The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-09 00:00:00

DESPATCH FROM BA.RON DE BEUST.

Under date of the 6th of April, Baron de Bells+,
the Saxon Minister of Foreign Affairs, has *ad-
dressed a despatch to Baron de Koenneritz, the
Saxon Ambassador at Vienna. The following are
the chief points of this'document :
"We entertain the hope that the wisdom of.the Ina-
per:al (Austrian) Cabinet will succeed in procuring a
pacific result from the Vienna Conferences ; but should
that hope not be realised, and should Austria be com-
pelled to bring the question of mobilisation from the
Diet,. it must be that the Diet shall retain its freedom of
relations. If it should decide for participation in the
war, the manner of disposing of its forces and the em-
ployment given to them would be dependent upon that
same decision.
"But the Confederation may decide in a contrary
sense, and in that case it would have the right and the
obligation to maintain its decisions and to defend its
safety against any attack upon the independence of its
decision, in which case the Confederation ought to be
able to rely upon the faithful co-operation of all its
members.
" We think that we have thus drawn a true picture
of the actual situation, and we cannot completely
relinquish the hope that, if it is properly appreciated,
our view will serve to enlighten the points of difference
enumerated in the Austrian despatch of the 28th of Fe-
bruary, and lead them to a satisfactory solution.
• ." It results also from our view of the case, 'which is,
moreover, in conformity with the expose des motifs of the
united committees, on which the resolution of the Bth of
February is founded, that there is a possibility of three
sorts of positions to be taken : tion towards the East first, a defensive posi-
, in case of the eventuali fore-
seen by article 3 of the resolution of the 9th ofties Decem-
ber ; then an offensive position in ease the Confedera-
tion should want to participate in a war of aggression
undertaken by Austria ; finally, a defensive position to
maintain neutrality in case participation in a war of
aggression should not take place.
"Again these eventualities appertain to the future,
for the first is also excluded from the present by the ex-
pose des motifs of the committees, which certainly, for
our part, we consider as an integral part of the resolution
of the act of the Bth of February.
" If, consequently, it appears quite conformable to the
present situation that the expose des motifs of the com-
mittees provides for the assemblage and employment of
the troops of the Confederation to oppose a danger
from whatever side it may come, that view rests entirely
ti
upon the fact of three positions as mentioned above,
sll appeytaining to the future, whence it ensues that for
the moment the execution of ulterior measures does not
appear called for, not only not in every direction, but
not even in any direction.
" Guided by these views, we do t hesitate agreeing
in so far with certain conditions of
tno he despatch of the
Imperial Cabinet of the 28th of February, to pronounce
ourselves 'decidedly against measures which might be
as
considerered as a demonstration against the West as long
that quarter. the liberty of the Confederation is not
menaced from
"Finally,--As regards the queStion put in the de-
spatch of Count Buol, whether the ping on a war
footing of the federal contingents shall be within or out-
side the federal territories, we think that on this point
also we may adhere to the expose des motifs of the com-
mittees relative to the resolution of the Bth of February,
which says that the proposed placing on a war footing
is to be understood in this sense, that it be assured that
within 15 days after the request is made, the troops be
ready to take the field in their respective quarters.
"But we are, on the other hand, perfectly convinced
that the simplest consideration of existing facts excludes
the supposition that thereby it is demanded that Austria
shall assemble her federal contingents on German terri-
tory, as the despatch of the 28th of February seems to
admit.
" Your Excellency will express yourself to Count Buol
in the sense of this despatch, of which you can give him
A copy.
"Die Davin."