a.
1rgi: E that to areet!e woula onlr pro1uce mora
eNtravagant demands tro:u Franco. Tho French
Ambassador continued to press the King Of
Itlissia fur more satisfactory reply until the
Ring At last refused to recciso Lin. and AZ
sweIed through an .Aid-dc-Camp that lie had
no further communication to make. There
upon council OF war Was held III the Iuil-
eries. bnt II was seer thst a. yet France had
not thu slightest excuse TO offer the world for
breaking the peace. piplonacs was again re-
sorted to. and Succeeded in producing what
hiss tcen seized nrpu AZ cause OF war.
While King Will aus WAS drinking the mineral
waters at Ems. Count Eenedetti. the French
Ambassador, accortest him personally. and
asked a final A.,ewer to the demands of France
1Ln EJF,.k T.. 81, ~
graph, turned rnund aud ordered Lel.udoTf
to tell Hsuedetti that there Was no reply; that
Lie wouEI not receive hin again"
Cron this Sigh! p1ete1t the French Govern
nent has declared wsz. and the vain French
| people are making th. streets Of paris ring
took place in the French Corps Lesi-iatif At 10
uae-.stes before o'clock on Friday afternoon
| Of last week. 1t il tasel on the folloxiaS
causes: Fret. the insult offered at Ems 10
Count Bcnede'ti. and its aprroraa f,y the Pr1,s-
rian Government. Second. the refusal Of the
HING OF Prussia to compel the withdrawal OF
Truce LecFo1ds natuc as candidate for the
S1,anish throne. Third. the fact that tile King
Fers:sted III giving the rsince tue hbez1y 10
| accept the rruwn. This declaration was nui
ettlria'ly rnhl:saetl until last Tuesday, when il
was formally reEt to Eezlu and othez Eu1opsa,
| CAPITALS.
| The Positions Of the rest OF the powers al
Europe. great aud small. cannot ~ yet he de-
| tern:lned. There are rumnrs Of all kinds in
| regard 10 eacll of them. but ihty are tuo cou.
Trajectory to enable the reader IL form cye,,
reasonable guess. l:s.ss:a. wl'osa gigantic
power coHlt turn the st'ale IN almost any di-
| It elton. stands aloof, Holland aud Beltiufn.
| both insignificant in rowcr. hut whose al
lance. on account Of their position. wo!,l,! give
] si1iItr france or lTnssis an immense a'lraE-
| tale. are At latest accounts determined to oh
-ti,e strict neutrality. This neutrality il.
I tkn:h
! IT, alt emergency may he disturbed by
siit-r Vi the teltiscreu;e- Austria, wl4osc itt-
| ttrcst lies Will Erasict. EXPRESSES j tlttrr:n-
nation IL keep out Of the fight. but ~ said tn
| Lave a secret understanding with ler natural
aiy. lfaiy wascr- between France a14l rr.ls-
sla, AM. can hardy essalc participation in the
struggle it it lasts E,ony Weeks SIZE is r..a,l :
to sci! ltr alliance IN that power "i,ic., will
rrote more capable and more II Hing than fll,
other il aiding her own designs. Spain, uot-
| "lflistandiDE sl, WAS the ca,lse OF all the
;rout L.. -eenl> tu be 1lle MOS. secure agais,.t
il that the struggle will be
entirely for plumber on all sides. and Spain
just ut present la. i,o designs .l},.'u neiShhr:
| iug :e:ri'nsy.- Her isolated position aid her
r.. ariv dei.Iel boundary secures her from the
complication. Great britain has nearly always !
kefs clear nf reusis.ensal ~4EH, except in sases
where lori; a,'l e1lsausting struggle has
| weakened the cn!lt!ncntll countries, then -lls
has invariably stepped in toward the close ami
the sreits. 1t is more siaa probable. that sht
will prt sc.,ip the same policy il
| the p!e-ent case. Denmark. who
/ naturally 1onEe for the recovery Of the
t.l1.turs robbed trum her by lrs1s-ia, anI
.lNstsia iea1ls towaEl France hut il too ntlc.E.
tain of the resnlt to rirk fight. she il al-7
Influenced by Ler relations to tiraat Britain.
Sutherland, Nhose position projects ] large
"trip of the FrcI!ch fru,1tier, svelns to he
| t:Inttt in her neuts altty-
ILu-. ~ far as can be descrSa:ucI sand tlls
natioyt# OF Europe in regard It, the .niuy
struggle. II j. said that after the tir4t ere Il
hattie they sill lnte,,l to make s,:tnns ,nn<,s
ment Ter prare. The result may te ti.ar a.
will be dragged into the war.