The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-11-10

osSss ~ PoSeh0& toe INST to0O0ees % bae
plan Of tho campaign, rulers arc sedaloas
now.s.days to iasi.s o. the pacl6o ehsrae-
ter Of their Intentions. What Count AN
drassy says 10 that, In accordance with the |
ancient motto, he wishes to secure peace
BY preparing for war; aud, probably, ~
far a. the Austrian Court 10 concerned,
there 10 NO desire Of hostslities jast at
existence Of serious danger; and mo- one
believing in tho continuance Of peace
would sanctiOn the costly dispositions for
war which the Government at Vienna arc
forcing the delegates Of the Empire to as
cent to. Still more significant are the
tidings that reach us from Germany. II
would be hard to supply a stronger proof OF
the thirst of military power which con-
sumes the rulers of that Stae than the sin
gularly reckless step by which they have
we'll nigh depopulated Alsace-Lorraine. 1t
was the horror Of the German CONSUMPTION
inces the main incentive to the abandon
ment of their homes; aud there 10 little
doubt that the exodus which has aesolated
the smiling slopes on the border land Of
France might have been in great part pre-
| vented by the abandonment for some years
Of the law of compulsory service in the
conquered territory. Prince Bismarck
himself is said to have favored snch q re-
| mission as an act of policy, but the militia
| ry counsel refused to entertain the PROPOSE
ton. They wanted recruits, and they
preferred the ruin of the provinces which
they now call their own, to the loss of the
few thousand unwilling stripplings whom
the conscription will force to their stand
ards. The general character OF their mems
ures is in keeping with this illustration.
"Whoever believes in the continuation of
peace" says the Stsadard, "Prince Bis
marck does not /; and it proceeds to justify
its assertion by the following record OF
: | facts -
Now that Strasbourg has been depopu-
lated, is to be consoled by the erection of q
fresh line of forts, five in number, some
, eight thousand metres from the city, which
D ting hold of it again. Kiel, too, is to bs
4 strengthened, and the sandbanks at tht
i mouth of the Weser are to be put in q prop
y or state of defence. The field artillery o
a the Empire is to be raised to q war footing
I and will consist of over two thousand
o coed that Of the Chassepot and Werder, i
n in process of construction; aad the peace
9 loving German people are cheered by tn
d intelligence that it will enable anybod
.. = who knows how to use 1t properly, to xii
!. twenty-six people in q minute. 1t has al
At ready, after varioue alterations bee
b. brought to perfection but il will not b
served out to the army until the War o.
r. fee has two million rifles framed on its pal
s. tern. The number is appalling; but W
re- may be quite sure it is no e1ageratiol
Hs Meanwhile everything is to b. done to pc,
an feet the condemned weapons still in use
r. q change in the breech band by an improv'
lis ment in the cartridge. All the new raj
Sc ways art to be made with a special eye
ce military purposes"
vn To which may be added the fact tn
he Metz is being fortified anew and prepare
On On for three years siege; while ne
nv, ,nl species of cannon, said to combine the
he structiveness of the mtrailleuse with Il
id range of the ordinary feld-piece, is bell
,he turned out by the hundred from the Go
TO- eminent foundries.
by The reorganization Of the French arm
ed. does service as the excuse for the Germ
: is preparations; but though the strength
~, ia approaching when her place as gre
1hs military power will be reoccupied, the
me are strong grounds for believing that {
ley newly formed Empire will first try concl
ace sions with different foe. The Prussi
BILE schemes of annexation are not yet all
the complished; and the uneasy tone of feeli
II reported to prevail in Denmark and II
sec Zee land shows that the ASSERTION of Schlesw
or Holstein is not the only act of rapac
. of which is believed to form part of the
,ers signs of the German tyrants. We sh
her not enter into the many speculate
not which the subject opens up. 1t is enou
'wn for our purpose to show that the difficult
n which SO often prove the opportunities
cay the Oppressed are not yet ended, and
", the time when internal strength becor
..en the first necessity of Governments and
arv States is rapidly and perceptibly apprOa
c. iuy.-DaJlin Nation; Oct. FIFTH.