The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-21

serious. ! had been obliged. to forego the
9gpportunity Of myself presenting \hS oicer' ooIn.
Prusssa iepeu now VINO Nv, wis Dur oS S Of the
Council whether he knew the text OF the reply re-
Turned by Austria 20 the proposition 81 tne con,
gress, and whether the Prussian government nao
further considered what course 1t should adopt IN
consequences OF a similar reply relative to ITS par:
Bismarck) had abandoned the idea OF proceeding ia
PARIS, The President OF the Council replied, "Ibe-
ply; 1t excludes all negotiation Calculated to change
the relative position AZ Powers Of the partiest
cession Of the Elbe DucSes can ii be discussed the
conference would be useless We expect, more.
over, tomorrow to know ofncialiy the Austrian
Of the The n "a sSs
last act or Austria, which refers the question o.
Gasten will perceive the settled design of Austria
TO refuse all arrangement, and win not seek any
and which prejudical to u.s. SUCH con.
duct on the part oil France would be proof
IL would provoke our suspicion as 70 its in
For one reason should have been glad to have
gone to Paris W9 na nave wished to have had
tain the maximum OF concessions which he desires
US to make to France"
1 asked whether besides the Rhine, there was
any portion OF the country where vote In favor
OF annexation to France might succeed In any
way H r-ntf =
Count Bismarck replied, 'None. The French
agents themselves, who have traversed the coun,
try IN order TO ascertain the disposition OF ths
vote could be obtained. None love their own gov.
eminent or the reigning dynasty within their own
mans so that nothing remains but to indemnify
Fran with the French portion OF Belgium and
replied that that was extremely dinncult; bu.
that II 1T was impossible to make the popular WIN
available, perhaps some other principle could be
put forward, SUCH Tor instance as that OF natural
boundaries.n added Immediately that 81 did not
mean to make any allasion to the bank OF the
Rhine; but was there not some other Biographies
line which might be acceptable to FranceW
Count Bismarck answered-"Yes, there win be
the Moselle am" be added, "less German than
Prussian and should have no difficulty IN assent
ing to the cession to France Of all the country lying
between the Kae and tine a. M fse ssa pAas
trcts, &c. The King, however, under the innn:
ence OF the queen, who Is not RUSSIAN wouid
have grave scruples, ana would only agree to 1t ~
q decisive moment when he should be on the point
OF losing all or gaining all. AT all events, IN order
kind OF arrangement with France, it would %
necessary to know the minimum limit or tnal
the whole lett bank Roth Of the Rhine, Mayence, Cob
Ientz and Cologne 1t would be better for us to CONT
TO an agreement with Austria, and to abandon the
Duches and many other things" s.gt :.
"But," said l. with Austria there Is no othei
mode OF settlement than capitulation, since the
questions in dispute involve its most vital inter
ests and Its future, which forbid any compromise"
ut is true, !" replied Count Bismarck; but Ger
tdiation i It should Be JUSTIFIED by the determina
foreign Power" Then he added that the King hhai
not abandoned all hopes OF peace tnat quite lately
he had entered into secret negotiations With
Austria to bring about a settlement. and that
tunately they were destined to come to nothing.n
said he, .and so the King will be the easier con.
ceptable arrangement with Austria, even inde
pendently OF myself Even at this very moment
'tis az Dresden treating about peace, scarCely
had the question OF conference at Paris been
raised than the King wished to suspend the de-
parture of the Guards from Berlin, in order to
testify his desire for peace. To-day we nave had II
ngnt hard-I and many Generals-to induce the
King to allow the Guards to leave. He became
irrItated but at last gave way. The Guards leave
tomorrow" add
'They were on the Saxon lronrler three day.
ago. replied the President Of the Council Count
Bismarck then reverted to the argument with which
Prussia should begin nostiiites He said that II
would be very difficult to induce the King to assume
iiglon, superstition, that he should not assume
the responsibility OF European war, and THAI
meanwhile time was being LOST ana tnaS Au ssr.,
ornaments, and the probabilities OF success fol
Prussia were diminishing. The interests or ltay
tory renamed with Austria. ''ltaly," he added
"can easily begin the war; to prepare with that OBJ
bribed for the purpose; and it may rest assured
that the next day we should be across the
: replied that Italy was IN q very delicate posi-
tion and that 1t caused 1t to be declared at PARIS
in the public sitting OF the Corps Legslatif that
that 1t had since repeated In every manner that
declaration. Italy was bound TO pay great alton
ton to French public opinion. and not to render
difficult or impossible any action OF the Emperor
Napoleon In its favor by turning against U'that
public opinion by which the Emperor was guided
Italy. besides, needed to prove to Europe its wis
dom and moderation, as In some portions OF En-
rope the real state OF AFFAIRS IN Italy was little
known, nor the absolute authority OF the govern
ment over the entire cOuntry-over the army a.
well as over the volunteers.
Count Bismarck again dwelt upon that subject
at length and begged me to speak OF 1t to Your
Excelency and to the KING, In order that In taking
the first step to commence the war King william
might be induced to put an end to hesitatIon1
which are entirely favorable to our adversaries,
especially now that all the secondary States have
declared for Austria, or are about to do So ]
promised TO communicate his wishes, without CIV.
ing him any ground for believing that they would
that when he should have induced the King tC
take the offensive he would communicate the fact
by telegraph and by different lines to Florence.
As to the military attitude, 1t waaup to that time
entirely defensive and expectant, and afforded no
ground for anticipating speedy aggression. Such
with Count Bismarck, and my impression Is that he
Is endeavoring by all means to precipitate matters,
and to BRING about an early commencement o.
.hostiites. WHAT IL particularly to be noticed 0y
the Florence government is the statement by COunt
Bismarck concerning negotiations quite recently
entered into by King William, with view to an
arrangement with Austria, and those which are
still pending. These may hardly perhaps, achieve
any result but even the remote possibility OF such
an arrangement should cause Italy TO reflect scrf-
ously and to calculate beforehand the mOment0u1
consequences IL might involve. GOVONE.
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