“The Press” In 1866

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31143, 20 August 1966, Page 14

“The Press” In 1866

August 22 The Austrian and Prussian quarrel has resulted in a war: a war. too, which is likely to involve every leading European nation. It is all very well for men to say that non-intervention has answered in the cases of the American war and the Schleswig-Holstein quarrel, but comoared to the present war these sink quite into insignificance, and if the French and Russians take part in the struggle it will be impossible for us to stand aloof. . The Prussians were first to take the initiative, by expelling the Austrians from Holstein. Since then, affairs have advanced rapidly. It is needless for me to say with whom our sympathies are. In spite of the fact of our Princess being Crown Princess of Prussia, all England hopes that success

may be with the Austrians. But as a London paper says, “We know that the Prussians detest the war, and that they are goaded on by ambitious statesmen, and therefore we shall but feel sorrow should we hear of the field strewed with those who had died in a cause repugnant to them.” Truly Bismarck is a wonderful man. Not content with ruling his King, he would rule others also, and the result is the war of which we are now anxious spectators. .. As far as we can see at present Prussia has certainly taken the lead. Already they have seized Hanover, Hesse, and Saxony. Whatever be the result of the war, the old maps of Germany will be in future useful only as memorials of days that are passed. (London, June 26. From Our Own Correspondent.)