The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-06-11
MISCELLANEOUS



The r s,;an army, without comprising the
corps dissemnt ted in Finland and in the Go
vernment Of Ortnhurg. is composed Cf about
$4,000 men, including the reserve, estlmlcd
at $50, 600 II is sufficient TO carefully observe
the distribution Of this army in the different go
yernmcnts, to bcconvinced that the Emperor has
not an absoue cunfdence in the dispositions of
part of his nobility and subjects. Imposing
military forces have been concentrated on scVe-
raj points, and we believe that it would be i'm
prudent to weaken these places in case OF war.
Therefore, unless the Russian army were dou-
bled, we do not well sec how the Emperor OF
Russia could direct an invasion on France, par
tculary if he refused to leave detenccIess the
great number of vulnerable points which disqu-
ct him in time of peace. But TO increase the ar
my appears TO us thing impossible for two rea-
sons; the first we have Just stated; it takes IFS
origin in the sentiments of the nobility; the Sc
cond lies in the situation of the finances OF the
empire. Since the Russian debt was consolida-
ted i'm 1917. the Government has successfully
contracted IL new loans. Recently, also, an
ukase was published in the 50. Petersburg Ga
zette, throwing open to foreigners loan OF 4l,-
O00,0O0f. 1t has never been possible to effect
single loan in Russia That of 1920 was con-
tracted for by Messrs. Bring g. Co., of Lon
don; that of 1922, by Messrs. de Rothschid
those of 1928, 90, 81, 80, and 1910, by the firm
of Hope, of Amsterdam those of lS42 and lS43,
were negotiated in foreign countries by the Rus
sian house of Stegtz g. Go. The writer's on
statistics most in favor Of Russia allow that the
receipts of the Empire are constantly below The
expenses, and the annual deficit is estimated al
50,000,000 or 10000. BY adding up the amour
of loans, and by joining TO that sum the assign
ants and bills and notes of various sorts thrown
into circulation under variety of names, the fl
CURES of the annual deficiency is arrived at with
tOerable precision continental war would
sinGuiarly inure Russian credit in foreign coun.
tries: and the London and Amsterdam firms
would think Of the matter twice before they
again undertook similar negotiations The war
like monaTch would therefore be reduced TO the
internal resources Of his empire. There loans
are utterly impossible, and tie experiments made
In 1917 and 1918 under the name of voluntary
loans clearly prove what would be the fate o
such attempts if made agtin. Since that peri
cd, in fact foreigners have always been applied
to, because II has been impossible TO realize il
the empire itself the smallest loan, and il ha
been necessary to create in several urgent cir
cumstances bills of credit, of which the valu,
became rapidly depreciated The public reve
nue. Of Russia does not reach beyond $4,000,
O0Of. A war would inevitably reduce it, ant
the numerous monopolies and regal dutie
which furnish a part fthe receipts, would no
undoubtedly work any longer with the same re
guIarity. The customs which at present brinI
in about l0O,O0O,OO0f would no longer offer tn
same revenue, once that a war would have trou
bled maritime commerce. Russia herself woul
be little able 10 protect this commerce, for he
feet, although numerous enough, is insufficient