The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-14
WAR;.
rms vTWEATENED RUPTURE IN
EUROPE.
what France. Prussia mud Spain May
mud Must Do
rom thc chfcago rrihunc

France and Prussia have assumed att-
tudcs which seem TO bc final on the part
Of bolh. II is not easy TO see how either
can charge But if neither Waivers or re-
tires, n forward movement of the French
army is inevitable. Napoleon moves with
promptness and energy 81 disproror-
| Tomato TO the emergency Us TO make the
| Spanish question appear q mere prctcxt
| of which he avails himself to carry out
| some Tong treasured scho nc of reconstruct.
| ing the map of Europe.
France, In effect, demands that the can
didacy Of Prince Leopold DO withdrawn,
and holds Prussia responsible for advancing
il. Prussia replies that she has nothing 10
do with his candidacy, and cannot, there
fore. withdraw il. This was the reply
which Napoleon must have expected,
before he made his preparations for war.
Hence the strong grodnd FOR surposing
that his preparations were made for some
other purpo.c than to prevent Prince
Leopold who is related 10 himself by
blood more nearly than the King of Prus-
sia, from accepting the throne of Spain.
'f, rs the London Times suggests, this
prctcxt has b, .en seized upon to push the
French bounda Y to the Rhine that is
an issue W IN which all Germany will be
united ne one man, and will fight TO the
bitter end
That Napoleons position Is cmbarrass-
ing, and that IL requires an extraordinary
display of force TO intimidatc the Spanish
Cortcs and prevent thcm from olccting
Prince Leopold on the 10th Of July, is
very. manifcst But, on the other hand,
Prussia cannot, in the present state Of nf-
fairs, withdraw the candidacy of Prince
Leopold She cannot take such n step
without conocding that she does control
his candidacy nor could she, in honor CON
troll his candidacy If her ministers had had
no part in inducing Il. Had private citi-
zen ofthc United States been proposed for
the throne Spainwithout the Intervention
OF our government, the combined world in
arms could not compel the government of
the United States 10 Interfere to prevent
its clifton from accepting crown that
had been freely ter dered him We could
only declare that he should not be citizen
If the United States while ho was King of |
Spain. SO will North Germany feel If the |
'eply Of the Prussian Government TO Ma |
'oleon DO true, aud IL that government |
las had no part nor lot In the Spanish |
scheme. Indeed, IL We conccdc the truth |
10 that reply, it would DO surrender of
her national independence for Prussia TO
be bullied by Franco into compelling n
subject TO decline crown rendered him by
the FREQ act Of the Spanish nation. 1t Is
no proper part of the function, of the
PrIhsian Government to prevent her sub
jeets from accepting any thrones
TO which they may be elected
by other nations. Indeed, IL would
be an act OF as unparalleled cowardice and
o. IN ~ f.r a.. Del, 4
pold into declining the crown, rs II means
Of saving her the trouble ofdcfcnding her
self from MI unjust war on the part of
France, as IL would be 10 execute him out
right. II Prussia's answer Is true u fact,
therefore she cannot in honor, do any
thing whatever relative TO leopold can
didacy. Bat il shc merely does nothing.
the armies Of France will in few hour,,
perhaps he moving toward the Rhine.
The Issue, therefore, is one OF vcracity,
and Prussia Is expected 10 stultify herself,
and acknowledge IN fact, that she has
falsely stated her position, in order To-
avoid war. This shc probably will not do.
II the nomination Of Prince Leopold j.
confirmed, Napoleon must fight either
Prussia or Spain, and, in either case, he /.
not likely to win the moral support or
countenance Of civilized nations. To
night Prussia Is 10 assume that she ought 10
cocrcc ono OF her own subjects nj the be-
hest of foreign power. 70 fight Spain
~ 70 deny her the right To choose her own
ruler. We can scarcely believe that war
viii grow out Of the present complication.
The most probable solution of tho dill.
Guilty Is tho refusal Of tho Spanish Cortcs
to confirm the action Of General Prm. in
which case there will bo no IIohcnzollern
to fight about, II Napoleon means war,
and i reaching amer tho left bank Of the
Rhine, he will not wait, but will violate
RUSSIAN territory before the Cortes can
assemble. Ii u French army corps crosses
the line before the 10th of July, il will
signify that Napoleon has embarked in a
war of aggression-thc end of which can
hardly be favorable to the pcrmanence of
his dynasty, The First Napoleon came to
grief by meddling with the affairs of
Spain. We should suppose that the Third
Napoleon, who has proiltcd quite US much
by the blunders rs by the successes of the
First, would have wisdom enough TO avoid
that rock, nj all events.