CHAPTER VIII

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THE DANISH WAR.

Stagnant Politics--Excitement over the Danish War--Attitude of the Queen--Withdrawal of the Danes from Holstein--Lord Wodehouse’s Mission--The _Quarterly Review_ advocates War--Mr. Disraeli Repudiates a War Policy--Lord Palmerston’s Secret Plans--The Case against Germany--The Queen’s Warnings--Mr. Cobden’s Arguments--Lord Russell’s “Demands”--Palmerston drafts a Warlike Queen’s Speech--The Queen Refuses to Sanction it--Lord Derby Summoned to Osborne--He is Pledged to a Peace Policy--Austria and Prussia in Conflict with the Diet--The Occupation of Sleswig--War at Last--Retreat of the Danes to Düppel--Palmerston’s Protests Answered by German Victories--The Invasion of Jutland--Storming of the Düppel Redoubts--Excitement in London--Garibaldi’s Visit to London--Garibaldi and the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland--Anecdotes of Garibaldi’s Visit--Clarendon’s Visit to Napoleon III.--Expulsion of Garibaldi by Palmerston--Napoleon III. Agrees to Accept the Proposal for a Conference--Triumph of the Queen’s Peace Policy--Palmerston’s Last Struggle--His Ministry Saved by Surrender to Mr. Cobden--The Treaty of Vienna--End of the War 186

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