The New York herald., 1864-04-05

the War I'm Europe-The Danes success
fully Resisting tho Germans.
We. bave four days later advices from Eu
rope, They give us the important intelligence
Of the failure Of the Germans to take Frede
ricia. town Of North Jutland The Dane,
were intrenched In that strong position, Frede
ricia Is situated at the entrance Of the Little
Belt. In this fortified city. termed tbe
''Maiden City" Of Denmark, they were be-
sieged by the Germans; but our latest news
from the seat Of war, dated the 25th ult, con,
vey the announcement that the allied In
vadcrs had abandoned the siege. The Danes
inspired by their success, are increasing the
strength Of their defences That the Allies have
felt the effect Of their non-success Is evinced
from the fact that rumors Of peaceful nature
have gained ground. 1t ia asserted that the
Germans are willing to adhere to a conference
but that the Danes, as before, refuse unless
they can obtain an armstice. The refusal is
based on the assumption that reliance upon
the result Of tte,conference mgbttend to lessen
their defensive powers.
In London and Paris belief that peaceful
solution OF this affair was probable seemed to
be gaining ground. The money markets in
both these cities were more animated, which
fact proves that the peace rumors were not
without some foundation. Be that as it may,
the results ofa prolonged resistance on the part
OF the Danes would surely tend to peace. The
Germans have, up to last accounts, been success
full; but now that the key Of the Danish de-
fences is attacked the Germans fail Finding
the work before them more difficult than they
were led to believe, the Allies will all the more
readily agree to terms which may settle the
question. 1t is not improbable that the Danes
may thus obtain the desired armistice, and that
diplomacy may yet settle the Holsten imbror.
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The English government, which, of course,
feels how ignominously it stands before Eu-
rope on this question, will do all in it's power
10 obtainlrom the Germans an ADHESION to
conference The latter were willing to be rep
resented at such meeting from the first but
refused to suspend fighting during its delbera-
tions. Now that on land and sea they have
been repulsed, they may think better of this,
and grant the armistice. This would give
England a chance to take leading position in
the affair, and her people might be duped into
the idea that the prestige of Great Britain is
still great. France will only act in the matter
when Napoleon sees that his interests are at
stake. 1t is more than probable that he would
prefer that the fighting should 60 en-, that he
might seize the moment to extend his frontier;
but peace in Europe is desirable at this mo-
ment. lest the warlike feeling should spread
and become unmanageable; and Napoleon is
well aware that whenever he chooses be can
find pretext Tor war with Germany so that
the Rhenish provinces may be seized by him.
Knowing this Napoleon like England, would
doubtless urge upon the Germans peaceful
termination Of this Holstein guardian event
which would not surprise us should the Ger
mans meet with more defeats Much anxiety
will he felt now as regards the result Of the
renewed attacks made by the Allies on the key
Of the Danish-Scheswig as we'll as The Jutland
deiences.