The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-07-25
No. s.-.Wote from Count de CAamhagny
10 Count de Nietseraich.
"PlR1s. March 10 1909.

TO Count de D3etferaich.
"PARIs, March 10. 1909.
The Undersigned, minister for foreig
I affairs. HAS give anaccount to has majesty tn
Emperor, his master, Of the communicable
which was made to him, by his excellency
Count de Metternich. upon the return q
Count de Mier, and of the determinatio,
which the cabinet of Vienna has taken t,
place its armies upon awar footing.
The Emperor Napoleon has been affiitt
ed at this determination. The armament
OF Austria, the unfriendly conduct of its mi
mister at Constantinople and in Bosnia, the
writings against France, circulated profu,e
iy throughout the monarchy, inducing hi:
majesty to believe, that the English were
not without influence at Vienna, determined
him to stop, on the Meurthe and Saone, the
march of those divisions destined for Bou
ioSne, Bress and TouloD. His majesty at
the same time instructed the Princes of the
Confederation of. the Rhine, TO hold their
troops in.readiness. at all events, that they
miyirt, 1t necessary, re unite them, and be
i'll condition. if he should fail, 20 rcpel e.
very aggressor. -. .',st
"But, after the declaration of NJ. Met
ternich, his majesty has given orders, 20
| the troops posted in the interior of France,
to proceed to the Rhine, to watch over the
| safety of his allies and coHfederates and,
| that the troops of those states should, with
out delay. De placed on the war establish
ment. Thus armies will he opposed to ar
mics. The commencement of the tistur-
bance, the thrcatsand the armamcnts, will
be made by Austria. II is for her to say
when they shall cease. Asno differenceex
lists between the two courts, and AS the trca-
ty. which was followed by the evacuation of
braunau by the French army, affords. no
point tor dispute between the two powers,
his majesty hasno idea Of what is desired
or what is pretended: but, on. his part, he
wishes TO See Europe in the enjoyment of Sc
curity and peace, and his own people reap
| ing the fruits of the ECONOMY that would
SUCCEED that evert. The undersigned, is
charged to state those wishes to NJ Meter
nich.
"Hc requests his Exccllency. &c.
(Signed) "CHAMPAGNY."
No. 9.-.Note from Count l1etfernich TO
Count de Chamhagny.
paris. March 10, 1909
"'The undersigned, ambassador of his
majesty the Emperor of Austria, Yesterday
received the note, which his excellency, the
minister for foreign affairs, did him the ho-
nor to send him, dated the 10th of this
month.
"On the s1st of January last, his excel
lency, the minister for foreign affairs, COM
municated to the undersigned a dispatch
from his royal highness. the Vice Roy of tia
y. containing complaints on two distinct
the difficulty which a French officer eXpe,
renced i'll remaining at Trieste. He the
next day sent Count de Mier to Vienna.
The cagerness with which he communica-
ted those complaints to the Court of Vienna,
furnishes new evidence, to the cabinet of
he lori, IF tha e
his august master, to maintain with his ma
jesty, the Emperor of the French, the most
amicabe relations, and of his earnest wish
to avoid, by every means in his power, gi.
wing the slightest cause for interrupting the
good understanding between the two Courts.
"a knowledge of the well-tried princi-
plies of the Emperor, his master, the fact no
less certain that, since the treaty which was
followed by the evacuation of Braunau, there
existed no subject for dispute between the
two powers, induced the undersigned conf
dentially to represent, on many occasions,
since the month of January last, to his ex-
cellency, the minister for foreign affairs, the
surprise excited at Vienna, by the order
transmitted at that time to the Princes of
the Confederation of the Rhine, to hold their
contingents ready for marching few days
after a requisition for that purpose should
be made. The undersigned strengthened
ms arguments, by remarks upon the great
inquietude and uncertainty respecting the
relations between the two courts, created by
the French news papers, and by the Ger
nan Gazettes published in the states of the
Rhehish Confederation. On the 9TH of ia
Duary, he had the honor to inform his excel
lency, that OH the 29th January, Uhe day
on which a courier was dispatched to him
from Vienna, no movement had been made
in the Austrian empire, although the prepa-
ratory advice, relative to the measures to
be taken by the Confederation of the Rhine,
issued by the Er. peror of the French. had
| come to the knowledge of his court. He re-
peated, at the same time, his own conviction.
| that the new measures taken in France and
| in Germany, and above all, the march of
French troops towards Bavaria, Ga circum.
stance not fore zen at the time of the depar-
ture Of the courier,) would end in determin-
ling the Emperor to protect his people by
| taking some defensive measures.
Count de Mier returned TO Paris on the
| list Of March. He brought an order to the
undersigned ambassador of his majesty, the
Emperor of Austria, to inform his eXcellen-
cy, the minister of foreign affairs, that his
imperial majesty. always anxious to main
tain, with the court of France, the best rela
/ tions, had instantly ordered an enquiry res