The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-30
The Sound Dues.
OPINIONS OF THE FRENCH PRESS.

OPINIONS OF THE FRENCH PRESS.
From the Pays, Nov. IT.
Denmark, with view TO solve the DIM nifty relative to
the Sound Dues aud perhaps ia the hope of
around It's special interests part Of the Europeaa States
terests to conference the day for which now far
distant Viii this measure, the efficacy Of which the
leao to dehpiiv- solutious We doubt it.
The fundamental difficulties If the question are created
oy the attitude OF the United States. The different
msrc,a Powers have In general shown themselves DIS
posed TO reply to the appeal Denmark but the
ment OF the Union appears resolved not 10 listen any
coneatory proposition. We are assured that 1t has
piled to the project Of conference only by affirming
It's determination 10 consider all lhe existing treaties
OF no value and to enter without payment Of the toll
the waters Of the Baltic, the year sets in
What aggIavates this resolution il the fact that 1t
seems to conceal the part the United States another
object than the principle OF the liberty OF The which
Is the pTetext for it, the material interests Of
American commerce..
The right EVIDENTLY against the United States. An
mmemoral possession dates back the urnople of the
SOUND dues lar beyond the treaty OF 1926 concluded
tween the American Union ana Denmark. That treaty
itself was acknowledgement aud conversation of it.
There Is no TO- denying to-day prncple which
The Union itself admitted neatly thirty years ago.
10 ,he pecynitly int est O. the United States IN the
poncence from Copenhagen proves how small ard insig
ndcant il is In three years the American paid
lime the great European states have each paid toll the
amount Of nearly 200 900 francs.
In the Sound question: In many Others the govern
ment the nted States only seeks an opportunity OF
defnitvey mixing itself up with the affairs OF Europe
and OF originating confc. on which itseelns strangely
We strongly suspect it Of wishing to procure at any
price, as ant nas, island in the Baltic, it has
often Il led to acquire cpe In the Nee terranean.
The policy Of the Uni6n, Greeted for many years
wards the invasion Of the whole Of the New
VERDI now casts back longing eye towd the Old C,nt
nnt All those lost children Of ancient Europe who have
Quilted their native soil under the pressure Of misfortune
with the ambi ion OF enriching themselves be-
their countries. The 60 ahead, energstically
pronounced by Brother Jnsthan Is longer addressed
70 he vast prairies ard the virgin forests Of America
throws Gown tt gauntlet to ancient civilization and Rn
ropean nationalies every time that opportunity
ours this tendency bstrays itseHths policy makes iel
eyicent
We shall have later TO enter deeply ioto the
sequences OF such system, and the couplcatio to
selves to show the fact Of its existence IL Is not how
ever dangerous it would wish appear Our readers
may have seen yesterday IN our columns the cari,u
tary marine Of the Union taken from ofiuisl
document. Power which has only to second It's
those in rather a ricketty sts'e, does rot menace
with large risks the safety Of other nations. This
elements which fanaica parties in the United States
'oent and keep up against Europe will sooner or later
subside before the of the real strength
their country and the common sense Of governuents
and Of OF serious impulses IL will be only another
ilust, alton OF the proverb Much Ado About Nothing
But this vapoing not the less regreta de- and it Is to
the which it exercises he Cabinet at Wash
ington that must attribute the attitude taken by
America on the subject Of the Sound dues,
However this may be- the absten,ion of the United
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conference Russia and the Western Powers, render
almost impossible, at least officially, solution of the
question propounded by Denmark to the different
States interested
This state Of things Is very much to be lamened We
should be glad to terminate amcably serious
diff Guilty, and we are convinced that to such a CON
clusion neither obstacles opposition will be
offered by France.
What we do foreaee in any case is that in the CONVEX
sations which III default of the official conference will
take place at Copenhagen, tbs question will b.
treated as essentially European one be-
cause It involves the situation and fate Of European
State the navigation Of an internal Of Europe and
the interests OF the majority of the grea nations Of the
European States 10 regulate the question important
to their interests to the peis with which the
cesses of ambition menace this particular ground the
repose and equilibrium Ut European society.
From the Constitutional, Nov 2.
Unfortunately in this world the simplest Ideas al
ways encountered by a multitude of considerations and
interests, those which have the most difficulty in
making their and the rather brutal
effort of the United States TO cat the rdan knot Of the
Sound question: this eternal subject Of dispute will
become more involved than If 1t s true that Den.
mark crosses herself exclusive to the Powers possessing
tie coasts Of the Baltic-Russa Prussia sweden Neck
nbuig and LutecfaId hopes by their aid alone
nitrate her differences with the United States The fol-
Lowing is the Information which have lately received
Up 10 The present tine the Sound dues have always
been levied At the nou q The strait For this pun
ships obliged 70 anchor before Krora berg This
operation Is not performed without peril to the chip
Without prejudice 10 the Of the cargo. There
exists in the strait rapid current which strains greatly
vessels at anchor. The al chorage is the difficult
from the fact that the passage of tire Sound is
always encountered with vessels which rapidly succeed
each other On The Other hand the regulation of the
accounts, and the documents be pas through the
custom house, occasion loss of time which greatly de-
changes during this delay, and una vorable.
The voyage prolonged the captain arrives too late
his destination nd The calculations OF the of the
cargo are entirely defeated.
denmark desires to make sessions these points
70 the Just representations of commerce. According
I'D nd hv air
anchorage, and payment Of the toll in the strait She
would transport her receiving officers to the
nothing to pay during the passage of the sound but
all merchandise dsembarked in any Of the Baltic ports
would be liable to the Danish government for toll on
this same passage, and the captains would be held
bound to acqut these dues In the hands Of the agents
when Denmark would keep on the spot. In the same
ports 10 cross the Strait would have to pay the toll to
the same agents.
these statements are correct they afford fresh oc-
cason for us to admire the diplomatic skin which has
never ceased to be employed by the Danish in
considerable portion of the revenues the Kingdom
secondary State surrounded by Powers of The order
which all have an interest ia the suppress of this i'm
post she has eded for long series OF years. with
consummate address, in preventing them from coming
any understanding on the subject This not the first tim
that she has been menaced in the tranqu
these tolls Prussia her neighbor, has been
the last to cry out against them and England has also
made her powerful voice heard but Denmark the
dit IL her diplomacy has always drawn the toll and
sound from the claws of these great States
The United States sill probably get nothing more out
CT the matter than the pleasure Of making a noise
frankly We do not regret IT. for this YANKEE
falling on delicate question which touches thousand
different interests aud OF cutting IN rough without
suung any one, Is not amongst those which like b.
see succeed sucha mode Of proceeding would spoil the
best cause
Another Meeting sf thc irish Emigrant Aid
Society az Newark.
From the Newark Mercury Nov. 2Sl
The IRISH EmigTant Aid Society held another meeting
last evening at Liberty Hall in SOUTH Canal street Some
three or Your hundred persons present. and the po
ceecngs characte ized throughout by great enhu
.iasm The meeting being organized, Capt. Lyons, OF
New York, wss introduced by the chairman, and pro-
ceeded to 81 eak al length, expsning the Objects Of III
organization counseling union and harmony, Is, He