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

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" Negotiations with regard to t ontinva fly 4
the Zollverein have been opened tbe 115'.
vernments of the Union. My G _ i* the- '2/4,7
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ring to the commercial policy
sues in full unanimity with vitt
sentatives of the country, has enterer I uponTes.:
negotiations with the earnest wish to strengthet.',
while maintaining the treaty of commerce concluded,
with France, the tie which connects t he• materiaL
interests of the greater part of Germany, aaLl shortly
to regulate the relations with the Austrian ,I!:alPire
as soon as the maintenance of the Zollverei'll shall
have been seured.e

" The associations having for their object' the
amelioration of the condition of the labourers r "
quire, for the full development of their social cfri -
ciencY, the legal establishment of their rights. My
Government is now occupied with a bill for this
purpose.

"The bills relative to the rights shareholding
• oP
companies and of sailors, as well as the bills relat-
inb- to the ordinances provisionally issued with re-
gard to the charge in the tariff of duties, a.nd for the
esoido.nce of the collision of vessels at sea., which
were acf passed during the last session,
Will be-
I come the' subject of your deliberations.
"To neutralise the excitement that was produced
in the country in a dangerous form by the pres's of
cueosh gress
s atrrya n s
ions on the bas.3s
to issue a provisional
ordinancethe day,
it
againstof Art. 63 of the Constitution. This ordinance, in: necessary
bill for the •
conjunction with the modification of
some stipulations of the press laws and
criminal
code, will be submitted to you for your constitu-
tional approval.
" The insurrectionary movements having for ob-
ject the re-establishment of the former kingdom of
Poland have threatened the tranquillity of our from -
tier provinces. We may congratulate ourselves'
that the mobilization of troops ordered by me, staff,
the vigorous action adopted by my officials, have
protected Prussia from serious disadvantages. The
German Diet was resolved upon making respected
by means of execution those demands, based upon..
Federal right, with regard to the Duchies of Hol-
stein and Lauenberg, which the Government of his
Majesty the King of Denmark has up to the pre-
sent left unsatisfied, or shall not have satisfied at
the time fixed for the carrying out of the execution,
" The co-operation of Prussian and Austrian mi-
litary forces has been held in view, in case the army
of execution should meet with superior opposition.
Should this be the case, and the employment of ex-
traordinary means be required, my Government
will submit to the Diet the necessary proposals for
that purpose.
" My Government will lay before the Diet com-
munications respecting the course of the negotiation
with regard to the Federal reform initiated by the
Austrian Government. I have never failed to ac-
knowledge the faults of the existing Federal Con-
stitution, but was unable
to consider either the pre-
sent moment or the course adopted as opportune
for its reconstruction. I shall deeply regret, should
the fears expressed by me to my Confederates prove
true, that the weakening of the confidence required
by the Federal arrangements for the fulfilment of
their objects, and the depreciation of the advantages
afforded to the members of the Confederation in,
the present situation of Europe, be the only issue
of attempts at reform which were undertaken with-
out a guarantee of success. This guarantee, however,
can only attend those reforms which secure to the
Prussian State its proper position in Germany by a
just division of influence according to the relation of
power and service.
" To protect this good right of Prussia, and with
it the power and safety of Germany, I consider to• be
my sacred duty.
" Gentlemen,—We stand in an excited time, per-
haps on the brink of a more excited future. I address,
therefore, more urgently to you the request to under-
take the solution of our interior question viith an
earnest will to bring about an understanding. This
object can only be attained if the power of the Royal
Government, indispensable for the Prussian 'Monar-
chy, be maintained unimpaired, and if in the exer-
cise of your Constitutional rights I be supported by
you in the fulfilment of my duties as King.

" MTO have to labour in common for the honour
and welfare of our fatherland. My endeavours are
exclusively devoted to this task,and,with unshaken
confidence in the loyalty of my people, I hope to
perform it in such a manner as to be able to answer
before God."