The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-19

with Great Britain that POWER undertook 10 lenu noI
Meets for the purpose OF carrying the arrangement
into eject. When Denmark was deserted bY Napo-
leon. to whose fortune hers had been attached, she
posed upon her; and by treaty Of peace concluded
at Kiel January IA, 1914 with Sweden, found IL ne
which she owed one Of her crowns For its loss she
wa, ~, however compensated by swedish pomsran.a
changed with Prussia for Lauenburg. Denmark
was also, by treaty with Great Britain. Obliged
to cede Heligoand to England, In exchange
for her West India Islands, and TO take
part In The alliance against France. In the follow
Ing mOath February 81 she also concluded treaty
Of peace with Russia, and on August 20 win Prus
transferred from one sovereign TO another AGAINST
their consent The two crowns or Denmark ana
Norway: which by inheritance had been place. upon
the head OF the sovereign, had been united Tor
above 400 years. The NOrwe3ian5 when tney were
1aas deserted by ~ ae fede
rick, hereditary prince OF Denmark, VINO had been
Governor General or the kingdom under Denmark,
as their king; but the act was denounced by the
Danish monarch who rec ommendcd them to accept
the sovereignty OF the Swedish king. the latter
also, but without avai, offered TO leave TO the nation
the faculty OF ESTABLISHING constitution analogous
to Its wants and promised to keep the FINANCES 0i
the two countries separat sd the allied powe rs
were unsuccessful; and the Norwegans persisting
compenced, in Which Great BritalIi ia opposition
to the liberal view OF many OF n ner people people
Ss re ys nsr nrs s
their way into Norway throuAp the mountain
passes which separate the two countries The con.
closei August Il, 81 the submission Of Norway ana
ths resgnaton Of taelr newly elected kag; On :, DC,
agreed 10 acc pt the King OF sweden % their Sqye-
reign aaa conse qtcd TO the unol Of the two king
do.ls The Terms arranged were, however, very
,soe Ss Of
when these were finally settled the Diet on N0yen-
Ter z, unanimously elected Charles XIII. OF Sweden
another which 1t looked upon as rs natural enemy,
and was compelled TO sub.nit to yoke that was re-
nuiys to stu haug MANY o pasS Hermo1 ea
had no real reason from its subsequent government
to regret its union with tlie Swedish monarchy.
RESTORATION IN HOLLAND.
The Important battle OF Lcipsic, october 49, 1918.
decided the fate OF Holland and Belgium out OF
driven by the allied arm es. On the 18th OF Novcm-
Der following william. Prince OF Orange, son OF the
last Stakeholder Of the United Ne herlan.ls, ar
rived at the Hague where lie was heartily well
coined. He Immediately repaired 10 Amsterdam,
ia which city he was proclaimed Prince Sovereign
the people being unanimously deSirous that The
Siedh0ldership should be changed into q neredita-
ry monarchy. Having FIRST charged men Of cons!d-
GRAFTON" with the preparation Of the constitution
suited to the wants OF the people, the Prince Sove-
reign promulgated it on March 3, 1914, and On the
seth OF the same month took the oath which 1t pre-.
scribod Ihe union OF Holland and Belgium, which
VIC nave stated decided upon in the secret trea
OF Paris was further agreed TO by the plenlpoten-
aries OF the allied Powers in London. IN the month
OF June, and publicly announced at the close OF
July. In advance of the decision being confirmed &c
the coming congress, the LIST OF August 1914, the
ten Beig.c provinces, then usually distinguished by
the name OF The Catholic Netherlands, and which
were among the first c0nquestS OF the French In the
revolutionary war, were professionally united with
the sevel provinces Of Protestant Holland, under
one government, by the name or the Netherlands.
with the newly created sovereign Prince OF Holland
Its ruler Austria noS sorry 10 rid herself of
this Beic territory. as from Its being detached and
far Ill taDt from the rest OF the empire IL had long
been rather o burden than an advantage, and Its
futnrn defence ctt he secured strong
ana expensive line OF fsrtresses When the Con,
gress OF Vienna had confirmed the union
IN IN a letter, dated feorulry %, 1915. to the
Secretary OF State OF Brussels, and Ivy patent,
dated March 1g, assumed the regal title. COM
mistee was then appointed to frame new constitu.
ton for the Kingdom. which they reported on July
10, and on the 18th OF the same month the King
tssueda proclaim alton n0ti ying tle union Of the
united provinces with Belgium On August The
sta es General unan mously accepted the new con-
stltatiOn; aad on September 81 the ceremonial OF
the Inauguration OF the King OF the Netherlands
took pls ICE at Brussels. after which The constitution
was read and the King took the oath "with pccn.
liar energy.n Thus union, however, has not proved
fortunate nor 80 lasting as that between Sweden
ana Norway; ror, after many years. existence In
Belgium or an antagOnstic feeling against the
but tie people OF that section Of The united nation
in 1880 gained their independence.
81 treaty signed at Vienna on May 81, 1913, and
or Paris, tie KING OF the Netherlands received
Luxembarg as an indemnify Tor the principaltes OF
given to Prussia and transferred by that Power to
the Duke OF Nassau 1t was at the same time agreed
that the Grand Duchy of LuXenbarg should form
Of the States OF the German Comic Iteration, and
that the fortress OF Ihat name should belong to the
Confederation.
DUTCH POSSESSIONS cEDED 40 ENGLAND.
On the 18th or August, 1914, an arrangement was
signed by the Prince Regent Of England and the
stipulated that Great Britain should retain the Cape
Of Good Hope, Demerara, Essequibo and Berb;ce,
and That the island OF Java and all the rest OF the
war-namey, Surran, Curacao and ST. L .iStatia-
should be restored to tilem Ceylon, as being coded
to England before the war; renamed in her posses
si0n.
According to a declaration IN the name OF the
allied Powers, signed at Paris Apih rs, 1914, and
ad dressed to the Continental States OF the King of
Sardinia, Piedmont was restored TO the rule That
whence he issued an address to his Itaiian subjects
announcing the recovery OF his rights and as
surfing to them every attention on his part TO
to relieve the people from their exorbitant taxes.
His Majesty entered Turin on The Goth, amid the &C.
elamations Of the people the Duchy Of Savoy.
rangements was added TO France, was also restored
to its ancient sovereign, the King OF Sardinia.
GENOA CEDED TO SARDINIA.
In the month Of April, 1871, Genoa was occupied
by the English, wnen Lord W. Bcntinck issued a
the universal desire of the Genoese nation to return
TO that ancient government under which it enjoyed
liberty, prosperity AMI independence; considering
also that his desire seems to be cCn!ormable to the
principles acknowledged by the high allied Powers
TO restore to al their ancient rights ana privileges
he declared the constitution OF the GeaOese States,
which existed in The year 1897, reestablished; and
accordingly appointed provisional government
upon It's principles. The City continue In the pos
session OF the British troops and under the admins.
tration OF the provisional government TILL Deem
Der, when an Envoy arrived at Turin from the Sar
dinian Minister at the Congress Of Vienna, with the
infor nation that by protocol signed the 14th by
the p'enapoteDiiarles of the Powers composing the
Congress- the cession of Genoa and all the country
la been decis. vey fixed, and that the King OF Sar-
dInia might view them as definitely united to his
States. 1t had been considered III the Congress that
the retention OF the sc paratc existence Of Genoa
world risk the weakening Of the system adopted for
Italy and, consequently, expose Its safety. Thus
another state was transferred to a new master,
without 1t being Imagined that its consent was in
tne teas. necc sary to the validity OF such an act.
venice was, III like manner, io!ncd to the Aust, ian
province of Lombardy ana placed under the doml.
Mon OF the Austrian Emperor, the ancient republic
81 long the mistress o. the AdrIatic was finally ter
minated, and the country BECAME a maritime de-
pendenCy Of tile adjoining empire.
THE POPE.
Tn the general settlement OF Europe after the revo-
luti0nary deuge one Of the most important restora
of al ~