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    732 The Saturday Analyst and[Jbeader. [A...

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    GERMAN NONINTERVENTION. "E believe it wa...

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    INDIAN DEBTS AND DIFFICULTIES. 0UJR Indi...

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    Mr. Right's Pretentious Assailants. Seve...

    questions , but who are substantially right in preferring patriotism to pelf . Popular leaders must satisfy these desires . If the House of Commons cannot furnish such leaders , the House of Commons must fall . .

    732 The Saturday Analyst And[Jbeader. [A...

    732 The Saturday Analyst and [ Jbeader . [ Aug . 18 , 1860 .

    German Nonintervention. "E Believe It Wa...

    GERMAN NONINTERVENTION . "E believe it was this journal which gave the first intimation of the dangerous character of the movements of the German princes , and especially of the so-called " good understanding" brought about at Toplitz between the narrow-minded Prince ofPuussiAand the Pope-ridder infatuated Emperor of Atjstbia . A few days ago the German papers denied that Prussia had undertaken to guarantee the remaining Italian possessions of Austria—which , by-the-bye , was not our assertion- —and since then we have a little more explanation of the Austro-Prussian scheme . It is now

    stated that Austria has abandoned the idea of a guarantee , and that " so long as the conflict is only between Austria and Italy , Prussia will observe the principle of non-intervention , but if other Great Powers interfere , and thus violate that principle , Germany would not hesitate to support Austria in the maintenance of the rights guaranteed to her by treaties . " At first sight this does not look unreasonable . The Italians are now in a position to command their own future if the principle of non-intervention is enforced ; with prudence they may confidently reckon upon rescuing Naples from the tyranny of the Austro-Bourbons , and adding all her ardinia is

    territories' to the national Government of which S the head . Besides this , the Roman States may fairly reckon upon a speedy emancipation , and then , omitting for the present , all mention of the city of "Rome , the Quadrangle and Yenetia , would be all th & t remained in hostile hands , No doubt their liberation would be a most difficult task , and one which , ought not to be undertaken without great prudenceand precaution : ; . hut it is , neyqrtheless , one which Italy might justly hope to accomplish against all the forces which Austria could bring into the field , if other Powers simply Jeft her alone . Our first question , therefore , is whether the Prussian Government ' s doctrine of non-intervention is an

    honest one , and we fear it isnot . The only kind of non-intervention hpnestly applicable to Austrian affairs must comprehend thewhole ofthe Austrian States , and must amount to a positiye undertaking on the part of the German Powers that they will neither ^ meddle themselves , nor permit any one to meddle with the internal quarrels of which the dominions of Francis Joseph may be the seat . Such a non-intervention they might fairly hope to impose both upon Russia and upon -France . That this is their intention , we have notTtlie shadow * 6 flT ^ prcfl 3 f 7 *" anii we have some reason to believe that a very different scheme has been arranged . Prance is entitled to insist upon German non-intervention quite as much as Germany is entitled to demand French non-intervention , and it would

    be a gross breach of neutrality if , on the outbreak of war between Austria and Italy , the Germans made any kind of movement to protect the Hansburg interests in Hungary . We believe that Austrian and German statesmen have a scheme by which German troops should either occupy Hungary , or what is nearly as bad , be concentrated on her frontiers , and threaten her people all the while the Italian war lasted . This would be intervention quite as much as if the French occupied Lombardy and assisted in the reduction of Verona .

    No one who has studied the character of German Governments , and the miserable , selfish , short-sighted policy of the Teutonic Princes , will be ready to believe that they will adopt an honest non-intervention policy if they can help it , and it is impossible to conceive that Austria would be satisfied , as she appears to be , with their proceedings if they sim p ly determined to leave her to carry on a war in Italy while Hungary seized the opportunity to throw off her yoke . Some politicians think it is possible for Austria to follow the advice of the new Council and change her

    centralized military despotism for a Federal aggregation of Continental States : —This ^ we ^ doubt . —It ^ wouldije quite consonant with the character of Hapsburg morality and of Francis Joseph ' s antecedents , that oaths and promises should be plentifully proffered and violated on the first opportunity , ' as at the commencement of his reign . ^ The Hungarians have not to deal with an ordinary Sovereign in whom veracity might be a possible accident ; but with an ignorant , arrogant , Jesuitical young man , who has already been guilty of the most appalling perjury ; and they would disturb the Constitution offered to them

    when their Emperor was on the threshold of a new Italian war . If Frahcis Joseph really is converted from , the crimes and follies of absolutism , he will prove the sincerity of his new convictions by the voluntary abandonment of Yenetia and the Quadrangle . Let him . offer to give them to Sardinia with the consent of their inhabitants , and his Hungarian , Bohemian , and German subjects would then have some reason to believe he intended to keep his word . There is now a firm band of sympathy between Italy and Hungary , and it would be impossible for Francis Joseph to carry on a war for entering Italy to which the Hungarians would be consenting parties . To return to the nonintervention doctrine , we should

    like to know to what extent the Prince of Prussia desires to impose it upon Austria . It is now stated that Austria will not wait to be attacked , but that if Garibalbi becomes possessed of Naples , she will herself begin the war . If Prussia suffer this her moral hold over France will be gone . It may be awkward for Austria to wait until she is attacked , but the moment she crosses her own boundaries she will be intervening between some disappointed potentate and his subjects ; France would be entitled to break her neutrality also , if she pleased .

    We are far from advocating another French intervention . We are thankful for Magenta and Solferino , but believe that the greatest service France can now render to Italy is to let her alone , and insist upon other Powers doing the same , and affording Austria no aid in any shape , or in any place , wheii hostilities recommence . It would be absurd to pretend to any confidence in the French Empire , but whether or not that sinister phantom portends danger to Europe depends

    chiefly on the conduct of the German Powers . It they will not respect the rights of the nationalities , the power of the nationalities will be in the hands of France . They might be safe if they were honest and enlightened . They are not safe as miserable pettifogging reactionists . By an aDproxiination to Popish despotism , Austria and Prussia forfeits the confidence of German Liberals ; andit is time every German knew that if his Princes make the fatherland Austrian they will also make the Rhine French .

    Indian Debts And Difficulties. 0ujr Indi...

    INDIAN DEBTS AND DIFFICULTIES . 0 UJR Indian Empire is becoming ' respectable from its debts , which Monday ' s vote of the House of Commons will raise to the pretty amount of one hundred millions ; Sir C . Wood can only bewail the excess of expenditure over income arid hope for better days , t'he honourable baronet has held a variety of offices , and neyer displayed anything but the most mediocre abilities . When .. flifl prpsmifr ^ abinnt was got to geth er the Indian ministershhp had to be given to somebody , and Sir C : Wood was considered entitled to it by relationship , if not by talent . The monetary part of Indian management was provided for by shipping ; off Sir James Wilson , who had proved himself a good clerk to supply his masters with figures , but who , during a pretty long parliamentary career , never displayed any qualities as a statesman , or won anybody ' s respect . What will become of his financial schemes remains to be seen , but he has been the cause of displacing a far abler man than himself , and India has gained si serious loss by exchanging- a Tkevelyax for a Wilson . Mr , Wilson vyill make a fortune out of India ; India will be lucky if she does not lose a fortune by Mr . Wilson , who is about the last mail likely to exert himself to check that wasteful extravagance which loans raised in London have to make up . , All persons holding- official positions in India , and having- friends * at Court , are wondei * ful specimens of genius and success . Lord Canning ' s administrative talents have never been equalled , but he has done nothing to reconstruct Indian institutions or bring s her revenues and her expenses to ' a balancing * state . The police is ax bad as over , the substantial grievances of the natives unredressed : the army disorganised , and its European element in alarming and needless proportion . Lord Clyde , wlio reached Calcutta when fur abler soldiers had broken the neck of the rebellion , is flattered as if he wore a miraculous combination of all the great generals , from Alexander to Bonapabte , and he repays the Court and Cabinet ' for the unction they besmear him with , by furtheringtheir groat job of abolishing 1 the Indian army , and increasing the patronage and mops of corruption at their disposal . India is entering upon a new phase of her history , and it will bo ™ Mt ~ omsMngrif shOgoes througlrft ^^ withoilt " sorious"ditncultiosT—The Company ' s government was remarkable for the large numbor ot groat men it raised to important posts . Our homo Government has been equally remarkable for the paucity of , talent which has been luck y enough to win its favour . Tho homo-system is now to be applied to India . The Civil Service will bo looked upon as the means of influencing- votes in the British Parliament , and the army is to have "Takocaro of Dowbig-gin" for its future motto . It w true the patronage witl pass through an indirect channel , but the old " double government" did aftord guarantees ag-oinst abuses which ore wanting in the present system .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 18, 1860, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18081860/page/4/