PRUSSIA.
The Berlin correspondent of the •'•' Emaneipa" lion ' us' Brussels ascribes the foliuwinsj speech to the Kiii-j; of Prussia, in reply to a Enssian ofncer who had congratulated iiis Majesty on banner maintained peace in spite of the solicitations of the Western Po••.eis :— "I'es, I have hud the courage to maintain peace, '<vh:ca is of so much importance to Germany ami the whole world : but if Russia displays misplaced exigencies, ami if she thus extends war on the shores of the Baltic, in Italy, ami perhaps elsewhere, I should also have tlie courage to counsel efficaciously the return to order on trie- part of those who should continue t<> disturb it. lam in accord with the Emperor of Austria : I foresaw the disaster of Sebaslopfs], Rmi 1 beiieve that it wo-.sid have been well to have a.-oHJed it. It w-is not whhout mv consent thfU my -ujwisti;)- »as present at the Te Deuni at Paris. After i; ji, when a coansrv sroes to war alone, it must expect aaver-e ibiiuue. Believe me. trie war nj-t-t "a broiigiit, to an end : it is Pull ihne_to c.mr iv a iair arrainreinent. ri"he oppomnii.:y is a uooa one, and we are ready to f.--iciiitate m;itteisi but to-morrow, perhans. it v.-il! 0-3 to., iaie. Oar patience ou»'ht not to be atnised, and 'Jiflicuities ouirht not to be increased. Tins. sir. merits seiious aiieution/'
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Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 345, 20 February 1856, Page 8
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229PRUSSIA. Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 345, 20 February 1856, Page 8
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