, 1870-01-03
The Secret OF SNdO 1ns

From thr london Si%ef1for.
Tic North German Correspondent Of December
pab.:sses statement walcn ha5 solneho" es.
capped attention IN this country. hut which seeIs
to us, II II ba cerrect, 70 involve q very kzaSe
charge against both tie Kaiser aud the Emperor
OF the French. The Corf<spondent is a little saeet
r1!ntsd at Berlin, on ore alte onl5, published 10
ln!ee lapgusges 81 onee. aud tran.mttsd !, bJ pol
slolzed to soue form Or other, or It could not ne
.sSuei: l. tas EruAuaiy eat!y and coErtct 1ntell-
I'D On II lie &C cons,sent a. he crgaa Of the P,asslan
Isuteau CT Foreign Affairs, 20 much 50, taat II ID
srequently quoted hy the seleGraphic agency.
ofrc,a! corTtspondcz.' o1e OF tue oe]ees oi lis
coudLcto1s fof soue time PEST has been 10 show
tta1 Prussia Ia lstd dre~ the s#eru 4 amy from
ps,rot1c motives, aud 1t has nox made . state
me11 ~hich, unless disproved. ia nnal jas:1ca-
flon OF Prussia, hle ii Rejects an icdel,ole d,s.
credit upon sue kaiser Francs Joseph ana s r.
;n1sr9 i re Rt1iss. evidently familiar WIN
German politics and political perfonases. attlrned
y R'oa Ia hm ns ai
tncks On Prussa in The Eeunese Journals while con
cealpg the proEocattons gtveu by those Of Berlin,
personal rique. The Correspondent, 1ted by the
charge, Which IN lhe pages Of she EdtneuTg Re-
st<u might hecoTe h:eio:tcal. arst dentes tnst tae
th!rg passing 10 hts capital, and then makes In
ITALICS no.s unnsasl proceeding IL It's columns
ss sa
to Ffapce before shot was fired IN as66 and thar
on The l9,n June Of that year, one dsy After the
lettsr Of Emperor Napoleon to mister DfoaJn De
thns: canEentson was CONCLUDED between the
Cabipats Of Fiecna aid Paris, according 10 which
FYntce xf.er tue overthrow ot PJuSsts, was 10 oc
p1ed y Of T. o!hss a. vG5d, sen
eeruop, eontlunes the writer, which forced King
N11am into xar absolutely neccsxa1f to saSe
hiE xl1gdom feom dlneneefmens He Waeea.
kis ro;, Of eour.e, for mere poel!et.ss IKE our.
nc III; cets.a Of wh:ch can pe krown 70 but four
Or I've statetmen In Europe. but It VIII. He tonE.
strtke cur readers a. one ~nlcn ought 70 pc terg
sopases implicated. f.r 1t toocues them botn very
rearly. II ills tIe, tnen the Emperor Of AustHa
dt., ii spite OF al plofeaslora seh GsfmAn ts1
GeIman fot, aud, moreover, do, BY = d!st1net
ssTeenent, Invite the armed toreagntt 70 1nTaae
.as f.tosasd tn a. e1snse cteq resq 20
You'd fo1esef prevent fhe possibility Of Francis
joseph reeo!er1E !naaenee e,,.,a ouesds e. as tae
es,s:ty r.: syrpe.se 1easa sa aeu to beers
he dd not also be,rty cts most ianaste, ttead!aat
sijv the Catholic Government al Bavaria for M
po3eor, Il be had once resolved on plsy:ng 10 tre-
neIdous game, would have been s.ttEned u1:n
reward SNORT q ne Ra!aa s1 Base - aoTa ni,
stcry il tue, must not only bare nesit.ted To- =
but have nefita,ed after tbs most sotetnu eczase.
| meas, ratiled By premise Of definite price iol
Eis coInn,c,ty and a4ttstaIce He ha1 conteEplat.
- the dismtnbtrncnt OF P1ussia, he had arranged
tor ia o. Re i nd, and when his ally had rtsked
he very existence Of nis dJnastJ be dld not a.
| rnrce "a iii SIDE. The statement, A. II stt-ds,
vou be tscet.ed In France with : pertecs howl
Of race, directed ut once Agatnst the Emperor ~.
nolean and The PTuss!1n CQuIt7 nad tyeu Y
Erei:snn en- Who believe ina. c,iapoeJn y p1os.
tfT. and mat Hspsoarghs nsat for the!f own
| nand, Eauy kro~n facts Of current pohrcs VIII
scem TO nintate against the stolJ. 4 4 "a tue
Tue convention was Known TO King Nlham ne,
! fnfe ne counepcea his Jna5cG, AID Vey dd AZ
not nrocia,Cp It when 1t would have paralyzed The
I mproi power Of Austria ard the physical power q
inc nli or STA est 1t Is bard, too 70 believe tina
I a epyeretRn who had been thus deserted. Mht
rad seen hlGseA compelled to seeeps s1ml!1a mi.
| ms vrrT enterprise ~ould Eot Eoye. could fmn1e
dase,y have opened TIC nost 1e.dl5 nsgotia tta
thT.a 1esr1 the stttct alliance which nAs ooTlo1sly
existed be!weeo Pssss I'D stsnn. = kngs ~ =
| bni tHtre are limits 70 human na'ure, even Il
! EI161; ard although the Eaise1 pa1doned IA