DENMARK AND GERMANY.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 84, 10 May 1879, Page 2

DENMARK AND GERMANY.

Although no one could doubt that tho marriage of the Princess Thvrs and Ui« Duke of Cumberland wm devoid of any political Hignitioanoe whatover, it wm nevertheless at onoe feared hire thai Prussia might seize thin oooaaion to iwoew it attaclu on Denmark, and those lean have unfortunately turned out to be only too well founded. Simultaneous with

fte eitireJ of the Puke ol[Cumberland, the fete Prussian Miii*e*.M. von Heydepoint*! tothey P** .*> StuUgardt, -ft toother with I!* entire Legatation. thin entering at one* a tmjit protest against the maniage of the claimant to th* C*mi of Hanover with the daughter of the King of Deumark, tint, although a new ICIiUUr, Baron von Magnus, had been nominated to the port as Minister at Copenhagen, he ha. not yet arnved, and tie Court of Berlin has during the taut couple of months practically not been itnwW »t Copenhagen. This demonstration wia already i:. itself suthcient to create considerable attention, hut it was generally hoped that the Prussian Government would soon « convinced of the fact, that nobody in Denmark dreamt of encouraging the Duke in any agitation against Prussia; in fact, it was even generally hoped that he would profit by this occasion to abdicate his Claims to the Crown of Hanover and come to an arrangement with Prussia. This, however, the Duke has refused to do up to the present time, and, as it was evident that the Prussian Government had taken offence at the intended marriage everything was done to give the ceremony as private character as possible. It was,' however, found impossible to refuse the Duke permission to ask a few of the friends from Hanover to assist at his wedding, and in consequence about half-a dozen Hanoverian gentlemen, who had been in intimate relations with the late King and the Royal family, arrived here, andrhaving been presented by the Duke to the King, wore naturally invited on several occasion* to .jo n the private family circle of the Royal family. At this the Prussian Government took again great offence, and the officious Xorddeutsche Allegenieine Zeitung printed some evidently inspired articles, in whirl), in language which never else is used in civilized countries when speak ng of an in■depeudent Sovereign, the King was told in peremptory language that lie was n » to invito persons to his table who were objectionable to tho Prussian Gon eninent.

The Danish press, and, I may My, rh<! Danish people, naturally tco s • ... up, and maintained the perl-'- • o the King to ask to his private 1 • he liked and up to this poim ti . doubt whatever that not even .:*■■- est reason had been given justit) 1. . •. Prussian Goveniinent in its complaints against Denmark. Unfortunatelv, however, the Minister for Foreign Affairs in vited these gentlemen to an official ban quet at the Foreign Office, together with the members of the Corps Diplomatique, thus to a certain extent giving the Prussian Government some cause to complain; and the officious Prussian organ instantly complained of Denmark having broken the rules of international courtesy by inviting " Ouclph agitators to an official banquet, thus exposing the Prussian Government." That Baron Rosenora-Lehn did not act with common prudence when he invited these Hanoverian gentlemen cannot be and is not denied; but to charge the Finish Government on this account with favouring :- Guelph conspiracies" is to make an e! phant out of au ant.

It is stated that the question which had arisen between Denmark and Germany, through the reception of the Guelph deputation at the Duke of Cumberland's wedding, has beeu settled by the Danish Minister, Herr von Quaode, giving the Imperial Government the most emphatic assurances of the friendly sentiments and pacific policy of the Danish Cabinet.