The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-04

with few EXCEPTIONS too weak 10 resist
foreign attack, It became football for its
neighbors. Some appropriated portions OF
its terriotory; others were content with
the qualification of humiliating so large yet so
helplessl a commonwealth. Once the most
populous, the most powerful State of the con-
tinent, it ceased to have influence upon the
course of events, voice in the council OF ma
tions. Impotent in the sphere of politics. 1t
found great difficulty even in developing trade
and obtaining commercial treaties from more
favored nations; and such was its dependence
on foreign influence in matters peculiarly do
mestlc that on more occasions than one Austria
was able to stay the progress of its constiu-
tiona life, while Russia, in a notorious instance,
forbade all attempt at reunion. 1t is true
Prussia, the largest OF the German
for the last century; still, she was
too much hampered by the jealousy of
her petty allies to improve this sorry state of
openly expressed, of the other Continental
powers, when, four years ago, Prussia at last
undertook to cut the Gordian knot, eject' the
all butt foreign Austria, what had originally
caused the split, and, amid the applause of
patriotic Germans, unite the dtsectd nlenlbrd
of the nation into a compact whole. Hence,
more particularly, the resistance of France,
whose vanity was sorely wounded by change
which grievously interfered with the delightful
consciousness so long enjoyed by her of being
stronger than any of the adjacent nations
PruSsan Opinion e sf Wsr shs French Declaration
The Provincial Correspondence, of Berlin, of
July Goth, says-
The paltry, lying reasons given for this act
show the wilful arrogance and thoughtlessness
with which France has determined upon war.
The great powers sought to restrain that coun-
try from its unjustifable enterprise while all
foreign nations condemn the course she is pur-
suing. The Prussian and German armaments
are being carried on calmly but diligently, and
| the German armies will very shortly march out
ready for defense. Although the arming of the
French has been going on for long time, this
! advantage, thanks to the splendid organization
of the Prussian army, will soon be counter
balanced. It is possible that the French will
| endeavor to secure momentary triumph, but
first success will not decide the war. Germany
may place full confidence in the leadership of
| her Commander-in- Chief and his advisers. We
intend to avoid all vaingloriousness, but we have
| no cause to be respondent.
| The King of Prussia and the King of Bavaria
A Berlin despatch of July 81 says that the
| King of Prussia had sent the following telegram
to the King of Bavaria
"On receipt of the telegram from your Ma
| jesty Immediately assumed command of the
| Bavaran army, and / incorporated it with the
| Sd Army Corps. placed under the command of
| the Crown Prince. BY an unheard-of presump-
| tion we have been driven from the most pro-
found peace into war. Your real German atti
| tude has electrified your people, and all Ger
many is now united as it never was at any
former time. May God bless our arms in the
| fortune of war / tender you my most heart
felt thanks for your faithful adherence to our
treaty upon which Germany rests"
To this the King of Bavaria made the follow
ing response by telegraph
''Your telegram has awakened in me a joyful
echo. The Bavarian troops, side by side with
their glorious brethren in arms, will enter en-
Enthusiastically into the struggle for Germaa
right and German honor. May the war tend to
the welfare Of Germany and the safety of Ba-
| varia!"
Armament of the PrussIan Iron-cIads.
A Paris correspondent, in comparing the
navies of France and Prussia, says
Prussia relies especially upon her powerful
cannon of 8, II, and even Ia inches in diameter,
capable of penetrating sheets of iron of from
9 to 12 inches in thickness. Her iroD-clad fleet
is completely armed with these cannon, which,
it is here said, will not terrify the intrepid
French sailors.
An Enthusiastic War Crv.
The Cologne Zeitung of the 10th ultime in
the course of a vigorous article on the war, says
Up, ye dwellers in the far off amber coasts,
ye bold East Prussians who in 1918 first joined
the ranks in the war of liberation Up, ye
valiant swabians who were wont to bear the
banner of the old Empire, and who sustained
the border contest! Up, ye Silesians who red
dened the Katzbach with French blood Up,
ye Hanoverians who, covered with glory fought
In the Iberian Pensinsula against the old despot,
and show ye now to the new one how madly
and miserably he was out In his reckoning in
fancyipg that one man of you would
desert his colors when his hereditary
|
mountains, ye Bavarians, warriors of old; out
from your forests ye Thuringians and Hessians;
be worthy OF your sires ye true German SaXons,
who of your own free will throw off your serf-
dom to France, and go over shouting to the
German standards! Up, all that is German! to
the Rhine! to tie Rhnel to the sacred Rhine,
and come on the wings of the storm Here we
do all that in us lies. Rich and poor, old and
young, we rush to our colors. Even the schools
are broken up, for the very boys, infamed with
rage, are burning to ransom the honor of their
king and OF the German name. Hadst thou
seen this day, Ernst Moriz Arndt, thou wouldst
have known that thou ddst not live iu vain. We
can now cry, '1t is crusade; it is holy war.
II ever war has been recklessly invoked with
craft and falsehood, 1t is this. @
she Rhsnish Pessantry Psall,y Unanimous fol
The special correspondent of the Londor
Daily kelos has been travelling through thu
Rhenish provinces which are to be the seat o.
war, If Prussia maintains defensive attitude
! He notes that the peasantry of that country ar,
unanimous in their devotion to Prussia. HI
2 | wrote, July 49,
= have now passed through the Rhine provinces o
, | Germany, and have had exceptional opportunitie
Of sscertainng tae opinions o. Cheig AM
; himself and his family, TO the landowner who Is ia
removed from poverty, the determination 10 pre-
n land is expressed with a unanimity whic
demonstrates that the Germans OF thes
parts regard the welfare of their country as far NOR
TO be desired than personal gain or personal success
The peasant who drags out precarious and miseri
f BILE existence on rye bread is as ardent an enem
: OF France as the man Of wealth TO whom this worl
q is paradise. One and all mantaia that rather tina
i undergo a defeat which would he alike shamefI
a and unendurabe, no exertiOn can be deemed %
= great and no sacrifice too praisewOrthy.
o FRANCE.
5 The Epthusias sm Of Paris In Favor Of the Wa