264° ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
tual declaration of his serene high- 
ness the hereditary. prince of Ho- 
henlohe, commander i 
his majesty’s troops, destined to 
observe the line of demarcation, 
proves, that his majesty is inclined 
to set no other bounds to his noble 
endeavours, but such as the senti- 
ments of his co-states shall please 
to trace out. His highness, the 
commander in chief, is ready to 
draw that cordon on the line of de- 
marcation; and for its safety, re- 
specting which the annexed sup- 
plement contains a full explana- 
tion, The undersigned envoy of 
his majesty is now come to the 
point of requiring a definitive de- 
claration of the circle of Franco- 
nia ; whether or not it be intended, 
on the part of the circle, to make 
use of the king’s generous offers ? 
To provide afterwards farther for 
the said cordon for the troops of 
which, who will find their’ own 
rovisions, nothing but quarters 
will be required, though the safety 
of the territories of the states be 
nheir sole destination. ‘The open, 
enerous, and magnanimous, plain, 
‘and disinterested manner, if which ° 
his majesty marks his conduét, even 
‘ gn this case, will surely be every 
where answered by the sentiment 
of its full value and by thankful. 
ness, as it is in other respects su- 
perior to each and all equivocation. 
"The experience which the circle 
has hitherto had of the king’s pa- 
triotism, of his attachment to the 
constitution of the empire and the 
circle, of his care for the tranquil- 
lity of his co-states and their ter- 
ritories, the dangers which threaten 
these in the vicissitudes of the oc- 
currences of the war, and the du- 
ties for the safety of their posses- 
sions and, subjects, may now dictate 
in- chief. of + 
to the circle and its states their de. 
cision. ‘Lhe urgent ‘relations of 
the time, and the measures which 
depend on it, render it unavoid- 
able, to expect peremptorily, and 
once for all, the said definitive de- 
claration inclusively till the 7th 
instant. His, mgjesty is far from 
forcing the effet of his efforts for 
the welfare of Germany, and his 
protection upon the circle ; but 
his majesty owes it to the sacri. 
fices and lubours, which he till now 
continued, for the prosperity of 
Germany-—his majesty owes it to 
his dignity, to make himself in a 
moment sure of the sentiments of 
the circle. Should the circle of 
Franconia, contrary to the sense of 
its letter of the 13th of May,, ad- 
dressed to his majesty, not deem it 
proper to make use, in the social 
union, to which his majesty him- 
self belongs, of the measures pro- 
posed for its safety, or to declare 
itself positively upon it within the ~ 
said period, his majesty must re- 
nounce,. with regret, 
for his own territories, and to that 
protection which his majesty has 
hitherto granted to those states 
who cluimed it by name, and not 
deny it to those who may yet claim 
it, till the expiration of the above- 
mentioned period. Then it will 
no longer depend, upon his majesty 
to alter any of the measures taken 
for that purpose; his majesty will 
see its cordial interest, if the circle 
of Franconia, against all events, 
will find means in another manner 
to provide for its own tranquillity 
and safety, and fgr that of its de- 
pendants. 2's 9) salle use 
But his majesty could then no 
farther, singly or whoily, take any 
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the execu-. 
tion of his patriotic intentions, and 
confine-himself to measures of safety 
oe if 
