The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-06

resume the SUBJECT. Ihls audlence tho KIM
refused to grant, on the ground tnat no further
reply was necessary, and that ell negotiations
should be con Quoted through the regular dipIo-,
matte channels. Then Benedetd asked leave 10
return to France, and this request was granted.
The preteEt for war on the part of France had
but war was inevitable.
The Declaration OF War. s
1t was on the 18th of July that the Spanish
Minister of Foreign Affairs formally communi-
Gated to the representatives of Spain in for
eign countries q telegram received by him from
Prince Charles Anthony of nozenhollern, the
father of Prince Leopold, in which he said:-
''On account OF the complications which seem to
rise out OF the fact that my son Leopold is candi-
date for the throne Of Spain, and on account of the
troubled situation which the late events have made
for the Spanish people, by placing them in position
in which they are controlled by their national feel
inRs; and as am satisfied that, under such oiroum-
stances their surages would not be as free and as
spontaneous as my son has been led to believe, in
cUnsenting TO become a candidate withdraw him
In his own name" Ib
The grievance of France, or rather that OF
Napoleon, was thus done away with--the alleged
cdsus beli had disappeared. But the aggran-
dizing spirit of Prussia remained, and Napoleon
was resolved on war. Benedetu had been 'in-
suited" King William had refused to guarantee
that the candidature of Prince Leopold would
never be revived, and the honor and safety of
France demanded resort to arms. Such was
the illogical argument of the Emperor, and un-
happily for France he was able to persuade the
people to take the same view. ,-
So, on the afternoon of the same day, July Is
the declaration of war was formally announced
to the Senate and Corps Legislatif. The Duke
de GIamont, tie Minister of Foreign Affairs, in
making the announcement to the Senate, read
the following as the declaration of the Minis
try
conference.-the manner IN which the nation has
received your declaration convinces us that we may
con cSrnt upon us SUPPORT We sought to make known
required nothing from Spain: we have not deemed
t necessary to treat with the Prince OF HoheDsol-
majority of the powers have hastened to recognize
the Justice OF our demands We addressed ourselves
who announced that he was entirely unacquainted
with this family matter In view OF this fact,
dered NJ. Benedetu to go Immediately to Ems.
King William pretended that he had taken no
part In the negotiations undertaken with refe.
renee to the Candidacy Of the Prince Of Hohen-
zollern; that he had participated in them at
their termination TO give his content, not as sove-'
reign but as head VI ihe family. Itbeing impossible
that these reasons should appear satisfactory US,
we insisted that the King OF Prussia should advise
nounce all Calm to the throne OF Spain Meanwhile,
there came IRON Spain declaration from M. de
OoRsza, announcing that the Prince had renouneed
the Crown. This renuDciston, which Prussia per-
sisted In having no part n could not satisfy US, and
declare that if the Crown OF Spain should ever
be Offered to the Prince of Hohenzollern, he
ne opd SoT mo pe oSs aSo A% mode to
the King q Prussia rejected our ds@ana
have again asked of the King that he shoud in the
future refuse to authorize lhe Prince OF Hohenzol
my den and useessly. The KUg OF Prussia ended
by saying, neither can nor viii enter into any
such engagement He wishes 20 await eyents In
face Of an ''unjustiaabe" refusal we did not break
on negotiations despite your legitimate imp atIence.
great when we were told that the King Of Prussia
would 10 longer receive orr ambassador, and to
make his refusal definite he bad given notice of
such refusal to other powers. Moreover, the King OF
Prussia had requested NJ Werther to withdraw.
We have neglected nothing to avoid war; we now
prepare ourselves to endure what is offered us,
and 10 take such measures as the honor OF France
demands.
How the DecIaraticu Of War was Received In
France. f.r..
After De Gramont had finished the reading of
this document in the Senate NJ. Rouher, the
President, asked if any Senator wished to
speak, and was answered by loud cries of "No ,
No!' He then continued
"As President OF the Senate, will state that the
Senate, responding for the nation, approves the
conduct of the Government. We must place our
hopes in Providence and rely upon oar courage for
the triumph OF our rights" Ia5
In the Corps Legislatif however, different
scene transpired. A copy of the document read
before the Senate was read also in this body,
and after 1t was concluded N. Theirs rose and
in long and powerful speech opposed the
course of the Government. He argued that
France had received satisfaction from Prussia
in the withdrawal of the Hohenzollern eandi-
dature. PRUSSIA" he said, ''should have been
attacked when she attempted the union of the
German States; then war would have been legiti-
mate. and we should have been sustained" He
recalled the blunder of the Government in the
Mexican expedition, and the blunder in
permitting the contamination of German
unity by policy of non-intervention
in 1866, and boldly pronounced
its action in the present case as blunder of
equal magnitude. M. Olivier, the Prime Minis
ter, interrupted him to say that 1t was impossi-
BILE for the Government to do otherwise than it
| had done, and throughout his speech the great
est confusion and agitation prevailed. When
silence was restored, NJ. Gambetta demanded
that all the correspondence had with Prussia on
the subject be laid before the Chamber, de-
mand seconded by NJ. Jules Favre In a long
speech, in which he asserted that France could
not make war on the authority of mere tele-
| grams. But the Ministry made this a test ques-
tion, and were sustained by vote of 164 TO 81
| At another session held the same day, the Corps
! Legislatif by a vote Of 246 to 10, many member
of the party of the Left refusing to vote, ratified
projects of law brought forward by the Ministry
for calling the Garde Mobile into active service
for authorizing the enlistment of volunteers
and for issuing loans for the army and navy.
Thus the Emperor had the support of the
| Chambers, as we'll as of his ministers, and the
people likewise rallied around him with won
derful unanimity. The war fever spread
through Paris and all France like an epidemic.