Year: 1859

be the chances Of timely assistance. We
may assume, perhaps, that the passing Of
the Ticino will be considered by the Empe-
ror of the French as declaration of war by
Austria, and that while the Austrians. are
marching from the cas-. upon Turin, the
French Emperor will be pouring his COL
urnns from the West and marching through
the passes Of the Alps to meet the Austri-
an invaders, aud to anticipate. if possible,
their arrival at the Sandman Capitol For
this purpose, we may consider Grenoble or
Briancon as containing the whole force Of
the French Empire, for the chains of com.
munication by rail are so complete that con-
tinuous columns might be directed from all
paris of France upon those cities. The COL
umns, however, that should take their way
by Chambery and Mont Gents would find
themselves $50 miles from Turin when
crossing the Piedmontese territory at the
Pont de Beauyoisin. Those which should
advance by way of Embrun and Briancon,
and shorter distance on the Piedmonte,e
side Of the Alps, but would still scarcely
hope to win the race against the Austrian
troops coming by the plains. ,ga


Again, help might quickly arrive from
Toulon and Marseilles by way Of Genoe;
Toulon is rich in trasports, and few hours
might land respectable force at Genoa
From Genoa there is rich railway to Tu-
rim; but, unfortunately, it winds away far
up 10 the northeast, and an important por-
tion of it would probably be reached and
destroyed by the Austrians in their FIRST
days march. We should no. be very con-
fdent in trusting the safety of a kingdom to
the possibility of uniting before Turin COL
umns which had to penetrate the Alps and
TO arrive from Genoa, if one condition Of
the military success Of such an operation
were the concentration should be effected in
three or four, or even in five or SIX days.
Perhap, we may count something for the
delay which may be reasonably expected to
be interpOsed by the Sandman army, either
fighting or retreating; but, failing this, or
those other chances Of war which can new
er be fully calculated, the military heads
who seem TO have conceived this plan of
opening the campaign, have not failed in
strategic ability. Physically speaking, if
the war is to come, the Power that strikes
the first blow and chooses its own field of
action will commence with an advantage
Morally speaking, of course, the picture is
reversed. -- '. %.


In former times, there would be little
more to say about this crisis, but to await
the issue Of the inevitable invasion. But
the telegraph has altered all things. The
same wires which nave told us of the de-
mand which General Gyulai has made by
direction of his Imperial master has by this
time carried 10 the Court of Vienna the
strongest protest of England against this
hasty and hauty menace. The Emperor Of
the French is now in possession of those
significant words which were spoken by
Lord Derby at the termination of his speech.
Napoleon III, has, moreover, heard Of the
movements that are being made on Germs-
ny; and he cannot but suspect that, when
Prussia put her troops in motion, it is not
without some knowledge Of the part which
Russia is prepared 10 play in the great dra-
ma. He can look around, therefore, and
see that his chosen antagonist is likely to be
able to devote the whole resource, Of her
empire to the contest which he has chal-
lenged He must by this time have medi-
tated on the fact that Russia, Germany and
England have assumed an attitude slready
passively hostile, and are tending towards
a state of even active coercion, il fortune
should give him victory in the war, and if
his ambition should carry him beyond GER
tain very narrow limits of aggression. We
may discern spark Of hope, therefore, that
Louis Napoleon may not make hasty rush
to take up the glove that is now so rashly
thrown down; and that time may yet enable
England to prevail upon Austria to Tetract
it. There is still faint chance that we
may induce Austria not to precipitate war
Just at the time when matters have taken
such turn that there was some real hope
of an accommodation. 1t would not be right
however, to hang much weight upon this
slender thread. 1t is not very promising
prospect to hope to change the purpose Of q
stubborn Power, sxulting in her military
superiority, by diplOmatising her through
the telegraph. .e'slE
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