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Show CO.VTIXtED WAR, OR PEACE ! 'A ith the news of Prus-ian cannon thundering around Paris, comes talk of peace proposals and peace projects. The continuation of the strur''!e on the part of France is evidently now only an effort to Lecure the most honorable p'-aee possible. King William and C.-niurck have ir dnubttdly ma !e up their tiiind- a., i wuat they want, bat "hey also seem inclined to keep the in-teation in-teation secret until they dictate terms in Pari.-. Should there be no treachery v.v.hin the walls of that capital, and if ;:s -upplies arc as plentiful an l of such quality as has been frequently represented, repre-sented, the s'icji of Paris may be made c :;e of the most memorable of history, not alone in its magnitude, but in its results. iut whether the Prussians gain possession of the city t;ir;edily or not at all, any peace mada under tiiiting c.rcum.-tarices seems wanting the elements ele-ments to insure its perpetuity. United Germany would have no rival in Europe Eur-ope a3 a power, unless it might be Russia; and United Germany, while it could not de.pi.e the Colossus of the North, would have no reason to dread an encounter with it. And Germany conscious of its vast strength and bu-perior bu-perior power would be more haughty than Prussia lias yet dared to be. rIhe genius of Prussia iH eminently rnilit-iry. lij war the nation ha frown; and though .several t,imen humiliated, iu onward cour.-e to its prt-::it towering position lias been Meady. Its power h.iM been won by the swoid, and it is not likely that Mich a n.i'ion would he-itato to iim: the '"'ii I, to enforce demands which a lese powerful nation might, well her-it.nte to make. In other word-, the "balance ol power ' in Europe is rudely shaken by the unparalleled triumphs of I'ru-t-in two brief campaigns over Am-1 Am-1 r.a and France. That is the condition of Europe to-with to-with peace proclaimed between i ranee and Pm-sia, for if the hitler i ! ' !o t. imiiieii ely iu in' ri, sri ail ad i.i. t, -he bill I'.'i'ued in pre liye mi l iu " iii hoi'ie, :,,,, win I,,, t ., e iu means ; ii" "ill iin.l.e I'lanei; leiinbur-e In il i'-r ll," :,, ,. ,,- l. v. :i ,-. ,,,,,1 v,.j i.o ' l.l.e'.- I - I ! : ,, I ll,,. ,, I,,,, of A I , i I. r !, -,'!, r lie!, iMhl ties. This supposes a peace made with the French Republic-, in which event continued troubles may be looked for, as the spirit of democracy now working work-ing in Europe is not likely to settle down in quietness without there being more bloodshed. But, should King William demand the restoration of Napoleon, the matter mat-ter may become still more complicated, for such a demand is more likely to goad the present leaders of the French nation to desperation, and really make the war one of extermination. It may be possible to evoke peace from the discordant elements that are dominant on that continent at present, but it seems an almost superhuman task. |