Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-11
THE WAR CLOUD IN EURopr
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Military preparations were going on an =,
night an Paris IL the csnd,dature OF Pr,nre
Leopold s not Withdrawn within the ns.f
recalled from Berlin aud Madrid, and wsT -
declared. Negotiations between Paris and Fms
are reported 20 be unsatisfactory. Prussia An
oserns ss Ses innocence .. ntrga. Refuses %
hohenzollern, on the ground that she haS
neither the right, power. nor inclination 20 die
tate 20 spain or 10 Prince Leopold. A large
until the meeting OF the Spanish Cortes TThe
general belief Ii that the Emperor IL determined
to tight, and will move instantly without giving
Prussia time for preparation: Il is said that
Napoleon would prefer 10 meet the issue now
rather than After PIiace Leopold n elected by
the spanish people, especially - he bases the
elaine OF his own dynasty on . popular VOTE
Napoleon has gone 20 Copenhagen 90 make
propositions for q treaty OF alliance with ben
mark and sweden. While negotiations are
going on with great activity, the French gov
ernmcnt makes no attempt 30 conceal its war
like preparations. The Journals say that Mar
shal McMAbon has been ordered 20 be ready 20
move st the irst signal, and orders have been
sent 10 the commsndsnt NJ Cherbourg 90 pre-
pare q fleet of transports for 5000 troops
large number Of army aud naval ofhcers Who
were IN Paris on leave. have disappeared. and
have doubtless been quietly ordered 90 their
posts. There is great activity at TOnlOn and
other French port on the Mediterranean and
a large number OF transport are being ttted
out 60 bring home the entire French army now
IN Algeria. The following named war ships
now lying In the hsrbor OF foulon, are receivfng
armsments and being put In condition for i'm
bore, In,repide .Charlemagne, Magellan, Pan
ANA and Magenta
In Berlin military men do not appear 20 be
excited about the Spanish imbrogiio. Ia n not
thought possible that war win result from IN
The Prussian Gross Gazette ministerial organl
dlsapproyes of the Duke de GrammOnt's decls-
ration In the French Chamber. IL says he must
know, as every one does, that the King OF
Prussia and the heads of the Confederation are
all Indifferent To the elevation Of Prince Leo
Pold TO the Spanish throne. lie had right.
In the absence OF evidence, 20 charge another
power with disposition 20 disturb wantOniy
European equilibrium. The Prince II Hohen-
zollern 10 a free agent, and may or NAV not
Pruseisn neutrality.
The following is given, In weIl-Iuformed cir
cles, a. the points of the answer OF Prussia:
tirst, dsclaiming all participation in the csndl-
dature OF the Prince OF HOhen nzOllern; second.
that the Prince OF Hohenzollern IL not even a
relation Of the royal family OF Prussia; third
that Gentrsl Prim negotiated with the Prince
OF HohenZolern, and he must be responsible,
not Prussia IL h almost certain that this an
swer h not satisfactory 90 France, and that the
Duke de Grammont has forwarded another dis
The Paris Moniteur, ministerial } In its is-
sue Of Saturday SAYS: The abandonment OF
the hohenzollern project ON the part OF Prussia
Is not enough. Now, France must prevent the
recommencement OF q similar project, and on
the part of Prussia demand the entire fulfill
ment Of the treaty OF Prague, namely: the lib-
fortress OF Mayence, the renunciAtion Of mill
tary influence beyond the Main, and the settle
ment Of the schleswig- Holstein question with