Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-14
awAR FLASH PROM EUROPE.

a. VAR FLASH EhOA
5Ths entire continent Is az military
camp; Gery ale-bodied man, except
those wslo gan buy exemption beihgon
the driI-rolls, and in some countris,
asItaIy, Y the clergy are e4uiredto
sfsarn the manual Of the musket. Ger
many is doubtless best PREPARED, and
as the-aash seems inevitable, her inNr-
est is TO puecpitate if AsraPid success
sion Of Observation-Disclosures during
the past fon1'weeks ara taken as Omens
that she seeks an excuse for opening
the fEsy. Firstsh her note to Belgium
complaining that Belgian citizens had
sent letters of c~ondolencesto the in
pr1sozei Bishop of Paderborn, and
asking that governments to- sup
press for the future such -eL-
Prezsas Of sympathy. for Ger
man -lasS-Brcakers. is taken as
amsfaoe, which alarms England alsos
because ir military ircles the port Of
Antwerp is regarded as tho key to'an
.inTas;on:of Great Britain. Secondly,
italy s'aEersised'over On articlejn an
ohaal organ at Berlin, bothe effect
that the Pope Is now a susjact of the
.Ita3ian Gsvsrzufent, WHICH,. may be
called to ACCOUNT if it permits. him to
issue 5~ncendiary documents, preaching
resistance Of the Jaw to. the subjects Of
J5hsr ;gloyernmentss Thirdly, the Ber-
lii Pgsi, ministerial organ= has re-
Gently sounded a note of alarm about
the walike -intentions of the French
.BourboIs, wig. are pretty certain 40.
DISAPPEAR under the aaSe. Of Republic
canisn unless. they retrieve their for
TUNES Joy an appeal 10 military vanity
fora war Of Tevenge against Germany.
These several incidents, IN their mild
est Interpretation, mean that Bismarck
has oh itching to regulate his neigh.
.jors, and that he IS putting out feelers.
The ugEest feature Of the business Is.
that these VARIOUS menaces turn upon
tie struggle 5ctwcen Church and State
nowTagi6g IN Germany, and prtsage
that dirGst of all caIamities, arehgious-
war, which DisraeE has predicted. En-
rciard5 whose political interests are
Identical with those of Francs would
.6ndeavor to hqIdaloof, unless Belgium
should be endangered Austria, well
aware that Prussia covcts her German
Dr6ainces on the Danube, and remem-
boring Sadowe as France remembers
Sedan wcad doubtless make common
guse. with the latter power These
two might, b. their geographical posi-
t5aa. force Itslyiato the alliance, though
Victor Emmiuud's natural impulse
would be to get on The winning side, if
crtseo tbersult. Spain would
he divided, the Madrid regime favor
ing Prussia, while the Carlists would
.fay6r.tEe coalition. One Of the. incl
Of sRch 81 war might Sc a diver
sion Of the allies to drive ont the. Al
Tansists and establish Don Carlos on
the throne, Oh condB4n that he. shouIi
furnish a large ~coItingent for the gen
.eraf cause. Russia would be open 70
the highest bidder, or might attempt
while therest were busy; TO seize con-
troll Of the Bosphorus, u policy which
would pzactically place heron the Ger
man: side, embarrass the %,allies, and
draw England into the fray. Such are
among the awkward possibilities Of the
near future, and. II the war take a re-
aspects it is liable TO be pro
md embitteIed. The chances
for success are nicely balanced; Aus
triaand France seem weak to-day, but
little struggle should assume the char
acter feaBed, the German empire also
mighsadeveIop unexpected weakness as
result of ecclesiastical laws odious to
more than one-arrd Of its population
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