The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-20
THE EUROPEAN WAR.

tory Of Europe. Vle question Wnetne[
4 Leopold ifs HohenEo llSEnS should ascend
the Spanish throne, and the question
wliel her Ffai eeywNSi nsulted when Count
Benedict was dismissed by King William
Nre mere vehicles for the expression OF
passions and interests Of the highest i'm
pOrtanCe, and before which all the tempo
rary suggestions and occasions which
have absorbed attention during the last
few days entirely disappear. The war Is
begun, and cannot end until crowns far
ouEweighing that of spdft arc dispCsedoE
or insults far more bitter and LISTING than
that at the waters Of Ems are avenged.
ii 3 The struggle now e i0ttS leadership lip
Europe; for that military and diplomatic
daScendahCy which has ialWayS, t1f6h The
days Of Charlcmagne to those Of Charles
'fV., Of Louis XIV, and Napoleon HI
himself, tended to give 70 some, ppe crown
cd head sort Of premiership among the
\ princes of Europe. Should EFsuse ;hqi
initiate Prussia now, her claim to be the
foremost nation Of Christendom will not
for many years be disputed, while the
progress Of Prussia, ip her persistent Iet.
forts to CONSOLIDATE Tie whole al GerAant
under her own government would nc
checked, and probably forever. At the
same time, the Rhine provinces, one Of the
mostiernle, ana IN Mliilaty sIEaHSegy oAc
Of the most important sections OF Germany
might tall INTO the hands OF Napoleon; ~
the Other laild VI PRUSSIA sh9ula oOyl9f y
complete Triumph II IS not mposslUle
that she might endeayor 70 oDuGm ule
ceSsion Of tAlsace' originally aelinan
province, with us capital 5traSOuTs Us Lils
price OF peace. IL Is certain tllat lSF sue
+cess would hasten tue tTaIslOFlns4Ion9 Y
the PruSsiln Kingdom INTO = new Serm Ll1
Empire, including Sbuvaflas lbaaen !. am iIL
WurtemGlrg, as wen us tns 3IsHtfgs Y! "
present NGru uerlhan bsnlu NJ, o" .,',.',
result would make Germany 4 tpe ,4iosI
powerful influential Stale IN Europe Gnu
the greatest military power III the word
while France would never toleEaIc ~ my
IEgoyernplent YMeg slt9pIsq og9ag ttlt WV
Fton tipon-her' antttne ioss orasasSls ~
campaign woulu proDaDly terminate 'ue
second Empire
Thus the great struggle iop supremacy
has in it some Of the elements OF strug'
gle for existence, ana VIII aouDtless DC
fought out with an energy ana.a ltenactty
such as rarely marks modern warfare,
All the resources or TWO great nauons
will be used without reserve 70 DFlng tnt
utmost possible force 70, pear upon the
points Of attack, anu the enorts maue ny
each will be too great to be long support
ed. Ath9qgl Tue propgaatple nela p 9Peiri
ations near the khine y tue most stfohgiy
fortified district IN the world, ana one ~
which the movements of invading armies
must be difficult ana cautious, yeI Il thc
1 wards fought out without interference De E
tween France anu PRUSSIA aiohe, tners y
reason to expect short war, one terrible
In It's ferceness and momentous IN 1ts re-
suIts. 4 H9 .,,i ,,,c,, ,,,,o,n.. :, cor
le thus fought out la the ArsL Slnte ~, iol
many years the brltls4 government nus
taken q mostaclive part in the dlplom9tic
negotions which preceded INC war; nus
exhibited, by successive declarations IN
Parliament, an intense interest III !ae LII, r.,
suit Mhle sue ias neen ~ !ELle99 w
terms with botl: tng Son - e P9wefsl
it isstlgn0t lmpossl9le ILaa4ts one 81 W.
other Of them may have olicnoeu her ptlae
In rejecting her medlNtlon, or lhHy w
tresspass Oh ner pollcy, ~ lahI OF on tle
4 sea &c, aRto draw hefiJ lnt0i llss Gonple!'
The acuve support o Austria nyS p e,
solicited W traace, 3ahd douDuess mSlue
hope t42h tle Fec2llsctllGotn u S94Y4!2YSS ggi
would arouse tile Atlstttatst 10 1rsve:lsest1
J9ss move Atpsiue III ~ ~
war, Dut Tue sympaInIes .! Mgt soTy San
ment are donpI sesS N5WEgg.. Ess4tNtEt
Icon as against RUSSIAN aggtsnuizetiisns
andJh1 dni ease Joi anytJalltRuT SUCCESS
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