The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-17

ae sre! the interior os Frante. Already the Johs-
nails OF his capita indulge ,henielves in language
agaanh Pruiiia, OF which iovereign, fueh as the
King, can defpse the infamy but which does not the
intention ard the error Of the Government that fur
tered II. the danger grows every day. tits nece!-
larry to be heard at once, or be heard no more.
Two powers Who et,cem each other, and who fear
each other than they able, without eear-
'ng to etlesm thenelves, have need to 80 abou,
70 explain themfelves. France will not he eis rony
Toy being ,uit, and Pruia has other ambition than
her independence and the fecurty of Allies. In the
actual petition Of affairs both one and the other would
rix every thing in protraing this uncertainty The
undergned has received orders in eonequence to de-
clare that the King expects with jutice iron, his In,-
peral MaisRy,
l. That the whole of the French troops which are
called by no lair preteucc into Germany, fhou i'm
mediately repafs the Rhine without exception Begin
Mug their march the very day that the King ex-
peas the anfwer of the Emperor, and continue i:
without hating for this immediate and complete re.
treat Is the only pledge of ieeurty that the King can
receive at the point to which affairs have been
| brought
g That no obRacle lhall he rai(ed on the part oil
France TO the formation Of the league of the North
wheh mail include, without any exception, all the
Rates not named in the fundamental at of tine cone-
Iteration of the Rhine
| g. That negociation ihall be Immediately opeu-
~, w Oh all the points
in dPute, and that for Prufa its preliminary BATS
| hall be, the feparation of Weie from the French
Empire and the reoecupation Of the three Abbies BY
| the P'ulIian troops.
the infant chat his Majeay is afIured that this
BATS is accepted, he will refume that attitude which
he has quilted with regret, and will become to
France that frank and peaceable neghbor who for 70
many years has een, without eaoufy, the glory of
brave people, for whole PROPERTY he has been anxi
ous But the intelligence of the march of the French
troops comPels his Mae0y to afcertaiu Immediately
what he is to do. The Undersigned is charged to in
hit on an immediate anfwer, which at all events
mutt reach his maJely's headquarters by the sth of
October; his Maeay Aill hoping that it will arrive
there time enough, that the unexpected andrapid pro-
greis OF events, and the prefence of the troop.
ihould not put either party under the necefii,y
of providing for his fafe,y.
he undersigned is particularly nifrutfed to de-
clare, in the mof foemn manner that pesee Is tbe
iincere with Of his Maey and thai he only requires
that which can contribute to make il permanent,
The eaufe of his approximations, the claims which he
had tor another ccnexion, from France are unfoIded
IN the letter OF his najety to the Emperor, and are
calculated TO obtain from that monarch the lal per
mament pledge of new order of things.
The Undersigned embraces thi, opportunity to re-
new to the Prince of Benevento the afGrances of
his high confederation.
Paris, Oa. |, 1896.
(sigued)
KNOBELSDORFF
The Senate referred the communication TO fpeci.
| GUS Comnlifion.