The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-17 00:00:00

The Vienna Cabinet rejected that proposal without he: Ra-
tion, as being contrary to her duties to the two other Powers,

and gave explanations at St. Petersburg with a Epontane:

ousness and a frankness which did honour to b r ,incerity.

The French Government at the same time ( xpressed at
London and Vienna the painful impressio 1, had felt on

receiving the replies of Russia. The three Cabinets ad-

dressed French communications to St, Petersburg, the con-
clusions of which were conceived in identical terms. They
unanimously declared Russia to be responsible for the
consequences which might arise from a refusal to take
their representations into account, and from the prolonga-
tion of the troubles in Poland, The last despatches of

Prince Gortschakoff are well known. Notwithstanding

the little success of the diplomatic intervention of the
three powers, the Emperor's Government has the satisfac-
tion of knowing that it has, from the moment in which
the Polish question was brought forward, in the mea-
sure of its rights and its duties towards England, ne-
glected nothing to arrive at a solution. Ever attentive to
the painful spectacle of the struggle which is going on in
Poland, it loses sight of none of the great interests which
are connected with that conflict. It will maintain its ac-
cord with England and Austria, and it cannot believe that
the union of the Cabinets, in an affair so worthy of their
solicitude, must remain sterile, We have not, however,
the pretension to impose our solutions on the Powers inte-
rested, as much or even more directly than ourselves in the
settlement of the existing difficulties. In a question essen-

tially European it is neither in conformity with our obli-
gations or our rights to incur alone a responsibility which
it is the duty of an to partake."
The Danish dispute is thus touched on :
The affair of the Duchies of the Elbe has continued to
be a subject of discussion between the Court of Copenhagen
and the Germanic Confederation. The Danish Government

having adopted for the constitutional reorganisation ofthe
monarchy certain dispositions which the Frankfort Diet did
not consider conformable to its anterior resolutions and the
engagements made by Denmark, the German Cabinets have
agreed to have recourse to a military occupation of the
Duchy of Holstein by the Federal troops. Without contest-
ing in principle the right of Germany to intervene in the
affairs of Holstein and Lauenberg, which form part of the
Germanic Confederation, the Cabinet of Copenhagen alleges
that having accorded to the pretensions of the States of
Holstein all the satisfaction compatible with the rights of
the Crowu, the Federal execution is not justified by any

legitimate motive, Consequently the only object of that

measure was in reality to compel Denmark to place the

duchy of Schleswig, a Danish province, under a political
and administrative regime, which would be an infringement

on the integrity of the monarchy. His Majesty's Govern-
ment has not seen without regret a dispute, which its coun-

eels had always tended to adjust, become envenomed,
Guided at the same time by the traditional sympathies of

France towards Denmark, and by the neighbourly feelings
which preside in her relations with Germany, we have re-
doubled our efforts to cause counsels of prudetco to pre-

vail, and to turn aside an imminent crisis. A conflict could
not arise without the Scandinavian States, which are more

directly interested in the maintenance of the balance of
power in the North of Europe, being brought to take a
snare in the struggle, and without giving rise to grave
complications in which the Powers which signed the
Treaty of London of 1852 would be implicated. Our
co-operation is assured beforehand to any combi-
nation which would have the effect of preventing
such eventualities, and we are inclined to hope that the
wisdom of the two parties will prevail against ex-
citements which are to be regretted. Germany is
besides occupied with other cares, The Sovereigns
assembled at Frankfort have given the highest sanction to
the efforts attempted with the object of modifying the inter-

nal rdyime of the Confederation by associating themselves
in the study of the best means of attaining that object. All
that can contribute to the development and happiness of a
great neighbouring nation, with which we maintain the best
relations, cannot be indifferent to us. We therefore watch
those attempts with a friendly attention, with the desire to
see Germany obtain from them the advantages which she
expects, and which she well knows how to conciliate with
European interests and with the international rights which
are connected with the constitution of the Germanic Con-
federation."