23 APRIL 1864, Page 1
The King of Prussia has informed the people of Rendsburg
that the cause of the Duchies is sacred to him, and he will see " that the blood of his children has not been shed in vain." No blood is ever shed in vain, neither Cain's nor Abel's ; but His Majesty's
meaning is understood to be that all Schleswig must become German,—a meaning confirmed by a circular addressed by Herr von Bismark on 19th March to the members of the Diet. In that circular he says :—"We do not think it compatible with our duties to our own country or Germany to re-establish a state of things which has proved untenable, and may at any fillip require to main- tain it the same or greater sacrifices, without any compensation whatever." In other words, he will none of the arrangement of 1852.
