, 1870-08-11
THE WAR IN EUROPE. :


It appears certain that to the European
powere generally the announcement OF the
scheme Of tho spanish Government vas
e.lrp,ise. 1t was 30 1t least to England. tos
Lord GzAurile says that our Foreign OmGo
was equally 30 to them. Ne may presume the
meaning of the French Government TO %
that the selection Of the Prince, though talked
Of previously, and demonstrated against b$
France, lad been finally decided on without
tfe,r Epou1e}Ke, and thst this decia1on WA
he surprisa of whlch they complain
IA soon as tho announcement vas made,
ths French Government interfered perempt-
orly. Within few hours the Das 1e Gram.
would 1ut not endure It." Writing on the s.h Of |
Ju}v, chr Ambassador states that tue Minister |
Of Foreign Affairs had told him that the Crown |
had been offered to the Prince. md thAt he |
Lad accsptedlt. To this, " continued u. dc
G1ammont. Franco sill not resign herself
selses to It, mean that We sha1l not permit
! it. and that we shall nse our whole strength
| to prevent it. The interest and dignity Of
Frsnce alike forbade them to permit tue est.b~
lishment Of rruasian dynasty in the penin-
sulA. They could not consent to The e1is- X
tenee Of = etate OF thinga which would obhge
them, in case Of Tar with prussas, to keen
watch On Spain, which won1d patalyze diVis-
ion OF their army, Tbs proposal TO set tho
crown Of Spain upon Prussiau head "as
nothing legs than an insult to France. d De
! Gfamntot begged me to lose no time ia making
| your Hardship acquainted With the sentiments
Of the Empctnr's Government. md expressed
his earnest hope that Her Majesty Govern
ment wou1d cooperate With him in endeavo!-
ing to ward oil IN event which would. he aald.
Be- iransh. NTH danger to tbs peace Of
Europe"
The principle acted on By our government
was that though re could not recognize the
election Of Prince Leopold rs being danger
for France, or that France would be entitled to
make il, - aueh, = cause ot var either agsipst IL
France was Violently excited On the subject,
and that the Ernperor's Government was fully
committed to reslst tho elect1on by force, it
was public duty to obtain the abandonment
Of the project. ....-
Let US now SEQ how our representations
were 1ecsiyed. The excitement IN France Was
at it's beirht within forty-eight hours Of the re-
cc1pt Of the Spanish neHa, but the storm found
prussi. quite impossible. Her Ministers
showed cool an1 almoat consemptuoqa de-
meanos, which undoubtedly i.lisstei their ID
vers11ies, Int which, With our pres
: Mobenzolern dispute was artificial. th.t con
, | cezsioo or no ceesiou, The time had cpuae when
oern.ny r. r., mSs. . defend her a.tioah % eaistense @
| Granville, and told him that he had received
. letters from the King OF Prussia and Count
Bisnark, from which it appeared that the re.
ply Of the North German Confederation to
Franco was to the effect that lit vas not II
: affair which concerned tho PTussian Govern
! ment. They did not pretend to interfere with
) | the Independence Of the Spanish nation, hu!
. left it to the spaniards to settle their own AZ
: fai1s, md they wers unable to give any intor,
!; nation as to the negotiations which had
. aud the Pzioce of Hohenzoltern." Couut Bern
{ etord went on to cay that the North Gcrma1
: Government would leave the French to take
! what course thev pleased. and the Prossiat
! representative 1T Psr.a had been dirested t
= abstain from taking any part III it; "His Ma
i Prince Leopold, but he wil not forbid th'
e Prince to arcept the crown OF Spain" Lort
. Augustus LOTUS no 21) speaks Of an inter
! view between the French Charge d'Analrea \
= Berlin and n. De 1hi!e, At which tho spirit 9
!, Prueeia was precisely the same. ''M. D
r Thile told the french Chasge q aAnalses tha
3 the selection of sovereign to NIL the thron
+ Of Spain WIS question with which the ptns
y sian Government had no CONCERN whatever
T. T. and that, consequently, he was not in con
n to the French Government. Tho Prusais
n Government considered that the statesme
\. aud people al epa1u we're entitled to odar th
.. crown to anyone whom they might think ii
ir and that it concerned the person alone t
~ whom the offer was made to accept it Or not,
Ct the rnEce'e nomination was withdrawn, fir
le bE 1is father, aud then by himself Thus th
q. | object for wlllch onr government has Ice
= asEed to Cooperate Will France waH achieves
a Is and ve had = right to expect ttst the "iuc
~ acrt," AZ it il called, Was at HI end. Not 80
ar the stase Of thingg was serr embar1assir
tlc to tie French Government" IS the Due {
a. G1ammolt told Lord Lyons on the 18th. thrt
op Days before war WAS declared. At Paris IL
n n arswer Of the King Of Prussia WAS consi lest
~ - "reithef courteous nor aatiafactorv." On Il
N, other hand, the Prince had been Withdrew
liz and copy Of tho telegram to that effect b;
ID been sent to the French Government We
III know the unhappy history Of these last +
de daya-how oven a Minister declared the ah'
n1e ne at an end and peace secured how an alleE
Ee ~, insult to tho French Ambassador, Of viii
." the world haa never hal = clear :
count, sent tho Duo do Grammo
mt again before the Legislature vi
ma words Of menace In his mou'h: and how j"
ras declared on the 18th, to the satonsshme
aa ~. itself, but ut tho wealness OF the pretexts
w. which it. was justified. We have official
from the pen Of the Due de GFanuont.
cause Of the preeent contest. On tho 18th
y. told Lord Lyons No. 49, that all Franco
ops sired WAS that the King Of Prusaia should (
cat hid the Prince to change his present 1850
Ind tion to Withdraw hts Freten.ions- j." nal
c IL him. writes Lord Lyons, /" whether he
ave tholized me categorirally to state to I
cx. Mnfchty's Government, in the name Of
MI ! Government Of tho Emperor, that IN tbat c
the affair woald be completely over.
said, Undoub:cdls.". aud be took rhpet
W., "s wl,icu hr placed in my hsnds:
ai uc- ..Nous drlnandouaau Hoi de- prusse de
a'u' fendrc An Prince do HoAenzoliern de reyt
on .ur :. >, xo1nt;on sill f.it. tout liuciaeut
laS- termiue-"