The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-25
IN DENvkaK.


French Defeat Reportekd In CopenLn gem
Surprise and Disappoi btmont-Eirm la the
Fnith of NapoIeon's Ultimate Trinmph-Cir-
cuiatipg the War Nows-PuSiIc Comment
Waiting for Grand Events in the Field
Prussian Rule in sthieswig-Aruiy Inteie-
rance ind National Depletion.
CVPENHAGKN, August 8, 1870.
The tidings OF the defeat OF the French at WOerth
and Saarbrdcken which reached US In the course OF
yesterday have had very depressing erect. True 1t
Is that the hope OF the ultimate success Of the
French arms Is mott less sanguine; that the belief
the superiority Of the French soldier the Prus-
sian Is not less rnh; neither is doubt entertained
OF the military meaIs and appliances OF the French
crmy being equal t@ those Or the Prussians; but It
cannot be denied THAT faith In the transcendent ab
ity of the French officers, more especially In that OF
French generals, Is shaken.
WONDER.
It is ncomprehehsible Is yet, how General
Douay's division al WissembOurg could DO left to
contend alone against an entire army without rein
forcements from the main army under MacMahon,
and the ensuing defeat that appears to have been
complete has obScured the nimbus that TO
Danish eyes has enhaloed Marshal MacMahon,s
name.
NEWS FROM THE PRoNT--PUBLIC COMMENT
As tidngs from the seat OF war arrive here they
are made known TO the public, partly through hand
bills that are circulated by the Offices OF the daily
papers, and partly by printed announcements that
are posted In the principal th0roughfares the city
Around these posted announcements crowds were
yesterday assembled; the nearest reading aloud for
the information OF the rest the so replete with
sorrow to Dansh ear, while the deep stiffness and
the sad looks with which those tdngs were received
showed that all the adverse fortune Of France saw
that of Denmark.
The leading Danish journal, Da0blddet, to-day
gives utterancs to the public feeling when 1t says
For us Danes 1t is as If this blow had fallen on our.
selves So heartfelt ID our sympathy with France
intimately II our future fate our salvation
destruction cOrnected with the Issue OF this war; that
with hope and fear as though 1t were Dannebrog
tine Danish inag) that waved IN the battle In
stead Of the tricolor and the eagles 1t cannot but
be So and it is for us as though this feeling grew
stronger and deeper still with the growing danger.
And let US not be disheartened because the heavens
dark wItloweriag clouds. because the lightning
flashes and the thunder rolls around US. Let US
hold fast by APE and faith and by our confidence In
sossa Justice which, set aside viii turn si1 the balance
and with avenglng retriDutiOn come home TO that
State whose power and greatness are founded on
fraud built up by violence aud fenced around with
INSCRIPTIONS machinaton.
NEUTRAL OR ACTIVE?
II Prussia should continue to be victorious, and,
above all, II 1t should gain the general action that
Will soon be delivered, 1t will exert decisive In
nuence the policy of the neutral States and most
especially on that OF Denmark. This country's par
ticipati0n In the war must he made absolutely de-
pendent on the condition that large body OF French
troops, with all the appliances Of making landing
be sent to the Baltic or ITSELF with its small
force, Denmark will be unable to effect anything
against so powerful an enemy Prussia; and If she
were TO attempt to make war on her own account 1t
py her 10 DIV i1at
and incur the risk OF the enemy occupying the whole
peninsula, as IN 1864 and levying exOrbltant requi
sions on the Inhabitants OF Jutland. But as things
viii need ali her orces to carrS on the
war on her own territory, and In case OF
the troops designed for the Baltic not being
already embarked. there win most likely, for the
nrst be no question OF employing the 120 vessels Of
which the French transport neet said to consist.
be broken. and the military measures which the
government has hitherto adopted in order TO be
marx with more equaninlty to await the further
progress OF the war.
WAITING THE sIGNAL-sAD PICTURE OF PRUssIAN
RULE.
One general engagement victorious for France,
and al Tins will be instantly changed, and there
may still be use for the bies which, Is said have
In these days been printed mere IN Danish and
French Tor French army OF invasion. AS soon as
sas p aSa Of o the landing 81 ea m
present stringent dominion of the Prus5iahs IN
Schleswlg Will probably become more lenient
burg, consigned to the vicegerency OF the Prussian
General VogelvOn FaIkensJein, whose unscru-
pui0us bearing in Jutland in 1894 and In Frank
Tort In 1866 has made him dSllked all over Nor mas
ne retrieved his repute In the eyes OF The 1nhaDi-
tants OF The districts now committed to his sway.
one after another The most respected inhabitants OF
Scheswig are arrested on the most frivolous pretexts
and dragged to Han0verlan prlsons-amonx others
the brave representative Of North Schleswlg IN the
North Germanic Diet, Hans Kruger. All the DANISH
Journals published IN Scheswlg have been seized ana
tnelr printing otfces shut up. No one can De sure
a nj nhf
arrested by soldiers aud armed police on the de.
nouncement some loose character or private enemy
and carried OF to join fellow sufferers In prisons 10
the South. Heavy acquisitions OF all Kinds or
PROVISIONS are levied the inhabitants both
Of town and country thus to supply 70 forthcatlons
and lat calves, with hay and straw In proportion,
are levied on the nearest rural district. Nor ID 1t
enough that the Inhabitants are bereft or the pro.
duce OF their farms ana their i've SUCK, put tnelr
very implements Of agriculture are taken from tnem
TO serve TO defend the approaches 10 the 1oruned
works or to construct the WORKS themselves.
Levies OF men are made To labor at fortiiylng the
PrusSian position, and one little village on AIS has
received from the Governor an oruer to supply i've
cattle nerds
From the northwest Of Germany troops OF dirty
drunken, half-famished ragatnuifns nave been
brought aud are quartered on the quiet rural innao
ttants.
The Inhabitants are also pressed into the service
OF guarding tue coast on the Baltic side. Every VII
lage has 10 furnish certain number OF men as
guard, and mounted cstafetS TO carry the news
OF the approach OF the enemy. while peacons are
ready on every height TO blaze loth the tuin Is OF
the hostile landing
These things weigh heavily on the people, and
seem. at any rate the north OF Schleswg. rather
superlu0as; for should \ French aeet arrive and