Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-07-27
EurOpeaR War News of the Week.

mercial depression. Money men worth
one hundred thousand pounds a day or
two ago, are bankrupt. Business at
Manchester is alse completely paralyzed.
Spanish papers unanimously condemn
Napoleon for declaring war.
BERLIN, July 2O.-The Reichrath, or
North German Parliament, met yes
terday afternoon. The Grand Dnke
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was chosen
President, without cheering, when Count
Won Bismarck announced the declara-
ton of war by France. The King then
opened the session with a speech, which
was received with the widest enthusi-
asm. He said Prussia had no interest
in the selection of the Prince of Hohen-
zollern for the Spanish throne, except
that it might bring peace to a friendly
people. 1t had, nevertheless, furnished
the Emperor of the French with the
pretext of war, unknown to diplomacy,
and scorning peace, he had INDUCED in
language to Germany which could only
have been prompted by m-iscalculation
of their strength. Germany was power
full enough to resent such language and
repel such insolence. He said so in all
reverence, knowing that the result was
in Gods hands. He had fully weighed
the responsibility which rests on the
man who drives into wal and havoc two
great and tranquil nations. He yearned
for peace and the enjoyment of the
common blessings of Christian civiliza-
ton and prosperity, and for contests
more salutary than those of blood.
Those who rule France had shrewdly
studied the methods of hitting the sensi-
tive pride of a great neighbor nation,
and to promote selfish interests have
misguided it. "Then," concluded the
King, "as our fathers before us have
done, let US fight for liberty and our
rights against the wrongs inflicted by a
foreign conqueror, and as He was with
our fathers, so God will be with us in
a struggle without which Europe can
never enjoy lasting peace"
In the North German Parliament, after
the Kings speech had been delivered, a
loan of twelve million thalers was car
ried unanimously, among the widest
expressions Of enthusiasm by all par
ties.
Prussia proposes that the Baltic be
made neutral, but France has refused.
Russia is in favor of supporting the
French government.
The Prussian forces are concentrating
at COblentz.
South Germany will abandon Prussia
and join France at the first opportunity.
1t is extremely difficulty to obtain in
telligence from the seat of war, as CORE
spondents are strictly forbidden from
approaching the army lines.
The authorities of Strasbourg will no
longer permit strangers to ascend the
steeple of the Cathedral because the
movement of the troops on both sides
can be seen from that point.
Quarters are preparing for the Emper-
or and staff at Strasbourg.
The number Of volunteers enlisted for
the war is $1,000.
Many ladies offer their services as
nurses for the wounded while in the
service. They will wear a costume
similar to that of He Sisters of Charity.
Popular demonstrations have been
made in Bavaria against war.
The Rothchilds have lost twenty mil
lions by the war;, and other bankers have
lost heavily.
The Bank of France has thirteen hun
dred millions in specie.
Advices from the seat of war indicate
that the Prussians will adopts defensive
line along the Rhine. Bismarck and
General Moltke are equally confident,
and are unreserved in their predictions
Of success.
The French Journals object to the
naturalization of the Baltic.
1t is said that Count Palikao will COM
inland the expedition to enter Prussia
through Denmark.
The Garde Mobile of France is called
out for active duty. None of the men
will be allowed substitutes.
The belligerents begin with about a
quarter of a million men each. The
French have already been made soldiers
by their recent service in Africa, while
the Prussians are mere militia. France
puts an army in the field, Prussia only
an armed people. Austria is not arming.
LONDON, July 23.-The Times sharply
criticises the language used by the
French Emperor in the recent circular
to his diplomatic agents. His plea that
war, waged with the unanimous appro-
val of the people must be right, is not
true. The real author of war is not he
who declares it, but he who makes it
necessary.
The French government still discour-
rges newspaper correspondents, and I'M
dertakes to supply war news to the jour
nails of the country through official dis
patches of the war department.
In consequence of the attitude Of Aus
tria towards Bavaria and the renewed
rumors of the war-like attitude of Rus
STA, England has resolved to make prep
arations for putting her army on a war
footing. The channel squadron has been
ordered to get ready to proceed to unite
with the Mediterranean squadron at Glib
%ralter, to form a flying squadron under
command of Admiral Horribly, who has
been telegraphed at Valparaiso to return
to England Immediately.
A special from Berlin to-day announ-
ces that passenger traffic on the railways
will cease tomorrow. The reserves and
landwehrs are being pushed Forward
The army is in excellent spirits and full
of confidence.
Baron Won Beust, the Austrian prime
minister, has issued a circular to the
Austrian ministers abroad. He says "If
unsuccessful in sparing Europe blood
and Austria the most serious con-
sequences indispensable to a war between
two powerful nations, we desire at least
to mitigate the war, therefore Austria
will preserve an attitude of entire neu-
trality, resisting every overture to par
ticipate. We should be imprudent if we
are DESTROYS to remain masters of our
own destinies to omit any measure tend
ing to guarantee tranquility to the Eu-
ropean people"
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