The King of Denmark has declared that if the treaty
of London is to be thrown over he will not object to the principle of a . . territorial cession, "provided he shall obtain theretly not Only •
peace, but perfect autonomy" for the remaindez of his kingdom, and on condition that the future destiny of the ceded districts should not be fixed without their own coiasent.. The new frontier must be satisfactory in both a military and Commercial point Of view, and must be "fixed by sufficient guarantees." On the other hand, the German -pleuipotentiary, M. von Beust, has declarSd finally that in his mind '1 Schleswig has ceased to form a part of the Danish monarchy," and that if therefore he admits any ques- tion of giving a northern strip of it to Denmark, it is a question of detaching a piece of a foreign country to add to Denmark, which could only -be done by the full consent of the population of the piece thus detached. A more arrogant and even impudent state- ment it is scarcely possible to conceive even from a German. ' The robber steals your property, and when required to restore only a portion of it, owns the plunder, but states that the prima facie title being now in him, he must have special reasons and proofs that he is exercising the grave responsibilities of an owner rightly in part- ing with it again.
