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1. “The powers will not enter into the
neutralization of Sweden.
2. “But if, contrary to expectation, they
did, the safety of the country would
gain nothing by it.
3. “On the contrary, our independence
would be diminished by a guaranteed
neutrality.
4. “Without lessening our military burdens
for defence.
5. “The proposition is untimely.”
With regard to the first objection, viz., that
the powers would not enter upon Sweden’s
neutralization, it appears to me that
circumstances of great weight imply the contrary.
We may be quite sure that the powers will
first and foremost consult their own interests.
Scandinavia may be certainly regarded as
specially valuable as a base of military
operations to any of the great Baltic and Western
States. But it would be quite a matter of
consideration, whether these powers would not
gain more by the reciprocal security of being all
alike cut off from this base, than by the doubtful
advantage of being possibly able to reckon upon
Scandinavia as an ally.
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