Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part III

[Extracts.]

Mr. Pike to Mr. Seward

No. 120.]

United States Legation, The Hague, January 20, 1864.

Sir: * * * * * * *

The war clouds thicken. England seems disposed to side with Austria and Prussia on the German and Danish question, while France appears to aim to make friends of the smaller German powers, who do not at all agree with the two dominant states of the German Confederation.

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A new minister to take the place of Mr. Van der Maeson has not yet been found.

I have the honor to be, with great respect, your most obedient servant,

JAMES S. PIKE.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, &c., &c., &c.