30 DECEMBER 1966, Page 10

Cbe %pectator

December 29, 1866

Count von Bismarck made rather an impor- tant speech in the Berlin Chamber on the 21st inst. The subject was Schleswig-Holstein, and the Premier admitted that he accepted the plebiscitum for North Schleswig only to avoid the risk of war with France. He thought himself that the vague wording of the clause about Schleswig "allowed Prussia a certain latitude in carrying it out," and she would "so act that the plebiscitum should be the uninfluenced and final judgment of the people," in other words, will see that the vote is not for reunion to Denmark.