, 1872-10-19

killing fourteen or he SPOT, and seriously injur-
ing many hundredS,-Somo say thOUSandS,-in
the portentOus rush from Tie torches which of
course ensned. England w0Qld still be ri1cing
with an event so horrible, but in Germany il ~
taken very quietly. Indeed, Germany has no
notion how i~nSolence and brutality grow on
troops who are brought to consider themselves
the first power in any empire. Theirs is the
very antithesis of the spirit which in the days
of the German resurrection fostered the life of
free patriotism under the very feet Of the vain
glorious French invaders. The canker of mill
tary pride is a rapid and a fatal malady.
There has been plenty of fresh news of no
great value concerning the meeting of the En-
perors and its object. 1t is asserted in several
different quarters that the Emperor Francis
mooted the subject of the Treaty of Prague in
reference to the promise Of the restoration to
Denmark Of the Danish part Of Schleswig, but
that the Emperor William, or his great chan
cellor,-either with or without protesting a wish
to satisfy Denmark, -declared the occasion III
opportune for discussing it. Perhaps
"The Chancellor sodate and vain,
In courteous words returned reply,
But dalhed with his golden chain,
And, smiling, put the question BY"
When, indeed, will a question on jhiS subject be
opportunel Germany does not willingly relax
her grasp on territory. There is no contradict
ton published, however, to the statement that
the Emperor Francis did moi regard the occasion
an inOppOrtune one for accepting the honorary
command of the 10th Regiment of SchIoSWig-
Holstein HuSsars.
The Gar is said to have acted at the Berlin
meeting the part of laml de Ia ma5Son-nOt to
have stood on his rank, but to have played the
mere admiring nephew to his imperial uncle
and joined in treating the Emperor Francis, on
the other hand, with the utmost Difference and
ceremony as an invited guest. Prince G0rtS-
ChakOff is reported to have left the cOnclaVo for
Switzerland, breathing his thanktulneSs that no.
thing had been committed to writing, Sur
tous je suis content quill ny q rien decrit,'-
the kind of thanlfulness which people feel when
they have escaped explicit engag ements rather
than when they have taken any. The run0ur
that, in accordance with orders issued by the
Car before the c~oholaye, the Russian Army is
being mobilised and its reserves called out, can
not mean which in some quarters it has been
Interpreted to mean,-preparation for approach
ing war; but if it be true at all, refers only 20
some testing of the new and as yet exceedingly
imperfect military system Of Russ ia. War is
not yet.
M. Theirs visit to Havre last Saturday was
turned into a sort of modest ounter-demonstra-
ton tothe festivities atBerlin IAN official %attesta-
ton that f still believes in herself, and is not
without external friends. Everything was done
to make the spectacle a fine one, and two English
ships from the Channel Squadron cruising in
the neighbourhoOd 1.-The Northumberland and
the Snltan,-wes ordered by the British Gov
eminent to anchor in the port g in honour of
the visit of the president of the Republic" An
American ship-of-war, the Shenandoah joined, in
this act of official courtesy ; and NJ. Theirs re-
turned the attentions Of the two Governments
by sending for the British officers to break
fast with him, and himself paying a visit to the
Shenandoah. M. THEIRS declared to the Mayor
of Havre his belief Tin the grandeur Of France"
told the Municipal Council that be had "good
news from England" lin relation to the Com
mercial Treaty., and that he did not wish to
destroy Free Trade; said that the departments
ofthe Marine and the Haute Marne would have
already been evacuated by the Germans had
the Barracks in the n~eighbouring departments
been ready, and that they would be ready in
two. or three weeks; and assured his audience
that peace with foreign countries was assured"