Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-09-18
Matters in the Old World.
SECRET TREATY
or The Three Northern Powers

lHe hOlulHS SHloiiIIc h'' "'ss
thrillingly interesting article concern
ing the position Of the Three North
ern Powers in relation to France and
the tendencies Of the present usurpcr'
We here subjoin the article for the
edifcation and profit of our readers !:
alt will be rccollected that few
weeks ago, several journals, both in
Germany and in this country, publish
ed an analysis Of a series of notes
exchanged between the Cabinets of
ST. Petersburg, Vienna, and Berlin,
on the subjeht of the present position
of France, and more especially with
respect to the double eventualiiy of
the establishment of an elective or an
hereditary Empire. The conclusion
to be drawn from these notes was,
that in the event Of the establishment
in France of an elective or personal
Empire, the change being merely
nominal, and the state Of matters re.
manning in reality what it was before,
u. row1ls =, ero ,as ,,f | Enrono - ~, ,,o y
sake o. tne Pcs.o " o ,h";,. ",;, ',aSo S,
acknowledging it as u Government
deJ"cfo pu' '"I. ,.r ~ '"o ~" 'tone ,1;, y. Oh m
attempt 10 es.aol," , psr, an s'i, aI.;,iat :,
Government 'no o"eas ,, iI'. u '.elF
duty as II was arsr ,;,,, .no,, ae'.'".a , .I,a.
non, 10 act a very u'.orvn.,s' ,an ): anu, anu ;"a'
,hey were resIi,tu . 'osea .'s :" po.".. so
Masrans v'"iJ;,oh "hi;" 1,w =" 's A. Lug .ea as ,
member of the House of Bourbon
should exist, the Powers were rcsolv-
ed, if the question of right to the
throne of france should arise, ri not to
tolerate It's being taken. possession of
by n usurper To allew that would
he to inflict n blow ON all the dyuas.
ties of Europe. Such is a resume OF
the numerous notes exchanged be-
tween the Three Northern Powers in
the course of tho months of February,
March and April. In the beginning
Of May it was agreed that these notes
should be made the foundation of
regular treaty between, ,the~twos Em,7
hires and tho King of Prussia, and
accordingly this treaty, which is da'
ted the 2oth OF May 1907 mas been @
signed ralilled ana oScnansco' we
are now enaoloa 70 give an analysis
OF this important document. winch
has not yet appeared In any Journal
This Convention, like the treaty of
the 26lh Of September, 1915, is plac.
cd by the three Soyercipns under tho
most holy and undivided Trinity
Their Maiesties tho Emperor of Aus.
tria, the King of Prussia, and the En-.
peror of Russia, considering:
m, oe r,.,,.o, o.,,s. ;,
n..s',;,ara .g m r;cl, lint in That rs,n,ct
~, "S..s % :. n ;o;st rs,non,;5l;ty oud IN.
,". ."s..; %,o,;,,ar;,c g 5e,mrcu on Evyope.
&c. sn sc ysiats, .D cons;derinr aIso That ms
"" r"n.rJs France tbo House of Bour.
hos es a'n nsrson;f;cs md rcnrc,en,s tho
Iom ,,;,,r,, r;aht anI thnt ,Le nrcscut
i'l 1'e.cI "c ,lat Houso !. III. Cannt do
Tha,nhorJ. %
Tn., ,ho no,,.r oxorr;soJ bv N
1.ou;s a Nano,eon @ Bonanar,e is a power
!" i,'1;. ss.io Which canno, even prop il.
g, sc,S ! Nv with thu pretended RIGHT Of
the Emperor Napoleon. since the lat.
ter voluntarily renounced, by the first
article of tho treaty Of Fontainebleau,
i" for himself, his successors, and de.
scoudants, as we'll as for each. mem.
her of his family, all the rights of sov.
ercicnty and domination, as well over
the French nation and the kingdom of
Italy, as over any other country;
That. according to the rules of in.
ternntional right, tho violation of tho
treaty of Fontainoblcau by the EN-.
peror Napolcan, while it released the
powers from the engagements taken
bv them with respect TO him, did not
release him from his remuneration, for
himself and his descendants, Of the
crown Of France;
1n.. ,,,.oo,or ,,,o worry or;o;n or'
,ho l""., nre.e,t mower Of tho fresiden, Of.