The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-06-14
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PARIS, May 3O.-Three salient fact.
are now exciting the hopes or the fears
Of every thinking man in Europe.
First. The triple alliance now consti.
tu;cs sort &C supreme tribunal Of Eu.
rope, which is capable Of enforcing its
Will or caprice upon any or all other
European Powers and without the con.
sent of which no European question can
be decided.
Second. That in the event of war tb q
vast armies of Germany, Austria and
Italy would constitute so many parts o!
one gigantic and perfectly elaborated
machine, every minute movement oi
which would be directed BY the German
general staff, just as the armies of Bava.
ria, Wurtenburg and baden we're in 1870
guided by the Prussian general staff.
Third. That just as Prussia welded
together the North German Confedera.
ton in 1866 and the German Empire in
1871 so il the German Chancellor now
welding together a still greater military
and political unit, equal in extent to the
Empire of Charlemange and intended
eventually to embrace the whole of Cen.
trai Europe, Italy and the countries con.
tiguous to the Danube and the Balkans.
Gle SECRET DE BISMARCK"
Under tho heading lie Secret de Bis.
marck" the Figaro yesterday sounded
the following trumpet note of alarm,
which exciles general attention:
france must arouse herself from the
ietcs and frivolities that absorb her un.
divided attention. Never has France
been menaced with greater rcrils than at
the present moment. Never before has
she found herself more isolated and en-.
iecbled than now. Never before has she
been surrounded by more powerful and
more lnveterhte tnes. Concerning these
foes there have been many fanciful sup
positions more or less we'll founded, but
the facts have now been brought to the
knowledge Of our Government by person
ages of the highest authority. Prince
Blsmarck's plans and tho secret of the
triple alliance have at last been set in
the nakedncss of truth before the eyes of
NJ. Grevy and his ministers, and we have
reason to believe that such an impression
has been created as will cause change
of ministerial policy.
A WEAPON AGAINST FRANCE,
What ara the dangers? We can no
longer conceal the fact that the triple
alliance is not only an accomplished fact
but Weapon directed against us. We
must NO. forget tho rords uttered on
April IL b. Signor Mancini in the Ital-
ian Chant ers: Opportunities, not dis
tant, perhaps, will enable Italy to use
her strength in the service Of n great
cause Moreover, we must not disregard
the strictly professional voyage .nat
Count Won Moltke, in spite Of his eighty
three years, has just accomplished along
the Corniche road and anong the weak.
est points Of our Italian frontier. It il
not for n simple distraction that the old
German strategist, Drawing heat and fa.
tigue, came 10 study, from Genoa to
Bordighera, all the mountain passes. all
the typographical undulations, like a
general making himself familiar with n
future battle field.
SURVEYING THE GROUND.
=" In 1860 similar silent voyage was
made along our then eastern frontier
and last year Count Won Moltke's pleas.
ure trip led him through the St. Gothard
and Brennes passes toward the opening
in the rear Of Beiiort, and to the two
great military routes connecting Germa.
ny with Italy. Is it creditable that. in
extending his mysterious inspection this
year to the Col de Tende and Vitimille.
tho helmcted octogenarian who 30 pow.
erfully seconds the plans of the Chancel.
lor was merely satisfying an old mans
ceaprice's and seeking to catch sun.
beam?
THE CRISIS IN ITALY.
AT tho same moment the Italian Gov.
ernmeii by sudden coup &c medtre per-
forms political revolution in which It is
difficult not to recognize the hand Of the
German Chancellor. The Dep.etis Cab.
met that enjoyed sure majority of 800
votes suddenly collapsed, as if under the
influence of some powerful and unknown
will. The principal elements of the
Left, supreme few days ago, were sud-
denly eliminated to give place to ele.
ments of the Right. These sudden tao.
tics can only be explained on the ground
that Italy must henceforth make her
policy conform to the spirit, character
and tendency of the policy of her two
allies.
REcoNCILIATIoN WITH THE POPE.
Italy must rcnounce her radical and
!rredentist policy and must obey the or.
ders from Berlin which require her to
reconcile herself with the Pope. Biz.
marck's plan in tact pivots on this recon.
ciliation of Italy with the Holy See and
upon the moral support which the Pa.
pacy re.established under favorable aus.
pices would lend to the triple alliance.
What return does Italy get for all this
Here we touch upon question that for
France is burning one. Official docu.
ments exist showing that Italy is now
perfectly free to seek compensation in
another direction In which direction
and to whose detriment? No extraordi.
nary perspicacity is required to answer
these questions.
SCATTERING THE ENEMY.
Moreover, it is at the suggestion of
bismarck that our forces are scattered
about all over the surface of the globe
and are now frittering away their
strength in Senegal, Congo, Madagascar,
Tunis and Tonquin, and our blundering
government has fallen into the trap set
by our bitterest enemy.
THE PRIZES.
"Germauy's politiguc pour Joire COM
mences with herself. She will first
annex what is left of Lorraine with
Nancy, which already appears on Ger.
man staff maps in Tentonic guise as
Nanzig, and then she will take the
Franche.Co This vivisection of our
country, still bleeding from her wounds,
will be continued ad infnitum. Belgium
will get French Flanders. England for
her neutrality will obtain a port at our
side of the Channel, already suggested
BY Lord Seymour in 1870, as official doc.
uments prove. Switzerland will take
Chablais and Faucogney, two inviting