Actual war between Prussia and Switzerland becomes every week more
improbable, if it is not rendered impossible by the Swiss acceptance of a proposition from France and England. Peace was rendered inevitable by the action of certain German antes following up the initiative of Wurtemberg. They find that the claim of feudal sovereignty derived from a French family, in the person of King Frederick William, is in no respect a German question ; and, like the Deputies of Wurtemberg, they decidedly object to place their lands under the inconveniences of military movements ; the more since Switzerland is a most peaceful neighbour, and might be the most obstinate of belligerents. Even Austria would object ; for although she does not like Republican Switzerland, she likes Prussia less ; and she of all Powers is the one that most dreads conflict between Republicanism and Monarchy just in that part of the Continent.
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