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A neutralized Scandinavia would be a
Switzerland among the seas; a breakwater in
the way between England and France on the
one side, and Russia and Germany on the
other. In case of a war between these great
powers it would now be of considerable
moment for any of them to get the powers
along the coasts of the Sound and the Belts,
upon its side. And how difficult it would be
for the latter to preserve their neutrality during
such a war, must be evident to everybody.
So the interests are seen to be equally great
on all sides. It may therefore be deemed
prudent to establish, in time, a permanent neutrality
of the powers along the coast. Here, according
to my view, lies a great problem for the foreign
secretaries of the united kingdoms and
Denmark.
My reason for speaking here of neutralizing
the whole of Scandinavia is, that I am
convinced that the brother-nations take entirely
the same view as the Swedish. With respect
to the general interests of European peace, the
neutralization of Scandinavia would be more
important than that of Switzerland and
Belgium, because the interests of the great
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