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

I FRENCH DOCUMENTS, CONCLUDED.
: SECOND NOTE OF NJ. KNo3BLsDORFF
10 Tms
MINISTER FOX FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The UndesGgned Envoy Extraordinary and Mi
niaer Pienipo,entiary of his Maeay the King oi
Pruia received yellerday the Note addrelIed tn him
by his E1ccll4ncy the Prince of Bsnevento, Mineer
for Foreign Affairs. II, in this communication, the
Vnderfgned has found again, with extreme iatisfaa-
an, the aaurance formerly given in tire Note OF the
9Th OF September. that his Majey the Emperor and
King would fulfil the engagement which he had made
70 wal, the refait Of the explanations given to M.
De Luceheni and the Gen. Knobesdorff, before TAX
ing any n,eafures relpeSfing the Copttutonai Motif
icaron, which would put all the forces fthe French
Nation the dfpoia of Government he has learned,
with Infinite PAIN that his Majeay fhould have had
any regret thst engagement and thar, III fulfilling
q, he thinks neeeiary order alt the meaures and
ali the movements of troops, which can be taken
without previous notification.
The UuderGgned haien &c reiferate to his FIX.
cellency NJ the Prince of B-nev.nto, the aT',rance
tfnt his N,-jeAy sie King of Prulia, far from
having had idea .ofrenouncing h,relatons Of ami
~, with France, participates in the, reipea all the
fet,iments Of his Imperial and Royal Majefy, ex-
p5efed III the communication which this Note is
anfwer; that far from having enteredn
with the enemies of France, his Pruiau Maelfy ha.
the re eaabGihment of general peace; in fine that
Far from menacing the French armies in Germany by
his ornaments, tefe only took place. in confe9uence
Of the advice received at Berlin, and which was 70
alarming, that il not poiIbr negetf neaiures
of precantio, demanded by prudence for the welfare
of the fate.
"rhe Undersigned is pleafed, in renewing to his
Excelleney the Prince of Benevento the aGurance,
that in taking thefe nieautes his Maeay the King of
Prufia has renowned for Jingle infant, the al
franee of feeling the clouds dfperfed that have been
railrd between him and France and General kno-
besdor periuaded that fueh will be the reult of
the explanations that have taken place. In begging
NJ the Prince Of Beneveno TO make known tn his
N!sjeity the Emperor and King this anfwer TO his
communication, tn. Undersigned has the honour to
renew to his eSceency the aiurance Of his high conf
dsration.
(sssned)
General RNoBELSDoRFF"
Paris, SEPT 90, 1906.
Seroud report addreDc.I to 6is majeRy tie empe-
rSr and hing, by tie mi"jssr Of foreign relnfi-
Is, OS. 6.
"sIRH,
When i'll the report that few days back ] had
The honour addreis your Majeay, eiiabliihed,
that il Pua had any peronal reafons which led her
TO make war, 1t could only be from defre en-
fave Saxony, and the Hanfeatic Towns, wa. far
from perceivng, that (he would ever dare fuch
motive. i, lie nexertheleis AN avowal which Che has
not feared to make, and to express in note that NJ.
de Knobelsdo # has fent from Metz, and which I
have the honour to addrefs your Majefy. Of the
three demands which that note contains the frf and
the third only made to difgue, If it be pofhe,
that real importance may be attached to the fe-
sond.
" trufIa, after having feen with tranquil eye che
French armies in Germany during year, could not
ha ala med ot vhen hprs
were Observation-Disclosures they were difpersed in imall
bodies in diRant .antonments-when, above all, your
MaeGy had iolemnly announced, that they fhould
turn TO France foon the affair of Cattaro the
eauie Of the Proongation Of their Ray in Germa-
ny, fhould be fetted BY agreement with Aunria,
and thas already the order for their return was gil
ven.
!" Pru.iia, who fpfaks Of negotiation 70 fix all
the ntereits i'll gueiion, knows well THAI there is no
point Of interef whatever in gueaon between the
TWO oates the anlicable dcuion which fhould de-
tinitively Ak the fate OF the Abbeys of Ellen and
Werden has not been deferred by any delay of the
French cabinet. The French troops have evacuated
thoie territories which the Grand Duke of Berg had
sauld to be occupied, in the rerfea peruafon that
numerous documents had given him, that they made
part of the dutchy of Cleves and that they were
coniprehenied in the eefion Of that Dutehy.
" Thus the demonds of Prulia, on thefe different
points, and others Of the fame nature, and the pre-
tended grievances when Inc eenNs to indicate, do
cffer the real mind Of the Cabinet of Berlin. IL
dnes reveal it. 1t lets its lecret slcape only,
when il demands that farther obitae!e whatever
nall be made, on the part of France, the formati-
Of the Northern league, W hch hal embrace with
OUT any exception all The States not named on the
Fundamental ata of the Confederation of the Rhine.
" Thus 70 fa;isfy the mott unu0 ambition, Prulla
contents tobreak the bonds that united her France
20 cali dow ne@ oalamites upon the continent, OF
which your MaicfY would with to cicatrize the
tounds aad 70 -:lure the tranquility, TO provoke a
faithful ally. put him under the cruel neeey OF
rtpellng force uy force and to fnatch his
army frr,n 'he repole which he aipires make i,
erjo5, after 10 many istigues and triumphs.
fay ~i,h grief, lole the hope of the ability to
preierpr peace, from the moment it is made to- de
pend uron conditions that equity and honor equally
oppofe--propofed as they in tone and in form.
that the French people endured in time and from
poyeer, and which it lels than endure IN
der your ~aeay's reign.
(signe,D
c. NJ. TALLEYRAND.
Mayenee, oa. 6, 1906"