Show tha war in europe what its all ah about of late our dis dispatches from europe europa have been filled with acco accounts tints of the progress of the war between denmark and the several german powers As A the accounts are arc somewhat vague and confused a brief reference to bi history story and the presen present t status of tile the in question may serve to en enlighten lighter our readers on the matter frederick VII king of Don denmark mark died in october last by virtue of his big ancestors frederick was not only king of denmark proper but also duke of the german p of ig and which lor jor a ion long series of years have been attached to the L kingdom ing dom of Derm denmark lirk in the latter state of ortho the old lans the crown could be inherited by females while in tile the duchies only males could a ascend bend to the dukedom the extinction of the male line of danish royalty in ili the person of frederick VII would necessarily haveres hinc resulted tilted in the dismemberment of the kingdom I 1 and separated the ho Dit duchies chles h aiom om den mark to avoid this the of fi ed erick issued a decree that the dinish law ol 01 0 1 succession should prevail in the duchies frederick ascended the throne in 1818 hen was rife throughout europe and tile tho germin germ in duchies revolted declaring thu the decice mentioned above to be a violation of their time honored and rights the war between D an and tho the duchies assi assisted sled by the other german ill principalities was bron brought glit to a close by the interposition of england and russia who induced fill the danish dahib to anict a law lav settling tho succession sion in lit the court of frederick dying without heirs upon prince christ Cli risti tit in a member of the younger branch of the house of Augusten beig and p passing over the legitimate heirs of tit the eldal elder brane branch li this is known in history blistery as tac london protocol which it if we ie member might was also signed or at lost least acquiesced in by prussic and At austria istria the heads or of the germ in confederation upon tho the deith of frederick last fall christi hn in ascended amended tho the throne neris as mist n IV and assumed to exercise over the duchies of Sc liles ig and holstein II the lit lat ter again revolt and declare that hut they have never lever assented to tile the law veiling e aing succession succession in christian ind and luve have proclaimed pio claimed diederick Fie derick VIII the head of the elder blanch bianch ns its the ri rightful fitful duke buku of holstein II these iTu D chles have it in in common with den m mirk irk all their ideis idea s sympathies and aliby being get gei min inin m in and they desire to reunite with Fi rat therland herlina and become it a portion or of the german confederation the fai family rilly of chri r jiin has ever been in lymp with denmark in while thil that rf of diederick Fie derick including liim him belf has haq favored the geidans Gei Get mans christian I 1 i the father of tile the clfo of the dillice of wale and this ch carn stance as vei its as the flet that tit t t england the london protocol Pio PLO tocol tOCOI it is tit thought ought will bring the eng english lish into the war thus fir both angland E angland and france have maintained bained d a neutrality but bilt tile there re is no telling how soon either or both may be drawn into the vortex austria and prussia as indeed nearly all the german states are at ai rayed rayea against den muk malk and tile tho two former bave already matched troops into the duchies unless denmark Den mirk shall receive aid from england france or russia which is ia hardly probable the chances aio aie strong that site sho will have ib fo succumb and schleswig Sch leswig and heistein Hoi Stein will decotie beco lie a part of tile great german confederation under the dukedom of rederick frederick F VIII the y congress of germany met at F t on the 21 A of december last composed of nearly a thousand delegates filin 1 the different states of germany germiny Ger Gerr miny inny thy they then the adopted the following resolutions which ill lenow some light on tho the claims of the german C crucian powel s 1 L tho the rights of germany Gert nany in holstein m at aio a only rafol by tho the 0 1 tb ce from denmark by the death of frederic F r lecleric VII their union with that reali realm a lias ceased ce aeed tile duke of is by his the legitimate pil tice consequently it is the duty of the german i i a ta bisz use overy every means to loop up the r ot anderic vin i 2 jhc thc 1 assembled iu iii con congress fr ess still ill try every lawful way th tb it the b burocy aurer sil sh ill III bo be acknowledged as buol duke 3 we will fly by all means sustain such of lie he german governments as may acknowledge the leg 1 1 or of the and WP we will act in ili every legitimate minner such ot of our princes as do not acknowledge duke VIII 4 A committee of 36 persons is appointed which dm ing the time itom horn one session of congress congi Cong ess tess to the one succeeding shill h III watch over I 1 the he rights ot of the dachal sa and d if thought lie lees essaiy saly call on the de delegates leates in order that they may again meet at Prank frankfort fort and I 1 let according acco iding to circumstances ri 5 it being the wish of the germin german hat a notional Nit ional parliament shall be summoned tile the congues Con gics gies now assembled at Frank frankfort foit declares that it is the duty of the garm avrin in con to call together such a parliament in tit the meantime the executive army of the german diet marches against tho the danes denmark is slowly retiring before the advancing avancing forces of prussia and the troops ol of the diet but Ss 14 preparing most stubbornly to resist the claims of tile the duchies to sep wh whether ether it will result in a general european war it is impossible now to say but it is not it at all unlikely our dispatches it horn om d daiy diy ay iy I 1 to 0 I 1 day give the brogi ess or of matters and with N ith the foregoing tore going explanation our leaders will be able to lo judge so meting of the merits of the contro versy ersy i the people ot of this coduti y can have little interest in the quarrel it will be ob served that the revolution ia not based on the great principles of lib liberty arty and that thi duch tes do not seek either cither independence or licin institution it is simply a question with hem whether they will nill be governed and tyrannized over by one set of princes or another whether they will follow tho the lead ot of prussia or Deri maik |