Count von Bismarck is. clearly not going . to. give
up: either Posen or North Schleswig. Of- the.former, he says-that Poland: has done Germany quite as much harm as Germany has dona her, and she shall not have the opportunity again. Moreover, the peasantry of Posen only cry for independence, because they fear for their religion, which is quite safe. The province is part of -Germany, and shall remain such. As to North Schleswig, Austria alone has:a right to demand a plebiscitu.m there, and as she has not asked for it, the time for it has not been fixed. Prussia is not, going to have to take Diippel again. There is not, therefore, much for Denmark to regain, and if she regains any, she must. pay the war expenses at the rate of 71. 108. for every regained subject: All that is very cynical, but it is also very strong,.and will pmbably be considered at the Tuileries to be both. Accord- ing to Napoleon, .France saved North Schleswig: awarding to Von. Bismarck, France has neither art nor part in the matter.
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