The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-02
The Tauo Of the Foreign Press Abroad OF
tho War.

The Tnuo Of the Foreign Press Abroad ON
BY our latest foreign mails we have mass
OF exchanges, arriving almost simultaneously
from every part of Europe and from Central
and South America. The great struggle
between Germany and France is everywhere
the absorbing topic. Almost everything else
seems to be forgotten, and the columns of the
press ara completely filed with editorial
articles discussing the question at issue, the
strength Of the beligerents, the localities likely
to be the scene of battle, the probable results,
&C., along with maps, diagrams and descrip-
tive letters ''from the 'front.'"
In Mexico the news of the first encounter
had just been received; and the Iberia, pub
lished at the capital, and EI Pr0greso at Vera
Cruz. comment with surprise upon the
strength and rapidity Of the Prussians, for
whose cause they manifest decided prefe-
renee. At Havana, that well edited but Bit
terly anti-Cuban paper, the Diario de tG
Marina, Is well posted up to the latest mall
dates, and gives very full editorials setting
forth all the points Of information historical,
political and geographical-con the
war. 1t concludes two-column leader, In Its
Issue of the Goth ult., with these words lin
our opinion the political situation of France is
more compromised than even the military,
and the former has exercised and Is still
exercising powerful Influence upon the
second. If it be the fact that Ma
poleon precipitated the war with political
objects in view he will have comprehended
that he erred in his calculations, and therein
has committed suicide" This utterance of the
an earnest of the tone perceptible in the
Spanish press at home. In Madrid the news
of the German victories has been received
with jubilation by the republican papers, one
and all, who hail in them the certain down.
fall of Napoleon III. and the revival Of the
French republic. The populace all over
the country were so intensely ex-
cited by the tldings that the same
papers had to publish q manifesto on
behalf of the Republican Directory coun-
| selling moderation and patience. Sehor
CASTELAR,, In this appeal says, Zone false step
| might compromise not only the fate Of
the party, but also that of the country" The
| ministerial and ultramontane journals all lean
toward France, but they speak with bated
| breath. What we thus say of the Spanish
will apply to the Portuguese press. All the
liberal papers recognize the position Of Prussia
as the just one, and all the friends Of the die
| tatorship come out falteringly for the French
The German press, even in Austria, Is
unanimous, and In one Of the leading papers
of Vienna letter is published, said to be from
Hungarian notable Of high rank and dlstinc-
ton. combating the idea Of his countrymen
preferring French to German sympathy. He
decides in favor of the latter, and conjures all
Huugarians to adopt his view of the case, even
on religious grounds. The future Of Hungary,
he says, depends upon the union Of the Ger
man people. The Neue Freie Presse Of Vienna
relates an anecdote to prove Napoleon's pre-
vious desire for the war. He said to certain
ambassador the Austrlan?) just before the
campaign, sThere is nothing that SO greatly
fear as retreat on Prussias part" and when
warned that he was mourning tremendous
risk. he poiuted 10 the enthusiasm OF thu
masses in -Psria remarking that he should