Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1870 — The European Situation. [ARTICLE]

The European Situation.

The dispatches from Europe are meager, conflicting and unsatisfactory. One day King William is reported to be moving right on to the fortifications of Paris, the next cablegram reports that he is vailing for the French Republic to come forward with proposals for peace, and this in turn is contradieted by the statement that he will not recognize the new government, but is moving vigorously to capture the French capital, re-establish Napoleon upon his throne and treat with his Imperial prisoner as the de jure ruler of France. It seems to be certain, however, that the French people are anxious for an honorable peace and are willing to make reasonable concessions to this end. Prominent represents* lives have visited and are now at the courts of the neutral powers of Europe earnestly asking that intercession be made for . tbein. At the present writing it sppears that England will stand aloof in the flatter, but Russia and Austria seem to sympathize with France. This is also the attitude of the government of the United States, but our country will hardly be induced to interfere other than as a friendly mediator. ' ~ ' While this state of affairs exists in central Europe, belligerent operations are going forward in Italy. The Italian troops have marched against Rome, and the evacuation of the Rope may be looked for at »ny hoar. His temppral power is no longer a substance and it only requires the formality of a proclamation from Victor Emanuel that Rome ha* Joeen absorbed by his government, to dispel the shadow.'