New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-22
THE NORTH OF EUROPE.

THE NORTH OF ECKOPE.
After tie conclusion of the treaty Of Deem
Der 2, the attitude Of Prussia and the North OF
Europe toward the new Aues must naturally
attract a great share of public and diplomatic
attention. Sweden and Denmark are vehement
y besieged by the belligerent diplomats, each
party attempting 10 bring those two powers over
to its interests. Undoubtedly the final dechion
of Prussia will influence that Of these two North
ern Governments, bat to the present moment no
one at Paris or London seems to believe that
Prsssia will take any decisive step toward JOIN
ing the Allies, and abandoning the ground of a
decided neutrality The Euro 2eau journal, con-
tsin the Js,t note Of Baron ManteUlfe, the
PrufsaD Premier and Secretary of Foreign AZ
fairs, to his ENJOYS in London and Paris, but the
tone of this note is clcudy, ambiguous and re-
served in the extreme. Az we SAID months ago,
Prussia has made positive gain by her neutral
ity, while all the contecdipg powers have been
losers and therefore che intouds 10 persevereinit
The reports concerning the attitude Of the
Courts of Copenhagen aud Stockholm are more
contradictory. Some French and English jour-
nails ss well as their Vienna correspondents, as
sure US that the new Cabinet of Copenhagen has
made demonstration toward the Western al
haDce The same 10 supposed TO have been done
by King Oscar, Of Sweden, and in some quar-
tiers ssnepine expectations are entertained Of
joint Scandinavian attack on Russia. Ia such
case, FINLAND would become the thester of the
war. As long however, as Prussia shall preserve
her neutrality, we 60 not believe that either
Denmark or Sweden will become entangled in
contest with Russia. During the past year it has
more than once been most positively asserted that
Sweden was TO join the Allies. Sill not only has
nothing of the sort occurred but it is positive
fact that the King of Sweden fatty refused to
yield to the entreaties of France and England.
II is true that at the Diet Of Frankfort when the
additional article TO the Convention of April %,
between Au,tra and Prussia, was presented for
tho acceptance Of the German FederatiOn-the
representative of Denmark, voting for Holsten
and Lsuenburg, acceded to the article; but this
vote was given on the same ground as that Of
Prussia; that is, with a view to defending Ger
nan interests and accelerating the eventual con-
cusiOn Of peace.
The new Cabinet in Copenhagen seems, for
the present, to maintain the same foreign policy
as was followed by its predecessor, aud to DO this
in common with Sweden. The correspondence Of
the Ind,perd enes Beige. which is generally very
impartial and very well-informed, states that the
personal decision Of the two scandinavian Kings
on this point is precisely the same. Both are
decided to persevere in the policy which they
have folio we'd since the beginning Of the Eastern
complication. It is ssid that the King of Den
mark declared this to be his positive will to his
newly formed Cabinet, and that the Premier,
Mr. de Scheel Plessen, formerly Danish Minister
at Stockholm accepted his new post, under the
condition of not changing or modifying the for
eign policy Of Denmark, and that this was agreed
by tie other members. The Danish ENJOYS a.
foreign courts have been instructed to announce
this decision Of their Goyerbmen. to all other
powers.
strict armed neutrality for TIE coming cam.
psien Of 1885, suppOsing peace not to be made at
Vienna will be, therefore the scandinavian policy
This policy is not only favored by the Courts butts
strongly supported by the Industrial and CONNER
eial clssse, Sweden and Denmark found this
policy profitable during the last year in the s,me
way ss Prsssa, End for tho same reasons An
ardent but ~ rericslly small and uninnuen'isl
party h Swtd- D aud Denmark, has sought, though
hitherto inefFectua''y, TO inassoce public opinion
against the position 'aken BY NE respective Gov
srrmeuts-but this ps has never hal a maj 'ri-
ty either in the Legi'latu'e or among the popular
masses Of either country.