The New York herald., 1870-04-27
The Sudden Armius in Europe.

But the other day the political songs.ers of
the European press were attuning their softest
accords to celebrate the certain coming and
permanence of peace. We on this eide of the
Atlantic joined gladly in the chorus for mo-
ment hoping that much for progress and hui
manity. But now, it seems, the tune has very
suddenly changed. The din Of dreadful pre-
paration is heard from the Danube to the shores
of the Baltic. The Northern Colossus, Russia,
is concentrating heavy corps dorm6e on the
Austrian and Prussian frontiers Prussia is
pushing her Notifications and her equipment
of troops with improved weapons with the ut
most haste In some of her arsenals and
strongholds the work is continued by
reliefs of men all night. The German
journals say that the directors of the gym
nasla and other secondary institutions have
been notified by the authorities to transmit a
complete list of all professors subject to mill
tary service, yet indispensable for the duties
of instruction, but to restrict the number as
much as possible, 80 as to exclude all the day
tutors and all professors who have any rank
in the army-this step to be taken in view Of a
possible mobilization of the latter.
In the Saxon army, which. Of course, is to
move in alliance with the Prussian, there is a
general stir. All the new recruits and soldiers,
as well as officers on furlough, have been
recalled to their respective garrisons to
participate in the grand man0uvres or to
complete their instruction. The officers
repair in crowds to Berlin, Spandau and other
Prussian cities and camps to brush up their
gymnastics, artillery practice, &c.
Again the complaints Of Denmark in refer
ence to the non-execution Of the fifth article of
the Treaty Of Prague have placed the Aus
! trian Cabinet where it must decide definitely
upon the course it is to pursue on that subject,
and this just at time when the various
| nationalities that make up her empire are all
clamoring for special recognition. Thus Aus
tria sees trouble outside and inside Of her
| frontiers, and little Denmark in real alarm is
thinking how to defend Copenhagen from pos
sible bombardment by German fleet. AT
the same moment we find General Cialdini,
the best soldier that Italy has Of high rank in
her service, resigning because the army is to
be reduced at crisis-as he seems to con-
slider it--in the fate Of his country and Of
Europe. In the meantime his Holiness grac es
repeated military reviews at Rome with his
presence and that of his cardinals; puts squads
of infantry through the manual in the
galleries of the Vatican, giving the word
of command with his own Poatifcal lips,
and is said to be collecting arms and ammuni-
ton for two hundred thousand men. Spain
swarms with armed bands, regular and irregu-
| lar; and now Portugal begins to take hand
| in the dance. In ell directions and all coun-
tries trade strikes are rife, and in some Of
them are suppressed by ball and bayonet.
Such is the general situation, and, with
| regard to the sudden armaments, the question
| naturally arises, What is now in the wind? Is
it the plebiscituna, the infalibility dogma OF
the revolution, or the conjunction of all three
together, that so shakes the potentates from
their proprietyp In former article we limited
at the contingency of grand Northern alli
ance to meet the eventualties that may aris
ia France, and we are inclined to seek for th
explanation of what we now 6nd going on Il