The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-05-28
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/ Late advices from Europe show that the
4 sitestloA Is critical; and although no irinie
diate danger IS apprehsndedsr jet It is con
eeded that = cause Of IEsF mar be assumed
J BY Germany sufRcienti to SitisIy her citi-
zenEfof resort 10 arms. Illiis seems 70 bs
the only oific0lky bismarck iis not, saiis.
fed with The results Of the late war. France
! was not Sufficiently ruined and hulmiliSaed.
he admits that he 0vet-ssIiniated her mill
tary force and under-estiniafed her hnan-
siAal 5ssourees. He says that these. mistakes
prevented the whole of France from being
overrun and subjected to the scouEge Of the
Prussian army. he believes that if this
had been done the people Of France would
not be 50 ready to meet Germany upon the
field Of battle. 's''so s. l - '.las
And 1t IS stated that Bismarck is so anx-
.iOus to have pretext for another war, be-
fore France can fully recover, that he has
sought to draw Victor Emmanuel into the
struggle and proposed to use him as the tool
for briRgisg on the war That he could
send emissaries to Nice and Savoy and. pre-
vailuPon those provinces to throw of their
allegiance to France and seek ~ return, to
the kingdom of ItAly!!id But the King was
not in condition to accede to the PROPOSE
ton The finances Of his kingdom were
embarrassed, and it mas absolutely neces.
sary for him to use the greatest economy IN
order to sustain his government. If the
provinces of Nice and Savoy. could be
made to bring on war between
France and, italy, then Germany would
be, as it were, compelled to take sides
with Italy; and thus, the war would have
been commenced. =.
But when we know that such desire fills
the heart of this astute Prussiann, we may rea-
sOnably suppose that he can get up a pre-
text; and that before many years, if not in
less time than one, the whole of Europe may
be'cOnvulsed. bythe mustteTible. war that
ever shook thepOwers sOf that portion of the
glObe5nf ,il3sIgIlsJ 10 iusbis51 g won .ra
And France will not lie. slew to enter the
fight 1t is we'll known that nthe French
are an excitable and Barlike people, never
better pleased othan BheRlCher eagles ara
borne aloft toEiotoFy,and glory The result
of the late war was most humiliating and
distasteful toutheir proud and sensitive
spirits It has been thought, until recently,
that France alone desired to renew the eomo
bat.d No one dreamed d that Germany was
not,satisfed and satiated with the spOilsapd1
glory which sheOhad won. But whenit Isl
ascertained that both arc equally anxious |
for another 6ght; it-wiitbe difficult for the
powers of Europe to prevent it long. We |
are of the opinion that Just so Soon as
France can have a. stable government the |
gage of battle will be thrown down to Ger
many. AT present there is too much uncer-
tainty, too many changes. They do not
know to whom to look to lead them on like
the First Napoleon. But as the throes of |
the French Revolution brought that general
(the greatest who ever led an army to the I
command, SO we may suppose that it |
will not be long before some man
will be found who can inspire |
such enthusiasm md Confidence as
will give him one of the finest and most
thoroughly equipped armies that ever was
led in Europe. The immediate effects of
such war will be terrible indeed although
It's results may be most beneficial The
whole of Europe would be. drawn into it.
England now dreams that she can COM
mand the peace and that her counsels will
be needed. How mistaken France knows
very well that she sympathizes with Ger
many and for that very reason she win not |
be able, to quench the spirits Of the fiery |
On the, side Of France, it will |
be war for glory; but on the other hand, /
Germany and-her allies wiH--fght for |
conquests. Italy would take position
with hao7 Germany, and Spain y with |
France Austria g would, if she felt |
secure unite her fortunes with France
also, while England and Russia would
strike for Germany. The smaller powers |
might be drawn in, if, indeed, they could
keep out, and thus would red handed car
mage deluge the land with blood. = u-'a
There is very great danger that this win
be the case, as there is but little wanting to
kindle the blaze. And the battle may be
fought, which has long been talked of-that
Of Cog and Magog-in which the blood, it
is said, win come upto the horses bits. The
situation is very grave and serious. Lord
Derby does not believe that war is immi-
nent, but he does think that it is, only
MExIC4N RAIDs.