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Penmark into hostilities with Great Britain; his Majesty accppanied this demand with the off§? qf every condition which could tpnd to reconcile, it to the interests and the feelings of ihe C9hr\ pf Denmark., , !• It was Denmark herself to state the terms and stipulations which she might require.1 Tf Pentpark was apprehensive1that the sur- Tender of her fleet would be resented by France as an Act of connivance, his Majesty had prepa­ red a force of such ■ formidable magnitude as must have made concession justifiabje even iu the ^estimation of France, by rendering resistance al­ together unavailing. ' , If Denmark was really prepared to resist tjie demands of France, and to maintain her in-, dependence, his Majesty proffered, his co-opera* tion for her defence— naval, military, and pecu­ niary aid; th® guarantee of her European terri­ tories, and the security and extension of her co­ lonial possessions - , . That the sword has been drawn in the exe­ cution of a servise indispensable to the .safety Qf his Majesty’s dominions, is matter of sincere and painful regret to his'* Majesty. That the stato and circumstances of the world are such as to have required and justified the measures of1 self- preservation ?. to which his Majesty has found, himself lender- the. necessity pf resorting, is a truth which his Majesty deeply deplores, hut for TSfhjeh hg is fn no degree responsible* . .•>

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