Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-02-08
LATER FROM EUROPE.
TIE soHLEswIa HoLsTIIN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IN.
MINENT-rHE ALEXANDRA CASE, &e, 10.


Denmark the withdrawal of the November Oons-i.
tuon," upon the penalty OF their occupation Of Schles
wig and tha. Denmark lad absolutely rejected this
utimatum in consequences o! which the ENJOYS cfthose
powers left Copenhagen on the lsti ut. The Az tro-
P.ussan troops then proceeded to occupS Sehes'ig,
and coma ct OF arms teened inevitable, when icccrd.
Jog 10 the latest report Denmark ndm,ed al in ten
ton to suspend the obnoxious constitution The com
mncement of hostilities which might have precpated
general European war, was thereby postponed. The
following artcl, from the L. ndon Times, of 2lst ult,
prt sents the latest aspects Of the controveisy.
THE scHLEswiG HoLsrEIE oUEsrIos.
It may be useful to remind our readers OF ths CT
position OF sfairs at the i.ical which is pre-
sened TO them in this morni 60 kilograms. Toe w-ole
hangs upon the peculiar position OF Austria and Prussia
with respGc. to Germany on the ore hand and the other
great powers Of Europe the other The or gn1 dis
pute between Germany aud Denmark was simply ques
ton of the obseryanc, of certain mutual rig in Ho
stein, and tie federal Diet little While ago, decided
upon reasonable grounds TO enforce these lights by
aa execution. Sax IN and Hanoyerian troops ac-
cord ngy tered the Dlchy to replace for time Da-
njsh by federal administra ion. Bas meanwhile reTo-
lutiOnary impulse seized the mlss OF the German ns-
on to 90 yond tits maintenance of their ftde-
,al rights and to wrench Hosleiu, and its neighborng
Duchy Schlesw &, from the Danish crown, and erCc
them into q German principally under the Prince
of Augu Jtenburg. The minor German governments
were unable to EN- the tide OF this vide impulse, and
gave them elves up IFS Slxony aud Hanover
ware amo the most prominent in IN line OF action,
and their troops son appeared almost in the character
of an army of revolution. The Austrian aud Prusian
q Jyrrnments, wi more strength and self-command,
Wers able to zee that srch course would almost inev
i,aby bling about collision with the other Powers Of
Europe with wnom in 1882 distinct treaty had been
msd TO prevent any srcl prtiton OF the Danish ter
rory as vas clamored for Idsr euch circumstance,
the fret course Of action Itch would suggest itself
would be to withdraw from any share in operat OILS
VIII ch had been perverted and TO avoid any c'mpi.
city in the incorporate scion OF their al es. Bus
a course impossible fer two II asons-hrs, became
the other German g6vernmeb tshad throHn themselves
20 wildly into the movement that to leave the matter
la their hands would have been to abandon the ren5
10 those who plurgng headloDg into war,
and would almost inevitably drag the whole of Eu7ore
after them; and next because 10 forsake the
@ use of Shleswig and Hol5tein would have been 10
d sociae themselves violently from the conddenc, of
their G. rman subjects. The only other alternative was
TO take matters into their hands, aud Sd to mt
age the armed debate With ,1mark not 10 infringe
international Law, aud so 10 avoid az ar a, poss lie,
any occasion for foreign in difference and consequent
European war. This they have now 6ole, and tie
an Iouncement ia kilograms this mosniIg prove 10
be true that tho Sdroas and HanoUeridns are TO be
uthdrai0a from their positions ia Holstsn TO attow
free passage to the Aastro-F rssians t would appear
that the minor governments at least, see the necessity
deQuitsciRg IN their supsrsession Toe Austrian aud
u5ian governments have thus taken upon themselves
the responsibility of asserting, and il necessary Of en-
forcing The demands of Germany, and they nave lost
no time in doing So Oh Saturday they sent summons
to DenmaIk requiring her to withdraw the late cousti-
tuition, by which, in contravertion, as they think, Of
stinct pledges to themselves steps have been taken
towards the ncorpora ion of the Duchy of S,hleswig
in Denmark proper, and towards its separation from
Hosten. Ia the event of reiunl it was, OF course,
implied that the dem,nd would be enforced BY
arms, and an Austro.Prusan forcs wss set in
motion to be ready for such an eventually. Ony
two days we're given for complancs With ibis sum
mons, and the time expired on Monday night without
Denmark having made any overtureJ OF fuomis-
sion to the dema1d. Ever since Msndiy evening"
therefore hosities might have comm need at any mo
ment ard there every reason TO expect that they
would Austria and Pru STA bad made demand, the
refusal of which they were under pledge TO invade
Schleswig-a pedg whc1 they could break without
oing all hold upon their German subjects. ID -nmak
on tha. other Eand had in Difference the advice of
her allies Withdrawn from Hostein being federal ter
rtory, but had concentrated her forces behind the
boundary which separates Holslen from Scheswg and
had announced that she would under crcum stances
A:os German Fodies 10 cross the Elder The cut
BIZ ak Of hosti les thervf FORE only wait.d uLtl The
Austrian and Prussan troops could be brought up to
the Elder and the Invasion Of Scheswig might have
been already commenced and resisted, and columns
this morning might have contained the telegraph an
nJunc Of the first shot haVsg been fred In III
critical moment trust there is good ound for e-
pot which has reached us that Danish goyerpmei
have at the eleventh hour, made conc,lla,ory eifr
and entered into some sort of obligation, as yet OF
cou S. informal TO suspend the obnoxious constitution.
If such an Offer has really been made, IL Viu for the