Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-22

the absence of Spanish assistance In
the war are entirely mistaken. -
From the st. Louis Times.] q TT
DENMARK AS THE ALLY OF FRANCE.
The kingdom of Denmark will
doubtless ally its fortune with that of
France, In the forthcoming struggle.
It has humiliating recollections of
Schseswig-Holstein and Lauenburg in
1864, and wrongs to avenge against
Prussia too deep to possess the nation
al heart in a passive neutrality. The
population of Denmark in 1860 was
l,608, 005. The Danish army is formed
by CONSUMPTION, to which every man,
twenty two years of ageand not phys
ically disabled, is stable. 1t consisted,
in 1867, of A ,750 men, while the navy
was composed of some thirty-two YES
sells of all kinds, carrying two
hundred and sixty-eight guns.
From the New York SUM-
BIsMARcK's RESPONSIBILITY.
There is no reason to believe that
the project of making Prince Leopold
King of Spain was devised without
the cooperation of Count Bismarck.
The fact is notorious that the revOlu-
ton which drove Isabella from Spain
and raised Prim and his associates to
power was favored by Prussian influ-
ence and assisted by Prussian money.
Bismarck was at the bottom of it, and
formed then an alliance with Prim
which does not appear to have been
broken since. Is it to be supposed,
then, that Prim would select a Prus-
sian Prince for the crown which had
so long gone begging without consult
ing his friend and ally, the great man
in Berlin? The very suggestion re-
flutes itself; and however decided the
language of Prussia may have been in
denying all responsibility for the
nomination of Leopold, no perspica-
cious mind can be deceived by it. The
scheme was concOcted by Bismarck;
it was a part of his ambitious and
prudent policy for strengthening the
power of Prussia and her influence in
the world. It was also a measure of
defense prepared in view of the con
fiict with France which he saw would
be, in the nature of things, liable to
break out at one moment Or another.
From the New York World
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., BAR
ON Won MoLTKE.
HeImuth-C harles-Bernard Baron
Won Moltke, Chief of staff of the Prus-
sian forces, and the man upon whom
devOlves the conduct Of the war in
behalf of Prussia, was born at Gne-
WITT, in Mecklenburg, on the 18th day
of October, 1900, and is, therefore, at
the present time about seventy years
old. While yet young he entered the
service of Denmark, having already
received a theoretic knowledge of
military science, and being recognized
as a man of more than ordinary ability
in the profession which he had chosen.
AT that time serious, complications
had already arisen between the crown
of Denmark and the Dutchies, the
chief point upon which there was dis
pute about royal succession. 1t was
thought that the male line in the
reigning family would soon become
extinct, and a prospect of the indie
pendence of the Duchies thus afforded.
The project of anneXing SchlesWig
to sthe German confederation was
even openly advocated in the Pro-
vincial Assembly, and young Won
Moltke so sympathized with the Ger
man side of the dispute that, in 1922,
he entered the service of Prussia.
Here for ten years he remained in
subordinate positions, displaying in
each such marked superiority that in
1892 he was promoted to a place in
the staff. Three years afterward he
visited the East, and was presented
- kLN Gales Ar,LOv,1r,1 II nh
was then introducing into Turkey
more radical measures of reform than
had been effected by any of his pre-
~decessors, intending, if possible, to
make the Ottoman Empire one of
the first powers of the world. The
Sultan knowing that Won Moltke had
already achieved a reputation in his
own country for his careful study
and exact knowledge of the art of
war, requested him to initiate him
into the new stragetic theories of
Europe, and for several years Won
Moltke was engaged in directing
military reform in Turkey-the re-
suit of which was afterward shown in
the Crime2n War-and assisted in the
Syrian campaign of 1889. For seven
years after this he saw much of Eu-
ropean life, wandered about the world
~pcrfecting himself in his vocation.
In 1916 he returned TO Prussia and was
appointed aid de-camp of Prince Hen
ri, living at Rome, and who died in
the tolloWingyear. After having been
engaged in several departments and
in important missions, he became in
1856 the aid-de-camp of Prince Fred
eriek William of Prussia, and two
years afterward was appointed chief
of staff OF the army, and yet holds that
position. In 1859 he prepared the
plan of an expedition, the carrying
out of which was prevented by the
prompt conclusion of the treaty of
peace between the EmperorsO of France
and Austria, at Villafranca, on the
18th day of July, 1859, shortly after
the battle of SOlferino. Some years
previous to 1864, the chief feature Of
the foreign policy of Prussia had been
the incessant pursuit of a plan far the
annexation oftheduchies OF Schleswig-
Holstein and Lauenburg. The crown
jurists of the government prepared
a statement according to which the
King of Denmark, and not the
Prince of Augustenburg "a mat
ter about which there had been much
dispute), had been, up to October 80,
1864 (the date of the treaty of vi
enna), the lawful sovereign of the
duchies, and by which it would appear
that his right had been coded by that
treaty 10 the King of Prussia and the
Emperor of Austria. Prussia there
fore rejected all the endeavors made
by the PrinceO of Augustenburg for the
purpose of obtaining recognition by
Prussia as Duke of Schleswig-Hol-
stein, as well "a the attempts made
by the Federal Diet to establish its
competency to settle the question Of
the succession. Asmall party among
the higher nobility of the duehies
were in favor of permanent union
with Prussia, although the large ma
jority of the people asked the recog-
milton of Prince Frederick of Angus
tenburg as Duke of Schleswig-Hol-
stein, both the prince and the people
being, however, in favor of making
concessions to Prussia. In the war re-
sulting, Won Moltke played a great
partagainst Denmark, in W~hOseservice
he had once been, and, as chief of staff,
was Joined with Prince Frederick
Charles, who was called to the COM
mand of the allied troops. In this
position he displayed great ability;
and so remarkable were his powers
that he was called to organize the war
which, in the following year, took
place between Prussia and Austria.
The plans laid down by him werec car
ried 0ut-so far as circumstances would
admit-to the letter. Engaged in the
service of Prussia, he devoted all his
energies to its advancement, and to
him not less than to Bismarck was
due the success of the war. Every
body must remember the excitement
IN regard to the news from Europe
which was felt during the latter days