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Excerpt from Reasons for the Withdrawal of the French From Mexico
The relation of. France to the readjustment of European national boundaries and the aggressive policy of Bismarck was another source of anxiety to Napoleon. He had remained neutral in the struggle for Italian consolidation, obtaining Savoy and Nice as the price of his policy. And although he had not wholly abandoned his r61e of protector of the Pope, he had antagonized both the'papacy and Italy and repelled all other powers by the annexation. His proposal to settle the disorders of Poland and the status of the Danish Duchies by a general congress had been rejected. The outcome of the schleswig-holstein war brought him face to face with the problem of the undue aggrandisement of Prussia. He clearly foresaw animpending struggle for supremacy between Prussia and Austria. He must be'prepared for any eventualities, all his forces must be well in hand, if his position were to command respect, and if he were to obtain substantial benefits for France. Freedom from the embarrassments of the Mexican interven tion might become essential to the security of French interests in the grave crisis of European complications. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
