| Show THE AFFAIRS OF DENMARK effrom from the london times jan 27 ten tea years ago the holy haa had through through many changas changes and calamities math taine uthe political system of central europe was finally brought to an end by an Anstr austrian iari lari army marching into the Di nubian principalities to take the place plate of the russians who had entered sn an triumphantly a few months before and were then retiring in ignominy and humi dilation lation the most powerful and dreaded sovereign in the world had bad made the calif capital a blunder of hla hia life a blunder which even if he be had lived he could cond probably never have re paired 1 ahe I he greatest revolution in our time in the international relations of the european states was caused by bahe be pretension of the emperor nicholas in the falness of big bis power to take a material guaran guarantee teely for foe the performance of engagements said to have been made by the porfe ported A little matter one out of the many quarrels about the holy places led to I 1 events of which we are still feeling the effects the love of peace the respect due to a great power which in iii former times had made great sacrifices sacrifice a in the he cause ol 01 european liberty did not no t prevent this country from taking up ar armb arms ma in a di dispute in which we were weri originally in no vay way concerned because russia badcob emitted toe the unheard of violence of seizing a province in oder to further a negotiate on what the late czar did then prussia and austria are doing now they are marching their troops 31 to invade Sch schleswig leswig over which they have no rights which does not form part of the german concede confederation rat ioup because denmark is supposed to have made a breach of engagements entered into by her in 1851 in other words they are about to seize schleswig Sch leswig and hold it until the danish government promises I 1 to govern it in the manner which they think fitting such a proceeding is even more reprehensible hin hin bin the worst act of the late emperor of dussias Rus sias siaa reign for he claimed calmed and really possessed by treaty a protectorate over arid and be he had formerly asserted the very same right of military occupation which was contested cou coc tested a at this time lime it is therefore to be hoped that in spite of their threats and ana the madness of 0 their subjects the rulers ot of prussia and austria will hesitate before shedding blood in this unjust enterprise ewhen when tre the act fa a once done it cannot be recalled ibm the lines of the dannewerk Danne werk are orce attacked it may be impossible to check the impulses which are urging on all parties to a calamitous war the brains of the germans will be hotter botter when once shots have been exchanged and though the soldiers of the two leading powers are generally kept well in hand band and are less likely to assert their own will than the troops of countries with less sense cf of res reb responsibility pons pong ability bi lity yet no one can say be the effect on the invading armies of a battle whether lost or won A victory which should drive the danes from their position might be followed by a military outcry for or the confiscation of the duchies as loud as that which rings through the political and civilian world of germany it can hardly be doubted that the pretender would tr arister transfer himself from the holstein I 1 territory to wig or to flensburg or to who wherever rever the ailed troops had penetrated and would there as a private individual work hig bis system of agitation among the people ol 01 the northern duchy by means of partisans gans sans as able as those mho who aho have provisionally given him a throne in hol hoi I 1 stein buein we do not doubt the resolution of both sovereigns 0 ve n to be masters in their dominions the phe the tha king ring tg neof ot prussia has coved posed his own by proroguing pro the prussian chambers and the emperor of austria will probably pro baby find rind an ally in the non german element in his bis states and I 1 legislature and thus control the enthusiasm of vienna but if the war party have gone BO so far in the r demonstrations at present what I 1 would they not do if a real german victory had beeh been won for the first time in aft M years I 1 nations whose military history is not crowded with evel esel events ts ae naturally much excited by even such a success as Aust lustriana austrians Au rians and prussians might gain over halt their number of danes and we may fairly presume that a victory would render almost impossible the gramme pro of the two governments themselves aa as stated by M von bismark sla sia and austria have laid it down that a dynastic union between the and the kingdom analogous to the union between NO norway arway a and nd swed sweden en is a settlement which will them that it was all that they wanted in 1851 1831 and exactly what they thought had bad be bein n gon conceded ceded when they signed the treaty of 1852 ile he must however be very creda 1 lous who believes that if the danes should be driven out of schleswig Sch leswig by force of arms the german people would woul see the ahe two duchies restored to king christian without a commotion that would bring back to us the memories of 1818 18 18 if it then the sovereigns wish to govern their own dominion in peace they will avoid exciting german ambition by the novel sensation of victory It need hardly jie said that defeat would be still sill more dangerous Suppo oaf sp ft hat bat a quite possible that the austro prussian army is repulsed from before the danish works the pulse of every nation world would beat faster under the influence of the most exciting ci ti ng news that can be told to men the itic successful cess ful res stance of a small army to tob toe forces of two great izeat and ani plainly aggressive powers defeat would of coursed course rouse the germans even mor gaban sAban success and audit it would be impossible for the two retreat without haying having taken a revenge for 1 their huml humi lia iia listion tion but the of the two powers may be invited to reflect on an what woud woul woud be the feeling among their neighbors east and west ast if this conlest were to be af inthe abe dap loneal ea jold 0 o ld their j week after week while fresh troops were wore bleming bein sent forward from germany to crush them by inabin force let not the germans be too sure that all ail al the great powers would stand t tamely amely by in such a case and even it if the allies are allowed to finish successfully the war which they have begun began unjustly they may be sure that the advantages of 0 wrongdoing will not be unmixed with disaster th the war of aggression carried on by the two powers against the wishes of all other nations will assuredly ke the begin beginning nim nin of new changes in europe it often happens in such cases that the weight of the punishment falls 0 on n the less guilty guity of the accomplices we do d 0 not pretend to apportion the blame between the two powers which are now dong this evil of disturbing the continent but so far as can be judged from appearances austria is less in fault tault than prussia the vie vienna nna rna government has las been less vacillating and less openly contemptuous of right but in the future austria will probably suffer more than her ally T the he empire is one which has everything to iose lose loseby by public commotions prussia is certainly a paper state the creation of battles and treaties treaties and by an au act ot of retribution vanch we need not anticipate the king is not unlikely to lose a province but the austrian empire may ba be broken to pieces by that very principle of nationality which the emperor i now affects to defend it if anything were wanting to prove to the vien vlen viennese 1 I ese government the extreme of its conduct it would be the hopes which have been suddenly aroused among all the leaders of the revolution I 1 and the excitement which is beginning to prevail in the disaffected states of the E embira lra ira those stormy berels ot of orthe the political world al mazzini at Kosao tb and their brethren be fluttering anew into importance import sance tance before lefore the cam campaign has begun a week irwy ita y will not I 1 be likely to loneso fair a chance of gaining I 1 the long coveted of territory for the sake of which the rest of the peninsula is burdening is Vs resources and submitting to heavy beavy m military ili lil service with so powerful an army m y the I 1 italians may rildy do great thing with so expensive an army they must before long do something I 1 there were rumors of probable movements this year even before the king of den mark died or any one thought that the enemies of austria would receive from herself BO so tair tain an opportunity it is hardly likely that the designs which these enemies cherished when j I 1 there was the great obstacle of perfect berfect european quiet against them will E be e abandoned now that the imprudence of the viennese government gives them occasion and pretext and tte moreover takes away part of toe austrian army to the extreme north of europe everywhere that austria Us has a foe there is expectation and an evident longing that she should attack the danes everywhere that revolutionists con congregate regate there is fa an idea that this enterprise will further their plan plans 9 can there be a better reason that a government so much threatened should pause and led lef reflect |
