The New York herald., 1872-11-22

e she did to hold schleslen. Old Fritz fought
seven years 70 hold Schlesien, and the young Frts
oia fnsx had Russia Austria and France against
mnre thsn H. ykSsng man win be unlucky II he has
DsI q no value IN pocs o osn
W. Value enough, yes but we have no chance.
vs we WAN. no more more VAT I The Kaiser is an old man
war; He is kindly Old man and dan. noncvis %
Then we have lost enough Great Godl oniy think
S ~ ,nere ana are oOv Germans, my friends and
fields OF France Is that not price TO paw Can
he gave the order for the mobilization Of the army
We We o sarank 3 from M 4 then we shrink now. Yet, Il
we cared to c0nciiate France, we could not She
mas made concession and conciliati0n Impossible
we might withdraw the armies, perhaps, aud re.
grapee TO scqaiesGe In condition Of things as in.
eyitable as the overthrow OF Napoleon alter tho
defeat Of Waterloo But compromise with France
now would be TO DO mad thing IL would be
there was no feeling q anger towards Ger. Ger.
was ps in the sudden overthrow s seGs cs
80 many splendid traditions, oil such O noble ana
po.~tng Empire. And, OF course, we could NOT
but feel SAD ovvi so much unavailing valor, suoh
heroism, the sunerlnRs OF sclty ike Paris; The M
as war lelt Germany IN the most gshsfous msSoa We
would nave gone as warmly to France as We have
gone TO Austria; but feeling has arisen and ia
arising in Germany, which, 4 L finds expression in
Napoleon destroyed Venice; remember that TIE
next war cry win be "The Destruction OF Franoe,W
HOW FRANCE HAS DEFAAED GERMANY. r--t+
els it not just possible that you are disposed -
revenge upon France your resentment at the pub
lie opinion OF Europe p 80
and sweden sympathized with france in her last
why didn't they when there was war Russia took
her chance to break the Black Sea treaty Italy her
france now It Is not because France "is Is down. bs
because Germany u up. Public opinion In ERFope
is always with the heaviest guns. We shall CON
quer public opinion as we have conquered political
supremacyn ~
HDoyou see any disposition towards republics
NO REPUBLIC POssrBLE. lN48
"A republicr Not in your life or mine, or tho
with strength, and before strength there must BE-
force. We are now In our transition from force to
strength But .b l. will win tai take xsas Long 1ong x
his son. They are both good men, popular men,
who would be liked in all Countries"
s'Wi Prussia consent to the extraordinary or.
maments now going on in France 2"
WHAT PRUSSIA WILL DO WHEN THE INDEMNITY 10
"What differences does it make how much France
arms and drills, SO long g German army holds
the Vqsges ms % FMS army COSTS us nSn ;a
SO long as France offers no overt act OF war we
have nothing to do, nothing to say. We want our
time Tor us to ASK France what she means BY these
ornaments II we do not get satisfactory
ton OF the army-then we. can insist upon our
guarantees and hold France BY the throat, just -
never yield an advantage we have over France,
even II we have TO occupy Rheims. we cannot
fight this over again. & and we don't mean to sur
nifty or no indemnity-wilIn never leave France until
we have our own assurances OF peace-until we see
that war upon the part OF France Is Impossible.
II we have to fight again 1t had better be at Rheims
or Nancy than In Germany And II France c0mpels
US to whip her again we shall treat her as the Ro-
Carthage. cannot
France we shall destroy France
aon anS WIN
fight Europe and come out or the war with an em-
Pire enlarged by one third. third Our treatment Of
they meddle with Prussia. We have no better
friend than our army. II has made Prussia great.
and 1t will consolidate our greatness" , Ig6
THE ANTr-PaussIAN SLIDE OF THE GERMAN QUESTION.
This is the Prussian side OF the story. But you
question you supposed there was no anti -Prussan
side TO it. AT the same time 1t s difficult to hear
the presence Of Prussan force the protesting voice
Of Germany is silent l have spoken with many
Germans up ID Hesse ana tis Saden with Bavarans
From these notes select an interview with Bar
varian, that seems TO have many features Of the
reflection apparently, certainly q man Of inteln-
gence. This ia what passed between us, or a.
much as you will care 70 print OF long afternoons
"Do you, asked find general acquiescence
.Of course" was the reply - there will be .
general acquiescence in circumstances over which
one has no control. Prussia holds the purse and
want2 There is no Power to antag0nize Prussia.
Austria no longer has voice in German affairs,
and Of course O. Prussia has power to command the
, now PRUSSIA HOLDS GERMANY.
DOCS not the new constitution put Prussia
mot At all. The new constitution provides that
e tpe Sa1s ma
may fight them as he pleases in q defensive war.
For offensive wars there must be the approval Of
the vassai Powers But Prussia Is too smart to
have any but defensive wars-llke the war against
France, for instance" s8}G1 u0
DID PRUSSIA PROVOKE THE WAR WITH FRANCEf
"Was that not Q defensive warsn In
"A defensive war You may have thought so IN
respondents OF Of English newspapers thought so
When history opens her volumes you win nnd, my
friend that Prussia prepared for that war and fought
about being peaceful. But look at their army. Look
AZ their war with Denmark and Austria. Prussia
purpose. She wanted Scheswlg. She took il, and
Frankfort and hanover and more territory a.
TOOK them and whipped Austria, and bullied France
into silence; But fof France she would have
TO hinder her from crossing the Main tomorrow
she wanted Aisace-and she whipped France, and
Now for 9 "peacefuln nation this Is not good
record: That war with France was clearly ar.
sian policy. First Schieswig-then tue Main
Charlemagne as Kaiser Of the Holy German and
Roman Empire.r
"But Germany accepts it all gladlyn
Germany accepts II, because it In some respects
realizes the German dream Of unity. That, OF
course, every German wants But no one wants
united despottsm, . military code that turns the
whole nation into camp and takes half million
able bodied men away from the farms and indus.
tri0us callings. We want Germany for the good
OF the Fatherland not for the glory Of little up.
start Prussian prince whose name Is not much
older than the B0napartes' cr0wn.n
manys' As4
GERMAN DIsTRUsr or PRUSSIA
:. More than you would be apt to suspect. There
the Empire because 1t Is step toward the unity
without which there would be no republic. So they
support Bismarck now, hoping that in time he will
turn around and join them, and be frst Pres-
dent Of United Germany. The republicans IN
are very strong. France has made them strong By