The German Diet has this week voted, by a small
majority, that unless Denmark conceded its demands within three days, federal execution should issue in Holstein. The troops have received their orders, and the Austrian corps of reserve is to start on the 15th inst. The votes in the Diet have not been published, nor the substance of its demands, which, however, must refer to Schleswig, as the King has withdrawn the patent interfering with the autonomy of Holstein. The Courts of Prussia and Austria approve the execu- tion, and have demanded extra " credits " from their Parliaments _ for the purpose of carrying it out, and Count Rechberg affirms. with Herr von Bismark, that the Treaty of 1852 was only signed upon conditions not yet fulfilled. This view, which looks very like a subterfuge, is resisted by the British Cabinet, but Lord Wodehouse has been despatched to Copenhagen to try and keep the peace. He is a really efficient man, and may succeed ; but Gotha is organizing regular regiments of volunteers to assert Prince Frederick's claim to Schleswig, and the rash vote of the Diet may ye lead to a sudden collision. . On the whole, considering that any accident, such as a Danish sentry firing on a German soldier, wouldput all Germany in a flame, the chances lean, we fear, slightly towards war.
