New-York tribune., 1870-09-21
WlfP TOPICS

she may yet be induced TO join war against
Germany. A glance at the German press OF
Austria will at once reveal the important fact
that the 100000 or 100000 of Germans are
almost unit in their sympathy with Germany,
and "A TO the other natiOnalities, the discOrd
is growing daily. In addition TO the autonomy
of Hungary, which has been conceded, and that
of Bohemia, Galicia, and Croatia, which is
loudly demanded, the Sloyenes, Slavic tribe
In some of the German provinces, are now
coming forward with demand for the estab-
lishment of an autonomous SlOyenic Kingdom,
and they have majority in one of the Pro-
vincial Diets Under these circumstances the
Austrian Government will be happy, if Prussia
is willing to enter with her into a strong alli-
anCe, defensive and offensive.
Our latest papers from Germany give detailed
and enthusiastic accounts of the impression made
throughout the whole country by the surrender
of the French army and the Emperor at Sedan.
The town councils Of every place in the South
German States no less than in the North
German Confederation, were sending addresses
to the King of Prussia, expressive of the con-
fident expectation that Alsace and Lorraine
would be reannexed to Germany, that Ger
many must firmly resist any attempt made by
foreign powers TO prevent 1T from reaplng the
fruit of its great victories, and that the unity
of all the German States must now be con-
slmmated as soon az possible. 1t is certainly
remarkable that the town authorities OF the
capitals of Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Baden,
Saxony, Hanover, Hesse, and all the other
States should be unanimous on all these
points II is well known that the views Of
the Prlssian Government at the beginning OF
the war were by no means decided as TO the
question of annexing Alsace and Lorraine; ;
but the pressure brought upon it by popular
opinion appears to have been irresistible.
The demands now made by King William are
the natural result of the firm and unanimous
demands made by the whole German nation.
we learn from Paris paper that the very
last person who uttered the cry of " We
" PEmpereir /" in France was NJ ROuher, Sen
atOr of tho Empire. President of the Senate,
formerly Minister of the Empire, and always
one of the most devoted, as well az one Of
the ablest, adherents of the Third Napoleon.
The cry was uttered in the Senate on Sunday,
the 4th inst, two days after the EmperOr's
capture, and just before the Corps Legislatif
proclaimed the abolition of the Senate and
the Empire, and the establishment of the Re-
public. One of the Senators had arisen and
pronounced a few words of eulOgy on the
Emperor, saying that though he had sue
cumbed, he (the SenatOr) was still ready to
cry " ViUe pEmp1eur" It was then that
ROuber rose in sort of French senatorial
frenzy, and cried out again aud again, VtUe
"pEmpereur ~ A number of Senators Joined in
the cry; but being very old men, and very
seryile wOrshipers of power, their breath soon
gave out. Rouher, however, remained in the
imperalstic ecstacy, crying "Vive P,p etc,
every now and then, till the revolutionary
storm broke over the Senate and swept it out
of existence. Rouher will certainly at least be
a striking figure for some historical Carlyle of
the future.
This is not pleasant description which
some observer gives of the present condition
of Paris its streets swarming with drunken
people" and !" dreadful horde of beggars-
" the lame the halt, and the blind rascsls
" with sham ulcers, pretended paralysis, padded
" hunchbacks,n &C., &c. Add to these un-
" womanly women, terrible to see, with sunken
"eyes and huge patches of red upon their
" "whitened faces, Haunting, yelling, dancing,
" staggering alOng.p Then there are "cut-
"throats, men with bludgeons, men with poig-
"nards, bravoes and vagabonds of every de-
" "scription.r 1t would seem to us as if Suos
a" Mysteries had suddenly become incarnate.
The absence of the Empire has added nothing
to the prOletarian wealth of the city; but in
stormy times, when the pressure is taken off,
harlequin rascal and beggar again begin their
unlicensed antics. One ceases almost TO won
der that shopkeepers loved tyranny and taxa
ton, when it saved them from all thieves
except imperial ones.
Napoleon has assured us that he was driven
into the war by the imperative demand Of the
French people, and his apolOgists are quite
ready to assume that in this he spoke the
truth. But it seems to be forgotten that on
the other side the German people are exerting
over the policy of King William an influence
which is daily growing stronger and promises
to become controlling. When the end arrives
it may be found that the King has no power
to make peace except upon the terms dictated
by his own subjects For the present, Germany
demands little besides Alsace and Lorraine; if
France is wise, she will yield before Germany,
irrtated by an obstinate resistance, exacts
still more humiliating guarantees and
heavier indemnity
The Germans in all the large cities of the
world vie with their countrymen at home in
enthusiastic expressions of their sympathy
with the national cause. London has sent over
100000: Lima, in Peru. s22. Alexandria, in
Egypt, f5, 900; Moscow. $4,000 rubles: and similar
reports hvae come from Petersburg, Calcutta,
Bombay. COnstantinople Stockholm, and from
all parts of German Austria and Switzerland.
But most cheering Of all " tho German Faith.