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THE RENDING WAR IN EUROPE.

LATEST SISWS^ ;^ c The following later details are suppliedby thi "flbaie Ne^' of the 2nd" June, received via Panama :— ;The ! European: crisis still confines ita action to words. Not; a shot has been hred,' and- very likely each power want* the accidental or impulsive fact 'which may justify a .declaration of war. A Congress has been decided upon, and will be held in Paris ; at the^present moment the date is not fixed. . -• The concentration of the armies, however, 5 still proceeds. Three army corps amounting to 90,000 men aro. .said to be posted on the Saxon, 90,000 to ,100,000, East Prussians, or Pomeranians, take «up. the Southern district oi Silesia .and Bradenburgh. The Prussian army is^said to amount to 500,000 men. Austria's preparations are as energetic as ever, It is computed that she has 300,000 soldiers in Venetia. %In Italy men from all parts of-the country are- daily enrolling " themselves in the volunteer corps. The Democratic Committee of Milan alone in one day "enrolled- 3415 men. A royal decree has been promulgated, according .to^which, in the.eventof war, merchant ■ships belonging to' ah enemy will not be liable to' capture on tlie high sea by Prus, sian Avar vessels. This measure only to apply in so far as it meets with reciprocity^ , from the enemy. Prussia, it appeara, «K. trying to win over Russia by a proposal of ■*'i marriage between Prince : Hqhenzoilenf (the father of Prince Charles): and- the Princess Eugenic of lieuchtenbiirgi ' 'it is, ' thought that the proposal will not be accepted by the Czar. '■■ . -fC, : ->" Advices from Berlin state tha.t the in trigues against Count •Bkmarek, tire'; more active than ever, and are beginning to ' produce an effect on the > King - diploma^ reckons on the distressedfinancial situation of Turkey for purchasing from he^ the territories tb be offered as a compensation to Austria should she give up. Venetia '^^ - of Electoral^ Hesse that a. "war betwePTi Austria and f pssia. w^SSS of m Gerinair^onfeaSir She furthjr , , declared. that WIS SSd^ 'iSf^ 1 ? been oaa oHwelve million^ fldrinS^Su ba.rde.yen^ti^n^irigdom ' 9

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Grey River Argus, Issue 88, 4 August 1866, Page 2

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THE RENDING WAR IN EUROPE. Grey River Argus, Issue 88, 4 August 1866, Page 2

THE RENDING WAR IN EUROPE. Grey River Argus, Issue 88, 4 August 1866, Page 2

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