New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-27
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.

Belgium, which France proposed to annex,
has an area Of only 267 square miles, but has popua
ton of s39O being thus the most densey inhabited
country in Europe. she has standing army OF 10000
men, and when the warfoong her forces number 100
OOO Beside the standing army she has National Guard
representing about 400 900 men, Belgium has an extern
sye commerce, and her finances are III very satsfac-
tory state.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands, which has
been brought into question by the secret treaty. has
area OF 49, i6I square miles, population of 3356S2 and
an army OF 10000 II has navy Of co steamers,
with 6 guns, and "a sailing vessels with sos guns The
kingdom has moderate revenue, which Is not exceeded
by the expenditures The colonial possessions
OF the Netherlands embrace an area or 65l26I square
miles, with estimated population OF 1s,3Il,OC Java
is the most important OF these colonies.
On obtaining the PrincedOm of Hechingen
and sgmarngen by family arrangement in 1s4s, King
William OF Prussia fastened repair the old manor Of
Zolern to rebuild its Gothic foundations, and to
cause TO be inscribed in letters OF gold and azure above
the entrance DOOR this inscription:
'Zolern, Nuremberg, Brandenburg united, punt THIS
castle in 1853 The strong hand Of Prussia raised me up
/ am called the door OF the Eagle, 1851"
Above this proud gateway his Prussan Majesty caused
ire i'm relief to be erected representing fully
knight with this motto: " vOnl Feis zlsn Meer'-frOm
Rattle from Zoern to Trieste on the Adriatic, being
understood.
A native of Rhenish Prussia writes to NJ.
Granier de Cassagnac that the German people on the
left bank OF the Rhine do not desire annexation TO
France and that "before conquerng that section the
French must destroy the armies and people of the Ger
man Confederaton-a rather difficult matter" NJ. de
CAssagnac replies that there il choice OF only two
aarnatives-" either France will 90 to the Rhine, or
Prussia will go the Pyrenees"
The Paris Steele says that the forces of the
North German Confederation independently Of those Of
Southern Germany which the treaties place at the dspo
sition OF Prussia composed follows: Field troops
b4O men, with LILO pieces of cannon and $4,000 horses
reserve, 1s3 600 and landwehT, T50O0 The nghtlng
force forms corps darmee, containing ia infantry
regiments battaliOnS OF chasseurs "a regiments or
cavalry and and IS OF artillery. The French army shows
about the same effective in infantry 1t has III regl
mens without counting the rrcos and 20 battaons OF
foot chasseurs cavalry and artillery the difference Is
not great and rather in favor Of France The insucent
organization of the National Guard Mobile gives the ia
ter country certain iIneriOry at the commencement
but would be speedily made up If, contrary TO our
wishes, a war should breakOut.
AS one of the strongest incentives TO war,
the French Journals said that if France had once more
submitted 10 be insued and outwted by Bismarck, mo
woman of character would have consented to be seen
a FTenchman's arm"
NJ. Henri Rochefort writes from prison to his
constituents: "The dynasc conflict, which is at pres
ent troubling business and the public minds, = the most
terrible condemnation OF the monarchcal principle IL,
instead Of expeling the Spanish Republicans who had
taken refuge on the French SOIL the cabinet had favored
the establishment of Republic in Spain, should not
now have had upset King whose dethrOnemen Will
perhaps cost OF blood and years OF misery Nor
shoud we either had 10 fear the sudden formation
pugnant the straightforward character Of republican
L., ffAuat