New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-19

ious In precipifate a general war, which would
almost certainly follow if the British entered
the contest, and moreover VIII pause ionS
before she destroys her present naval SUPERB
ority by calling out the superb fleet OF the
only power which she has reason 10 rear Oh
the sea. England, on the other hahd, by
remaining neutral in the impending CONNECT
will reap enormous pecuniaIy proht as the
commercial AGENT of all the unfortunate
belligerents.
Russia. if she takes part at all in the war,
will side with Prussia but at present she
seems disposed to husband her resources anu
patiently await her opportunity IN tie East
AS long as she remains quiet Austria
nromises 10 preserve a neutral attitude,
which seems to be decidedly her best pOhcy.
Jtolv is uncertain. Holland and Sweden and
Norway profess neutrality, and may perhaps
Inc able TO keen their professions. The evil
dent leaning of Spain towards Napoleon indi-
Gates that this whole mOvement-the ncutious
grievance. the declaration OF war on raise
nretenses.-had been arranged Deforehahu
between the Emperor and Gen. frlm
If seems TO have escaped the recollection OF
most persons on this side of the ocean that as
long ago as last April the project of elevatlng
q Prince of the House of Hohenzollern to the
Spanish throne was suspected, if not actually
entertained. and the Emperor was SAID
TO have declared at that time to senior
Olozaga that the probable result OF such
choice would be war between France ana
Prussia. 1t cannot be supposed therefore that
Prm was ignorant of Napoleons feeling on
tbe subject and that Immediately after giving
fine Emperor this coveted prOvocation the
Snanisb statesman is found in close alliance
with the French, is fact whose significance
the public will not be slow to appreciate.
of actual military movements the telegraph
this morning tells us little. Dispatches from
the French side are probably suppressed,
and those from Germany are very
meager. The previous report that the
French were moving by way of Metz
is without doubt correct. The alleged
Prussian advance upon ThiOnville was probably
reconnaissance, and we presume there was (as
previously announced) another reconnaissance
at Forbach, further east although French ac-
counts deny that any Prussians have crossed
the frontier Yesterday the German troops,
we are told, occupied Saarbruck, and NeuDurg,
and were concentrating at Linden, III
Hesse- Darmstadt Saarbruck is frontier
town of Rhensh Prussia, a few miles from
Forbach, on the direct railway route from
Metz to Maycnce and Mannheim, and at the
junction of another line running northwest
ward to Treves. 1t is consequently an excel
lent strategical position, from which TO
meet movement from Metz either nOrthward
along the valley of the MOselle and through
Thionyille. or westward by the railway straight
! towards Mannheim. Neuburg is small place
on the Rhine, about 10 miles northwest OF
Carlsruhe, not in itself important, and its occu-
patton has no special significance. The con-
centration at Linden is evidently intended for
the protection of Mayence and Frankfort-on-
the Main, Linden lying to the north of those
places, and within easy reach of either OF
them