The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-01
THE EUROPEAN WAR.
IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENTS BETWEEN
NESSELRODE, THE RUSSIAN MINISTER
AND DROUYN DE L'HUYS, THE FREN q


IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
NESSELRODE, THE RUSSIAN MINISTER
AND DROUYN DE L'HUYs, THE FRENC 4
From the Paris Moniteur, Aug Ill
We place before our readers the reply of the Ca
bines OF st. Petersburg to the demand for the eva
cuaion of the PrinciI alties, which was formulate
by Austria and support d by Prussi The pat CHI
Court OF Vienna to the government of his Imperial
Majesty, has provoked, on the part Of the Minister
OF Foreign Affairs, reply, which We also publish
The communication Of those documents preceded
aid prepared the exchange Of notes which took
place at Vienna on the 9Th inst, fact which we
have already announced.
We res riot ourselves to observe that after TIE ar.
guments employed by Russia to decline (rfpousscr)
the demands of the two great German Powers, the
tenor of the pro,lamations it has addressed to the
Wallachians and MOdavians, the multi .,ied checks
its tIoo have suffered in their retreat and the con-
ceatration Of forces commanded by General Baron
Hess in Pennsylvania and the Bukowina the Cabinet
OF st. Petersburg no longer honorably represent
(ne saurGu p.us ACKNOWLEDGMENT rsp,esentr) the
evacuation OF the Principalities as q concession
made to the diplomacy Of Austria.
DESPATCH OF COUNT NEssELR0DE TO PRINCE GORT-
sCHAsoFT, RUSSIAN ENVOY AT VIENNA.
ST.. PETERSBURG, 1929 June, 1854.
MY PRNCE-Count Esterhazy has communicated
to me the despatch by which his Cabinet reque ,,s
by avoiding to push further our trans.D snubi /
operations, and in eva :uating the PIincipalities
within as sbost delay as possible.
In motif, ing this desire on Austrian ani Germ n
teress whic the extension OF the struggle the
Danube would compromise, Count BaO supports
himself on the ground that our occupation Of che
Prncipalities was the principal cause of the war.
We shall ask bis leave to make some reserves in this
respect.
The occupation Of the Principalities had not pre-
vented the opening and the continuation of the ne.
gotia'ions. It was not 1t which provoked the sban-
DONNIE Mt OF the vienns note, the rejection Of the
propositions made at Olmutx, with the con- urrence
and TIE appreciation Of Austria, no more than the
complete change Of all the anterior bases Of nego
tinuons; and since then all attempts at reconciiia
tion have proved abortive, the Austrian Cabinet
Car lot dsown that 1t aroee from incidents and mo-
yves much more complicated, upon wnich we prefer
remaining silent TO day " avoid disagree able rech
mutations.
We replied by silence to the summons Of Franc.
and England, because 1t was of an offensive nature
Vorre Nsssdntel preceded BY. open provo ,ation,,
and devoid of all condti MS Of reciprocity; aud II
war resulted thefefrom 1t would be just TO impute
the cause thereof less to the nature Of reply than
to the tone and terms which provoked It. ,.s
opinion of the Austrian Govefnme nt tho proo aged
occupation of the Principalites was the motive OF
the war; 1t would result herefrom that by the cessa
ticn OF that occupation the war would cease from
the fact itself, as hostities would be uspenied.
ls II In the power OF the Cabinet Of Vienna to give
us the assuran there,fi DE Cabina de .T,eans
fstu en- nacsWs de nous en- donner fassu' aafe!)
IL canr0t escape It's attention that from tue drst
momeDt that tue Porte declared war to us, cspc
chilly since the circle Of that war transp Htcd be.
ycrc Tn key into our seas and 90 our coasts, has
been txfef ded beyond MEASURE. IN Il the occupation
OF TIE Principa'itits, whatever may hayc bssa It's
origins charas ter, has become nothing else foe Us
but military position, the maintenance aud ao4n.
donoers Of which are, above all things, subordinate
TO stratesicsl considerations II IS clear, Therefore,