The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-07-29
Friday, July 80, 1870.
TILE EUROPEAN WAR kG:!M.

S''H"'i"i! III tic ITTGEc-ti,c ;!a>i IL,
present Az! Tie i'utrra Of the va,
Between France and Pi'HS:in. I'll.
public journals are filed with mi.i.a
~ details, Lut they arc tr:..ing and
"nimrnGtaat-lle leading editorials
"i-:uss the s:ua,.,m in 81: is lcaria..-
Tut IL the con:rHIi'iy rf c;.:ni,n
t:Ic:% !, lat "coI.i!S:9a verse co..
i"Hl.d":'.' There Lave Lecn s,;;!;.i.
i>E"s bnt TO Hr;": l.a::!: ..;::c..;:."
a':i conference.-the. !!.v c:;::c: Mia:
ton Of trpnH+. IL" ar-.:fm ;;':t;..l {:
stores, :nd tho bus E":e q l.y>; ;,..:..
iion everywhere: lat sea::>!v "::.
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an! We Et"y c*3r:t sa:a,;:i,c (
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il" Interests inverted &C 20 :n"".y::.
tous TO be lightly l.a::.;r.;,d. i: i, nj
most 4 G"a:!:.:trn:::,:e h";wr"n .wc
great powers: i2r tic r.aa:,:r cc i.,::-
rri:. IN c.:.:c ci' Victory, p;". i.
ti.ic,;:r::; t. n.arv;. - T.;r;<, .lri...y:.,.
&arr!co". ai:l c.act guarantees e.:
France wiiir;, Wi, !:,".;.:c ;.c- i; ~.
dies: forever. Ga :!:> t,::.:vy".; s:.n".. !
the flcrcI oa"..I:. v.u:% ti.t i.,: !,::.i:.,.
lin 1r!;':nr!., :..i G:>:;;. t:.ils G..
;:Ca>@ (: E>i':;:. Prussia l."v c*!r;:
rom li>r l::,".:.-i::y rival Z !,:?i..:::;;5ii
as profound aS that 4: J..a. .::,:
which *l.;:;. st i>:::,,: - -: .:I:.,,.
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tina oii:cr European rowcls 20 Int
.n'r'i'ic in tic cc:.:.>; AK! IT,. ;t
ih;a t:::e :Ac Assuring QUESTION il.
i:"iol'" is ;'!c :.,;.:;;.i. II t;.2 n,:..r:i
growers. j." In:,!.:"i o,.;, :::;:::, il:
! Attention directed. -l:.y ;:..":i>:>l.ce
: - lr<:.ci' "::h Tie nci::.::::v G.:
: Belgium, VII. ii.yr:;e The immediate
Intervention Ct I:,ni:.!,i, as ;I.e :.:r
of Prussia. Ic,::;!and is bound T..
/ treaty t!i'n!&:ici:s TO guarantee tie
ihvioia;iii'y ci TIC territory O. e..
gum; Size was besides a party to l!.c
, treaty OF Vienna, which guaranteed
: the Independence Of the Nert.,cr
and moreover has every reason to
: dread the extension OF Frcnch terri
tory to the North sea, where F-cnci.
cruises many threaten the best r:r,
ot l:cr commercial marine AID corr
'h"Al l:cr co:.:;!c:.:ai trade. Ti.r
$yHra:i':e$; Of l,rss:a are wiki, prus
:'a' hnt it seems Eot likely tl". =.
; ":.i interfere except in Gaze cf cc;-
tain co:riiE:= :="Hc:rs. "l.at arc t!.c:.>
Perhaps. # E:a:.;: attempts to force
; either :;..a:is or Italy into active al
l'a'c", or il Austria should Join france
or Il IrHncc should ;,ttcin;:t 20 an
ne:; tl!c l;iIinc provinces without tie
sai.rtirn Of al European Ccn-rcs-.
or w:'.oH+ making "'rGu::c con.po"-
sutton. The cu:r:c cr An,,r::; dc.
prnGa "ic" that cf I,i..::::", a:.I e.
long az she Gc"'::i::* quiet, ..uS!, il. vii:
likely rIcscrvc !,cr tci-n>iyc attitude.
The st':n?a:!.;es oF Spain and I:::Iv
seem to 10 with France, hut they
viii likely io neutral. !Ir,!::..d. S::c.
.tcn and Norway proGc:s neutrality
and may be able to preserve it. Tie
sum and substance Of it all is, that
the chief danger Of q general Euro
'poan war arises from threatened
collision between France AID Enr-
land any intervention ty E:s'and,
would almost necessarily provoke
continental war. Bat this France i
,hy no means disposed provoke; an,.
On the ot!:cr hand the enormous pc-
cun;ary profits whic! Engl:::d wo"!d
realize ~ rcma;niHg ncutcaI, and
doing til; carrying trade 0: the bel
liGcrcn:s, afford Il strong rcaso,.
against lier Interference.
Thee thousand miles Of .!,Iantic
water intcrposcd, may relieve us
from any probable fears Of being
drawn in, IS active participants in
thcso purtcrbstions Of continental
strife; and it is well. Four long
years Of fratriciAal, intcrnccine war
have made,us long forpeacc. French
interference with Cuba, Of wlici,
something has been said, would doubt
less provoke collision, bat this III
teritrcncc isnot Iilscly. But though
there be no participation in the coli-
test,sthe synrGtIics Of the American
people have been ortspokcn in behalf
of ono or the other Of tie bcilicer-
ents. The German element. as g. mat.
ter Of course has been reused almost
to the fighting point, in behalf Of ";hc
Fatlerland." The greater part of
the people Of the North, except the
Irish, 60 the same way. This is but
natural for Prussia furnished both
money and men to tho Northern
armies incur own great fight. The
Northern press for the most part, givc4