The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-01-15
Probability of a Foreign War.
From the Aibany Evening Journal.

"The Schleswlg- Hols.ein question is
assuming alarming proportions Iii va
~ evident that if the agitation is not
speedily arrested by the soothing minis'ra-
ton ofa1,ernal diplomacy, it will result in
open rapture indeed it is reported that
the Federal troops have already invaded
the di.nu'ed terri,ory-a movement which
the King Of Denmark hss declared he
would consider equiva,en. TO a declaration
! Of wsr.
The precise nature Of this controversy
is not We suspect, generally understood.
The Duchiss Of Schleswig and Hos'ein
form the southernmost limit Of the Dan
ish possessions They are indeed essen
TALLY German, both a. regards geographic
cal position and the character. language
and sympashies of the people They were
annexed to Denmark long time ago. but
socisIy they have never been united to
her. In 1S4S thew revnIed against the
| Dani-i rule. bu. were conquered and have
remained in a condition of doubtful loyal-
| & ever since
THE accession of Prince Christian to
the Danish throne has, however, brought
The question O. their future status TO q di>
rect issus The late King having died
without issue, King Christian has. in the
regular course Of succession no claim to
the rnIership of the DucEie.. The leqiti
mate ruler would be Prince Frederick,
| Dusn Augus'enher9 who is the nearest
relation to the late King Of Denmark =
. ! Rnt -. 4
his right Of sovereignty and waived his
claims. receiving therefore .nuc brihe Of
ste, 600 a treaty w>s made in 1852
which was asssnted 20 BY Austria and
Prussia, and ratified by nearly all the
Great Powers Of Europe, by which Prince
Frederick was excluded from the success
sion. and Prince Christian vas constituted
aelr-on the failure Of the ROYAL reicnin Q
ine-to all the Danish possessions. The
ground upon which this exclusion of Dnka
Frederick was based WAS because he had
sided with the Revolutionists in the upris
ing in 4
"Now, however, in spite efths express
treaty stipulaien-in spite of The fact that
he received large sum for relinouishnp
his birth right-he sets I'd the claim TO
the rn'ership Of the Duchies based upon
bis hereditary rights In this he IS sup
ported by the people Of the Dnchi4s, whu
have always chafed andyr he Danish yoke
and who protest against being ruled bv
the creature of = mere treaty r. is also
energoticalIy supported by the Dnrhias OF
SAKE. Coburg Baden, and several Of the
mino' German States; while he is secret
ly egged or by Prussia and Austria.
The Duchies u"quos,ionaIly belong,
morally, 10 Germany but politically, thew
belong to Denmark The claim of King
Chris'isn. is perfectly valid. The terms Of
the treaty are explicit Frederick has
forfeited al right BY suffering himself to
be bought off The bargain may have
been rsscslly one; the tresty itself m sy
he an outrage upon justice; but there it
stands. And it must be respected We
do not see thst the King of Denmark ha.
any choice but to enforce his rights-and
enforce them, il necessary, at the point ot
the bayonet
J his is another instance Of the mi.
chief resulting from the utermeddlinp BY
the Crest Powers in the affairs of their
weaker neighbors Had they left the con-
'roversy of '4S to be settled by the cor.
tes'ants themselves the present, complica
tons might, doubtless, have been avoided
AS ii Is. the affair OF these petty Ducbie.
may embroil all Enrona in war"