Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-11
A suspsnsIOn of HouriIitisu in Denmark.

A SuspenBiOn Of hoatliltleu In DenmRFks
The Auslrians and Pruasisns, after hav-
ing, by their bold assumption Of the lead
srship, in the Denmark war, force The
Danes ont Of both schleswig and Holstsin
and even invaded the north Of Denmark,
have listened to the demands Of the En-
glish government for a conference Of the
Great Powers which is shortly to be held
in London. Measures may be adopted in
this Convention to prevent q European
war but what measures can be adopted,
satisfactory to the German States, and at
the same time consistent with the bold pO-
sitions Of England heretofore, it would be
difficult 10 say. So surely" said the
London Morning Post but few days ago,
as the Germans cross the Elder, so surely
will they array against themselves the
arms Of England"
The Germans crossed the Elder and went
far beyond it, yet Englsnd refused to stand
by the Danes in their attempts to retain
their hold on the two Duchies.
England must yield to the German States,
or plunge into what an English journal
calls the blOOdisst vsgussf, vsstest war
that ever desolsted Europe"
The enthusiasm among the Minor-Ger-
man States in favor of incorporating the
two Duchies into their own body politics,
is irrepressible and must be listened to. 1t
is conjeclured that in the Convention to
be held in London, England will propose
the d" personal union Of the Duchies under
the Danish king and their real union under
the COnfederacy with the removal Of the
offensive Constitution and the free use of
-a-4---'s''Iu iHuKuzRr.. TlIr erzrr-Ir..r Ta<.---
ers might possibly acquiesee in this, while
Denmark is compelled to yield, and thus a
European war be avoided.
It is certainly the part Of wisdom for
England to adopt this method Of getting
out of the difficulty in which she became
involved would be q rash commitment Of
heTselfto the support Of the Danes.
The following protest from the London
Dial, copies Of which we have received,
should be pOndsred BY Englishmen:
Are We never to consider any interests
Of our own people Is the maintenance
Of the November Constitution more
dear to Us than the lives Of thousands Of
Englishmen2 Have we no right to oon-
rs1ar 4ha y,robo HE raorIfa nF .uoh q - -
cur trade and commercs2 Only day or
ago we observed in the papers the expires.
sion Of an opinion from an authority Of |
some note that [" in the event Of 8 mari |
time war the English mercantile marine |
Wsuld be swept from the seas, as English |
merchants would be compelled to put their |
csrgoes into neutral ships" What is to |
prevent any pirates from securing the seas,
with an apparent commission from Trieste, |
or Dantzic, or aRy other port under Aus
trisn or Prussisn domain, and praying up |
on our merohsnt ships ? These, indeed, |
may not seem Weighty considerations to
people who think that Englsnd's mission |
is TO fight in all the battles Of the earth. 1t /
may seem nothing to a spirited editor sit
ting ct home in ease that Englsnd's COM
merce should be rsvsged, English blsod
shed, English homes made desolete. But
the people Of this oonntry are surely calm
and rational enough to compare the risk
snd the object before plunging into q war
in which half Europe will be egsinst US;
, war in which We can, indeed, rely that
1ur enemies will continue enemies to the
sst, but have no assurance that some Of
'ur friends at the outset may not be smong
g. - Al u n Il
hat Denmark is unfairly dealt with, we
yet do not think the maintenance Of 3
'lause in g legislative act which has scarce
y yet been put in force worth the cost Of
European war, in which England should
'lay the lions part as regards the fighting,
md recsive in reward only the exact value
# her own interest in the question-just
lOthisg.