[Duchy of Holstein.] No. 221.-TREATY OF PEACE between the King of Prussia, in his own name and in the name of the Germanic Confederation, on the one part, and Denmark on the other part. Signed at Berlin, 2nd July, 1850.* 4. Exercise of Authority for the Pacification of Holstein. 5. Appointment of Boundary Commissioners. 6. Ratifications. Secret Article. Prussia to take part in Negotiations regulating the Order of Succession in Denmark. Note Explanatory of the words "pourra réclamer" in Article IV. (Translation as laid before Parliament.†) His Majesty the King of Prussia, in his own name and in the name of the Germanic Confederation on the one part, and His Majesty the King of Denmark on the other part, animated by the desire to re-establish between the said Confederation and Denmark the peace and good understanding which was interrupted by the Differences relating to the Duchies of Schleswig and of Holstein, have for that purpose named and authorised as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: His Majesty the King of Prussia, Charles George Louis Guido d'Usedom, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See, and to the Courts of Tuscany, Parma, and Modena, &c.; His Majesty the King of Denmark, Frederick Baron Pechlin, his Chamberlain and Privy Councillor, &c.; Holger Christian de Reedtz, his Chamberlain, &c.; And Anthony William de Scheel, Doctor in Law, AuditorGeneral of his Army, &c.; The above-named Plenipotentiaries, with the concurrence of * A Protocol relative to the Evacuation of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg was signed on the same day. See also Protocols of 4th July and 2nd August, 1850, and note page 1143. † For French version, see "State Papers," vol. xxxviii, p. 99. [Duchy of Holstein.] the Earl of Westmorland, a Peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Lieutenant-General in Her Britannic Majesty's Army, Colonel of the 56th Regiment of the Line, &c., one of Her Britannic Majesty's Privy Council, and her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Prussia, as Representative of the Mediating Power, after having exchanged their respective Full Powers, found to be in good form, have agreed upon the following Articles : Peace and Friendship. ART. I. There shall be for the future Peace, Friendship, and good understanding between Denmark and the Germanic Confederation. The greatest attention shall be devoted by both Parties to the maintenance of the harmony so happily re-established, and they will carefully avoid everything which may disturb it. Renewal of Treaties. ART. II. All the Treaties and Conventions concluded between Denmark and the Germanic Confederation are by the present Treaty re-established. Reservation of Rights. ART. III. The High Contracting Parties reserve to themselves all the Rights which reciprocally belonged to them before the War. Exercise of Authority for the Pacification of Holstein. ART. IV. After the conclusion of the present Treaty, His Majesty the King of Denmark, Duke of Holstein, in conformity with the Federal law, may claim [pourra réclamer]* the Intervention of the Germanic Confederation, to re-establish the exercise of his Legitimate Authority in Holstein, communicating at the same time his intentions with respect to the Pacification of the Country. If upon this application the Confederation should not consider it to be its duty to interfere for the time, or if its Intervention should prove to be inefficacious, His Danish Majesty shall be at liberty to extend Military measures to Holstein, and to employ an armed force for that purpose. * See Explanatory Note, page 1132. [Duchy of Holstein.] Appointment of Boundary Commissioners. ART. V. Within 6 months after the signature of the present Treaty, His Majesty the King of Denmark and the Germanic Confederation shall name Commissioners to determine, according to the documents and other proofs relative to the subject, the Boundary between those States of His Danish Majesty not comprised in the Germanic Confederation and those which belong thereto. Ratifications. ART. VI. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications* shall be exchanged at Berlin within 3 weeks, or sooner, if possible. In witness whereof the Minister of the Mediating Power and the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty, and have affixed thereto their Seals. Done at Berlin, 2nd July, 1850. (L.S.) WESTMORLAND. (L.S.) F. PECHLIN. (L.S.) H. C. REEDTZ. (L.S.) USEDOM. (L.S.) A. W. SCHEEL. (Translation.) SECRET ARTICLE. Prussia to take part in Negotiations regulating the order of Succession in Denmark. His Majesty the King of Prussia engages to take part in the Negotiations which His Majesty the King of Denmark will initiate for regulating the Order of Succession in the States united under the Sceptre of His Danish Majesty.* The present Secret Article shall be ratified at the same time as the Protocol of this day, and the Ratifications thereof shall be simultaneously exchanged. Done at Berlin, 2nd July, 1850. (L.S.) USEDOM. (L.S.) WESTMORLAND. (L.S.) F. PECHLIN. (L.S.) II. C. REEDTZ. (L.S.) A. W. SCHEEL. * See Treaty between Great Britain, Austria, &c., and Denmark, of 8th May, 1852. [Duchy of Holstein.] NOTE EXPLANATORY OF THE WORDS The British Minister at Berlin to the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs. M. LE BARON, Berlin, 4th July, 1850. I HAVE received from Baron de Pechlin, in his name and in the name of his colleagues, the assurance that he has only considered the words "pourra réclamer" substituted for the words "réclamera," in Article IV of the Treaty of Peace between the German Confederation and Denmark, signed on the 2nd instant, as authorising the King of Denmark to endeavour by conciliatory means to re-establish peaceable relations with the Duchy of Holstein, without the Intervention of the Confederation. If his efforts should be unsuccessful, Baron de Pechlin recognises the obligation of the King, contracted by the Treaty, to apply to the Confederation, before having recourse to any Military measures to restore the exercise of his authority in that Duchy. It is only in case the Intervention so claimed was not acceded to, or should prove ineffective, that the King would be authorised to employ his Military means for that purpose. Baron Schleinitz. I avail, &c., WESTMORLAND. [Integrity of Danish Monarchy.] No. 222.-PROTOCOL of Conference between Great Britain, Austria, Denmark, France, Russia, and Sweden and Norway, relative to the Integrity of the Danish Monarchy. London, 4th July, 1850.*. (Translation.†) PRESENT: The Chargé d'Affaires of Austria; the Minister of Denmark; the Ambassador of France; Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Minister of Russia; and the Minister of Sweden and Norway. Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs explained the proposition made to the Representatives assembled at the Foreign Office, to agree to the signature of the project of Protocol, herewith annexed, which he read. He explained the circumstances which prevented the Prussian Minister attending the Conferences. He then invited the Representatives assembled to inform him whether the Instruction of their Governments allowed them to proceed at once to the signature of the above-mentioned Act. The Austrian Chargé d'Affaires declared that, for the want of the necessary Instructions, he considered himself obliged to refer to his Court, to which he would hasten to submit the Proposal, as well as the Project which had just been officially communicated to him. The Danish Minister, in announcing that he was authorised to sign the proposed Protocol, expressed, in the name of his Court, the satisfaction which it feels to find therein proofs of interest, the value of which it could not fail to appreciate. The French Ambassador and the Russian and Swedish Ministers declared themselves ready to sign the Protocol which had been read to them, as being of a nature fully to respond to the intentions of their Governments, in the common interest of the preservation of Peace and European equilibrium. Convinced that the Court of Berlin is animated by the same feelings, the Representatives of Denmark, France, Russia, and Sweden and Norway, reserved to Her Britannic Majesty's Prin * See Treaty between Great Britain, Austria, &c., and Denmark, of 8th May, 1852. For French version, see "State Papers," vol. xlii, p. 845. |