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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/C/9/80
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell
Date	20 January 1851
Writer	Victoria, Queen
Addressee	Russell, John, Lord
Description	Queen Victoria writes that the Schleswig Holstein question has arrived at a new stage. We can only take one of two positions. Either we are no longer mediators and ought to et matters alone and allow Austria and Prussia to settle with Denmark: or we consider ourselves still as mediators; in which case we must persevere with impartiality. Colonel Hodges' despatches are violently anti-Danish and contain nothing but gossip and insinuations that are mischievous. They should not be made the basis of representations to Austria and Prussia. Nor can we demand an entire abandonment of Schleswig and disarming of Holstein, without making it contingent on Denmark's reduction of forces and a declaration of her future intentions.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
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