RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 905, 26 December 1871, Page 3

RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA.

The correspondent of the " Pall Mall Gazette at St. Petersburg says : —" There seems to be something wrong about the relations between the Russian Court and that of Berlin. First, the proposed meeting of the two Emperors at Ems did not take place; and now it seems settled that the Emperor William will not come to St. Petersburg for the autumn manieuvres, though his arrival was looked forward to as a certainty. There is unusual bustle, too, in military quarters. On his return from Norway the Czarewitcb went straight to the camp without calling at the palace ; the military manoeuvres have already begun, and will be more extensive and prolonged thrn was at first intended. But the most evident sign of a coolness towards Prussia is the re appearance of anti-Prussian articles in the Russian Press. Last December, as I wrote to you at the time, the chief censor announced to the editors of all the Russian newspapers that it was the will of the Czar that all attacks on Prussia in the Press sbould cease. The order was faithfully obeyed, and even some journals which had formerly been declared adversaries of Prussia, went so far as to publish articles setting forth the advantages of a Russo-Prussian alliance. Directly the Czar returned from his German tour all this was changed. The " Goloss," which is known to be inspired by General Milutyn, the Minister of War, openly declares that |the policy of Prussia is dangerous to the very existence of the Russian Empire, i The events of the !ast ten years, 1 it says \ prove that during the whole of that time Prussia has had one leading principle of action, that of securing an ally before a War, and breaking the alliance as soon as it is victorious. In 1862 she entered into an eternal alliance with Austria against Denmark, and in 1866 she concluded a similar alliance with Italy against Austria. In 1870 she made friends with Russia, and now that she has gained a victory which she owes almost entirely to Russia's conservative policy, she is endeavouring to form an alliance with Austria against us. .. > . . Will not Europe at length understand the dangers which proceed from such a policy ? Is it not time to form a league of mutual security against such machinations V