At the very opening of its new history, "united" Germany
is labouring under two Ministerial crises, at Frankfort and Berlin, At the very opening of its new history, "united" Germany is labouring under two Ministerial crises, at Frankfort and Berlin,
with a third threatened at Vienna. At Frankfort, M. Dahlmann, a bold "bumptious" politician, nice in his theories but rough in his practice, has succeeded in raising an Anti-Danish spirit, which not only took exception to the Schleswig armistice, but signified a decided hostility ; it required the treaty of armistice to be dis- allowed, and the Leiningen Ministry resigned. At Berlin, the Diet revived a resolution imposing a political test on officers serv- ing in the army ; and Auerswald, finding the tide to run against him, resigned. Hearing of the events at Frankfort, the Schleswigers and Holsteiners have taken heart, and are under- stood to be prepared for war. Dahltnann, the conservative and pacific, is tending towards war with an alacrity that seems to alarm even himself'. Berlin is without a government.
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