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Show A Prophecy by Talleyrand. ! To what extent can men prophesy, and is the gift confined to tho just made perfect? Talleyrand is made to speak as follows in his "Memoirs: " "We must not delude ourselves; the European equilibrium, of which we laid the foundation at the Congress of Vienna, will not be eternal. Some dav it will tumble, but it promises us some years of peace. What threatens to break it up at a period more or less distant are the aspirations which are becoming universal in the center of Germany. The necessities of defence and of a common danger have prepared their minds for German unity. This idea will continue to develop, and some day one of the great Powers who form part of the confederation will form the desire to realize this unity for its own profit. Austria is to be feared; being composed of scraps and morsels, and having no unity at home, she cannot can-not dream of exporting it abroad. It is Prussia, then, that should be watched. She will try the venture; and if she succeeds, then all the conditions condi-tions of the balance of power will be changed, and it will be necessary to seek for Europe a new basis and a new organization." Having examined the more or less difficult circumstances amid which this reconstruction will be effected, M. Talleyrand Tal-leyrand indicates Fiance s being the nation most interested in combatting tho unification movement or in socking to be com K nsa ted for it. All this reads as written alter the facts instead of many years before them. English Papers. |
