The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-08 00:00:00

GERMANY AND DENMARK.

THE SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN QUESTION.

The Cologne Gazette professes to give the sub-
stance of a despatch relative to the affair of Hol-
stein, which was sent by Earl Russell to the Diet
on the 29th of September. Our contemporary
says :
The leading idea of the Eogl'ab minister appears to be
that the right of the Confederation does not extend no far
uto put in question the constitution of the entire Danish
moaarcily and the subm'aion of it to the will of the
Garment, Diet. Lord Russell niootoiles that the ordi-
nance of the 30th of March dote not satisfy the demands of
the Confederation concerning Schleswig. He does not pet
in doubt the principles of the constitutional regime—for
example, the obligation impow lon the Doke of Holden
to take the assent of the representatives of the duchy
for the administration of the flumes at the country.

He even recognises, up to a certain point, the justice of tie
Federal essential. But he constantly returns to this idea,
that it cannot be permitted that a veto ef the States ef
Holstein and Lauenbourg shell prevent the indispensable
measure of defence on the pert of Deetnsrk splint a to-
reign enemy, !paralyse ail the action of the Dastab mo-
narchy, and compromise ite integi:ty and iedependeoce. He
reeds on this head the obligations which result far England
from the protocols of London—obligations equally cce-
treated by the nmereigue of Austria rid Pt cola. Wand,
says Lord Rama, could not view with Parfferince a nOl-
- occupation of Holstein, which could not take
place save under conditions affecting the coesti-
tution of the whole Danish monarchy. The note
shows indirectly that England will not consider a military
occupation of this kind a legitimate exercise of the powers
of the Coefederation, and that in the interest of Denmark
and Europe it could not be realised without difficulty. A
serious invitation is made to the Germanic Diet to submit the
dispute to the mediation of other powers, who. w:thont
being interested in the affair itself, art very mach so in the
maintenance of the peace of Europe and the independence
of Denmark. The note is short and conciliatory.

The Nord observes that there are two points of par-
ticular importance in the above despatch. The first
is that England recognises that the Dan;sh decree of
March 30 is not conformed to the engagements
previously contracted by Denmark, a•nd that on
this account Federal execution would be justified.
The second is that the cabinet of London cannot
approve the final object which Germany proposes
to herself in occupying Holstein, since the demands
of the Confederation tend to nothing less than the
establishment in Denmark of a state of things
irreconcileable with the integrity and independence
of the Danish monarchy. " Thus," says the
Nord, " Earl Russell puts Denmark in the wrong
as to the ordinance of the 30th March, and puts
Germany in the wrong with regard to the final object
of the execution. This distinction, the justice of
which we cannot deny, seems to us of a nature to
render possible • provisional arrangement, and to
remove, at least for the moment, the dangers
of a conflict. Let Denmark abolish the ordinance
of the 30th of March, and let Denmark announce
the execution ; in a word, let the two parties with-
draw provisionally from the strife, and leave to
neutrals the care and the difficulties of an arrange-
ment which they have not succeeded in realising
themselves."

WiLATHKR. REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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