New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-31
TIE PRUSSIAN EXTRAORDINARY MS
SION At PARIS.

10 regard TO the Emperor's proposed Wait 70 IN,
rimeA. and the reasons whiei have determined
81 extraordinary svoysge; in regard to tbs nature
al the PrussiSn negotiations aud the bssls upon
which Russa desires and is willing - accept .
and 30 little Of fact that fe y statement derived
from . source which cannot be refused the most
lerfect authenticity will Contribute ~ q clearer
understanding Of these questions.
| Gen. Wtdell. the Special Commissioner sent
by Prussia to Paris to treat with the French
Government, was received by the latter visa
certain degree of GOODNESS. A majority OF ths
arty in power 10 Prussia Ia known to feel ~ n
rs,hy for Russia, while the entire country, it my
he ,sid to msn is 10 favor of a strict neutral ty.
His frs. attempts at nsgo,i,tion we're therefore
listened to wiki . degree of suspicion IS n theic
sincerity, which seriously embarrassed him aud
rendered his mission anything bus 40 agreeable
me. On the other hsnd, his synpathes wero
Known at home to be with the Allies, and he WAS
chosen 40 Special Commissioner for this reAson;
hut tas very fact served To render his lsbors
mole embarrassing, FROM the restrictions sud tho
,u'piciors even OF the Russian party, which
self thus exposed TO FIRE ia the front and resr.
and many Misunderstanding have arisen 10 con-
sequence, which have p'otrsct.d the reg Asioas
10 an unexpected Eeugth.
Gen. Wedell WAS not sent to Paris to eater into
sn alliance of any ksnd with the French Govern
nent, nor 10 il the intention of Prussia 70 enter
into On alliance, if che can avoid it, TIE object
cf tha frat 10 sha Ia ..tn
~ which existed for Prsssia to co ne out Of po-
,tion os sttictneutrslity; and, secondly, to en-.
oesvor to find basis for peace negotiations be-
tween the eontendirg psrties into which shs
could enter as party.
In regard to the first proposition, Gen. Wedell
urged that no matter whether the war were long
o. short If Prussia sh ,uld declare in favor OF tho
Allies, she had even thing TO lose and nothing to
gain; that Prussia was now prosperous in her
neutrality; Der people which are thu moss in
teligebt IN Europe, comprehend perfectly their
true position, and appreciate and applsud the ef-
fonts Of their Government in sustshitg that posi-
ton; that in case war were declared aganst
Russs the country with her frontier exposed
and no allied force 10 aid her, would be devastated
10 short time by the Russian Iegious, her army
of 400, eco salsable intelligent citizen soldiers
destroyed, the resources of the country psrsyzed,
and AZ the end of the war no return made for
it, The General assures the French Cabinet
that, If thea had, in the commencement
n srcbed On army Of three or four hundred thou.
sand men to the German frontier, and then said
10 the Germsn States, "CbOOse between US"
Ck.ta. hsv AZ nj CHI m
for friends bec,u.e then they would have bad aid
to project them agsiGst Russia they would have
fsd powerful army TO fall bsck on In case OF
l,ed the war would have been Of comparatively
short duration and the German States would
! hove come out Of the contest without material
osmspe. AZ it is bo viewer, the Allies have ex-
hausted all their Pc Sers, and employed oil their
forces It an inyulnei able point of the Russian
Territory aud at point far removed from the
G,Imsn Sta'es, aud where the latter can
receive DO support whatever in CAGE Of HOSTILE
lies With Russia One has only tolook at the geo
graphical position OF Pfussis and her expo
cure 10 Russian invasion, Ia order TO under
stsnd that under existing circumstances 1t would
be moral imposslbility for her to ally herself
With the Western Powers. Her people see and
know with certainty which does not admit OF
argument that she will have every thing to lose
ard nothing to gain by . desertion Of the policy
which has thus far directed her councils; that
her prosperity, perhaps her very life depends up.
On her clipsDg TO that policy Is is thast that tho
Government Of Prussia, until within eighteen
months unpopular with iss people, has now BE-
come bjQbly popular, and receives the sympathy
and support of the whole country
What DO the Allies propose TO give RUSSIA -
a commentator for Der sacrifice OF the immense
rational prosperity which sbe is now enjoying
Positively nothing except the chance 'na' 81"
may aid in feeuirg the independence Oh .
Power in which she ia only remotely Interested
and the certainty that che will secure mex
own immediate destruction, instead OF de-
structioD in the future. With tho powerlessness
of the Allies to inHics serOusiDjury upon Rasas'
bs exhibited In the Baltic and the Crimesn cam
paRss Prussia fs elst that TO enter into alliance
with thoss Powers would bs n foolish, unne-
ceGsary and gratuitOus signing of her own desth-
warrant; and she is determined ~ resist any such
slaaDce TO the lat. These are the views which
Gen. Wedsll is urging in defesse Of Prassia's
sonduct ia maintaining her neutrality.
The next obstacle which stsads 10 the way Of
ttace 10 the fortrs. Of sevsssepol. So lsns ss
This fortress stands ss ct present all parties arc
tIersSlS well satisffd that there can be no peace
Whom Gen. Vtdeli arrived IN Paris he WAS mss
With The proposition from the Allies-the Sane.
no doubt. being proposed to u. Won Usedcm, az
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