Of the other powers, little need be said. France has lost all her
great men, and become a tail to Russia, and is ready to be moved
blindly, as Russia may direct. And as part of the people are infidels,
and the rest fanatical Catholics, there is no religious motive to
prompt them to come to the rescue. France, in a word, can or will do
nothing directly; all it can do is to threaten the haughty Emperor
of Germany. Italy is bankrupt, and even the throne of King Humbert
is in danger, and that country will follow in the wake of Austria.