Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-11
i.YNCHBURc viRGINTAN.
SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST II. 1855.
The uaitsd States and Denmark

The unitsd States and Denmark
The Washington correspondent Of the n. y
Journal of Commerce. says that The following i
the precise state Of the facts respecting the dill
cnlty between the United State- and Denmark
The convention between the unitrd States
and Denmark Of April &c 1896, contains the fol
lowing article:
art g. Neither the vessels Of the United
States nor their cargoes shall. when they pass
the Sound or the Bells. pay higher or o'her dn
ties than those which are or may be paid by 'h'
most favoured haiion.''
Here is really no engagement TO pay anything
But Denmark argues thai II is an 'apfisd engage
,nents to pay whatever the most fayoared nation
pays. 8
Thereupon. tho United States. in order to put
an end even TO implication ofargument upon 'h
subject, have availed themselves of right re
served in the llih article Of the treaty; and have
pisen notice to Denmark, that, at the expiration
Of a year, this Convention and all the proYls'
ions thereof shall altogether eease and deter
mine''
The effec, Of this notice. and consequent OK
piration Of the treaty. will be to set the United
States free from any preiencc OF engagement
and enable US to discuss the question of the Sound
Dues with Denmark upon its merits, IL It hive
any. IS
The London papers are discussing the injus
tics to which commerce is subjected by the I'm
port Of Stated duties by Hanover and of Sound
duties by Denmark The Berlin correspondent
of the Tendon Times Gays.
The Danish government is understood to have
answered the notice Of the speedy lapse OF the
Sound dues treaty given by the President OF the
United States in n long augmentaiive memorial,
apparently to the following effeet:-The Danish
Minister for Foreign Aflairs expresses his regret
that the government at Washington should not
have allowed negotiations of some sort to pre-
olude the decisive step it has taken in the mat
ter, and that in so doing it win cause difficulties
that nigh, otherwise have been avoided. The
short notice allowed TO Denmark does not admit
if her devoting the necessary timet TO this inpor
tant question, more particularly rs at this mo.
ment Denmark is in difficult position, arising
from her neighbors striving to involve her in n
war with Russia. To soquiesee in the American
demands would bring with il the sacrifice OF
thousands of pounds sterling for the benefit OF
other stat, $. who properly speaking bear the
whole burden Of these duties, while America sci
dom contributes more than 5000 year TO them.
Denmark in just at this moment least of all pre-.
pared 10 make such sacrifice this. cannot
help looking on Americas giving this notice at
this time as hard treatment, by no means provo
ked by Denmark for many have been the in,
stances in which the Danish government has re
mitted these dues TO American merchants,
tray to oil right and solely in the hope of pre-,
serving the amicable relations Of the two ooun.
tries undisturbed, Tho Danish government con
siders it impossible to comply with the demand
made within the time allowed by the notice, and
believes that the demand itself will not be look
ed upon fayorahly elsewhere.
The Shipping Gazette adds
There is no doubt that Hanover should bo
made to forego her Stade and Denmark her
Sound dues, since their imposition was from tho
first upjustiiable, and their retention unjust
but at the sumo time we should not. in treating
with these countries for tho remission of tho
tolls which they have long been permitted to
enact, omit TO observe that courtesy in nogoiia
ton which one Independent State has right 10
expect and claim from another.