Bülow, Carl Ernst Johan BREV TIL: Rosenørn-Lehn, Otto Ditlev FRA: Bülow, Carl Ernst Johan (1875-06-03)

General Bülow, Gesandt i London, til Udenrigsminister Baron Rosenørn-Lehn.
London, 3. Juni 1875.

... 2. Jeg havde den Ære igaar aftes at modtage Deres Excellences confidentielle Meddelelse No. 4 af 31. Mai med de interessante og for os maaskee heldigt lovende Oplysninger om Hans Majestæt Kong Oscar II’s Reise. I Anledning af denne troer jeg at burde henlede Opmærksomheden paa vedlagte Correspondanceartikel fra Kjøbenhavn, som den 1. ds. offentliggjordes i Pall Mall Avis. ²⁾I Artiklen hedder det om det svenske Kongepars Afrejse: »Outside the .station a large crowd had collected, but with the exception of the cheers raised by a Swedish deputation which was present, the reception was decidedly cool. When, after the departure of the King and Queen of Sweden, the King and the Royal family drowe away, the cheers, however, broke out lustily — a somewhat significant demonstration. « Ved Fakkeltoget til Kong Oscars Ære »the mob hooted at the King of Sweden, and even raised other seditious cries, while the small detachment of hussars, which was present to keep the circulation open, were attacked with stones, and some of the horses were wounded with knife-cuts. . . . Altogether I fear that the impression which I got personally, and which my telegrams have conveyed to you, that the reception of the King of Sweden had been very warm, is not altogether correct Not being ubiquitous, I could only judge of what I saw and heard in the immediate neighbourhood of the King, but from what I hear his reception by the crowd in the streets was not very favourable. Among the public generally, in the speeches made by the King of Sweden, he is thought, to use Shakespeare’s words, to have »protested indeed too much«.« Den i Artiklen bragte Berigtigelse om den svensk-norske Konges smukke og sympathetiske Modtagelse hos os, har som naturligt vakt endeel s. 378Sensation her. Der kan naturligviis ikke være Tale om at denne Udtalelse skulde have væsentlig Vægt hos Nogen eller faa mindste Indflydelse paa den fornuftige Dom, om Besøgets og Modtagelsens Natur; men jeg har troet at burde fremhæve Artiklen for at gjøre opmærksom paa vedkommende Correspondents tilsyneladende for Norden uvenlige og i høi Grad taktløse Virksomhed.

J. Bülow

Depeche Nr. 18, modtaget 7. Juni 1875.