The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-01
THE EUROPEAN WAR.
IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
NESSELRODE, THE RUSSIAN MINISTER
AND DROUYN DE LHUYS, THE FRENCf
MINISTER.

IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
| NESSELRODE, THE RUSSIAN MINISTER
AND nR0uYN DE LHUYs, THE FRENCH
from the Paris Monitcur, Aug Ill
We place before our readers the reply of the Ca
bnes OF st. Petersburg to the demand for tce eva.
custion OF the PrDcil aities, which was formulated
by Austria and support ID by Prussia. The ch
OF Count Nesselrode, transmitted Off tally by the
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 Sth inst, fact which we
have already announced.
We res riot ourselves to observe that after TIE ar
guments employed by Russia to decline (rtpousser)
the demands Of the two great German Powers, tue
tenor Of the pro Carnations 1t has addressed to the
Walachisns and Moldavians, the multi Jlied checks
ceatration Of forces commanded by General Blron
Hess in Pennsylvania and the Buk0wina, the Cabinet
OF e. Petersburg can no longer honoraby represent
(ns saurotf p.us ACKNOWLEDGMENT rsp,6sente) the
evacuation OF the Principalities as q concession
made to the diplomacy Of Austria.
DESPATCH or COUNT NEssELRopE TO PRINCE Gogr-
sCHASorr, RUSSIAN ENVOY AT VIENNA.
ST.. PErEKsBURs, 1929 June, 1854.
My PRNCE-Count EsterhaZy has communicated
to me the despatch by which bis Cabinet reque is
us (novs sngnge) TO put term to the actual crisis
by avoiding 10 push further our traneD lnubi /
operations, aud in eva uating the Piincipalities
"
In m yfif, ing this desire on Austrian AMI Germ a
II teresfs whic the extension Of the struggle on the
Danube would compromise, Count Baoi supports
himself on the ground that our occupation Of the
Principslties was the principal cause Of the war.
We shall ask bis leave to make some reserves in this
respect.
The occupati IN Of the Principalites had not pre-.
vented the opening and the continuation OF the ne
gotissons. II was not 1t which provoked the aban-
DONNIE Mt OF the Vienna note, the rejection OF the
propositions made at Olmutz, with the con, urence
and ire appreciation Of Austria, no more than the
tstions and If since then Gil attempts at rcconcita
ton have proved abortive, the Austrian Cabinet
car bot disown that II aroee from incidents and m D
tives much more complicated upon wnich we prefer
remaining silent TO day " avoid dsagreeable rech.
mutations.
We replied By silence TO the summons Of France
and England, because il was Of an offensive nature
Oorre tsssdnfe) preceded by open provo ,ations,
aud devoid OF all condit sns OF reciprocity; aud II
war resulted tbeicffom, IL would be just 70 impute
the thereof less to the nature Of reply than
TO the tone and terms which provoked II.
opinion Of the Austrian Government, the prolonged
occup stion Of the Principaties was the motive OF
the war IL would result therefom that by the
ticn OF that occupation the war would cea:e from
TIE fact itself ~ hoetili,lss woali be genisd.
II In the power OF the Cabinet Of yienns to give
us the assuran shereifi (Te Cabinet de sEieBnt
esfu IN rc.ws de nous On donntr Fassu'aace,)
II cscrot eecapc its attention that from tue irst
moment that tne Porte declared war 70 us. cspe.
ci ly since the circle Of that var transp wted be
ycrc Tn key into our seas and 90 our COSTS, has
been txsei ded heyoni MEASURE N Il the occupation
Of zoe PrIacipssiiisa, Whatever may Hayc bssa lie
origin al character has become nothing else fo< us
bit military position, the maintenance aud aosn,
donue en-, of which are above all thiugs subcrdoate
70 ssratesicG considerations Il Is clear, theretoc,