RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 884, 7 November 1871, Page 3

RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

(Prom " The Times.") The " Patrie" states upon information received from St Petersburg that the Russian Government has of late evinced the greatest anxiety to complete the re-organization of the army and the conversion of its armaments. Large orders for guns and mitrailleuses and projectiles have been given in England, America, and Belgium. Some orders have also been given to manufactories in the French departments, but in all cases stipulation has been made for speedy delivery. Moreover, work is carried on day and night in arsenals and dockyards at St Petersburg, Cronstadt, and NicolaiefF. The Emperor makes frequent visits to the Camp at Tsarskoe-Selo, and on one of those visits, on the 12th of August, he was accompanied by General Le Flo, the French Ambassador. The same paper mentions a rumour that Prince Bismark contemplates the withdrawal from France of the entire occupying force, and observes that its satisfaction at such a proceeding is qualified by the belief that it proceeds from a desire to prepare for renewed warfare. The cadres of regiments are being filled up, arms are being perfected or transformed, and stores arc being provided to an unexampled extent. These preparations, however, the " Patrie" believes, are in no way directed against France, but are intended to inflict upon Russia, a similar humiliation to that which France has been recently subjected to. Among other reasons for attacking Russia, Prince Bismarck is credited with a desire to check the socialistic movement among the workclasses of Germany ; and with that view, as well as for the satisfaction of a national desire to attain European supremacy, the Paris journalist expects that Prussia's preparation for assailing Russia will bo complete within the space of a few months.