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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 20, 1870
Page
6
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France formally declared war on Prussia after the Ems episode, with Paris rallying behind Napoleon III. The Reich protests intensified across Berlin and Munich as half a million soldiers mobilize. Parliament debates the Franco-Prussian quarrel while the Education Bill edges toward passage.
War has arisen after France dropped the candidacy that sparked the quarrel with Prussia. The father of Prince Leopold withdrew the name from Spain’s throne bid to avert Hohenzollern influence, a move acknowledged by M. Ollivier and others as erasing the pretext for conflict.
The article accuses Emperor Napoleon of provoking a broader European conflict to secure dynastic aims for his son. It argues the war was planned, justified by imperial vanity, and supported by a deceptive Paris regime while Prussia responds to Bismarck's moves. It warns of widespread moral condemnation once truth surfaces.
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