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rur 1,Iprn1II. INTERYIEW Avn sTUTI0ARDT.

ia met al Stutgard the 2Sth ut made each other
spent four days in series OF court
,aents resiews and other ponpous oerenonAs and 'na'
their intercourse was cordial little is known a. 70
bat atteTs were discussed by the two petentaes OF
what resolution If any they have come TO with refer
,uoe 20 their future policy. II would appear, indeed
b. With the exception Of two short private conferences
=, ts villa of the Crown Prince Of WurtembeTg, 10 which
nobody was admitted, Alexander and Napoleon mad no
to deliberate matters OF political import
ace and that the aggressive design imputed TO the auto
rst by the alarnists and the extremely peaceful meas
urea attributed to them by their opmist admirers are
equally unreal far anything has TRANSFERRED In sup
mort Of either opinion The croake proiessed to see in
the meeting between the nephews of the first Alexander
ana The first Napoleon the same motive that Actuated
,bcr peles at Tlsit and Erfurt that Europe was 10
he divided between the autocrat Of the Neya and
The autocnat of the seine--peaceaby, IL the other
nauers submitted in silence but, not, by the com
h,ned hosts of Russia and Of France. The optimists
believed the exact reverse Of this. With the most i'm
plicit reliance Louis Napoeons famous aphorism-
Ep.rs G. 81 Ia psirthey believed that he was resolved
not only TO reconcile all personal differences causes OF
between him and the Gar but also TO lay
the foundations of lasting peace between his brother
soveeigns himself and each other to cause the expen-
ave standing umcs of Europe to be largely reduced
there being no further occasion for their services and 70
establish reconciliation court to hear international ans
putes whose decison should bind the dspuant ana 70
which recourse should always be had instead Of as now
to the arbitrament of arms The tmid fancied th le
English alliance having served its purpose 1t could not
be severed at better time than when Englands men
and means were 30 fully employed in India that the oc-
cason was favorable to avcnge Waterloo and St. Helena
that Austria could be elected from ITALY either for the
prot of Piedmont or another Prince Eugene Beauchar
nsis that Prussia might be compelled TO abandon the
Rhine PROVINCES sthe natural boundaries of France !;
and that the Russian share of the booty should be the
abandonment of her directly or indirectly OF
the Danubian prncpates, and portion Of Turkey in
Europe This together with vague hints as to the
absorption Of Egypt with view to India and the sci
cure by France of the English naval stations in the Med
terranean was the aggressive policy imputed to the
two Emperors.
Both estimates Of the motives which actuated Louis
Napoean and Alexander equally exaggerated and
unreliable 1t is quite unlikely that the monarchs
who hitherto have relied almost solely their arma-
rnents for power both regards their subjects and other
nations should all of sudden disband these armies turn
their swords into ploughshares and inaugurate by
breath new era of universal harmony and brotherhood
as that they entertained the intention like another Atta
to Europe making everything bend to their will
and dividing the spoils between them.
1t natural and consistent with the tact and wisdom
which Louis Napoleon has shown since his advent to
power in France that he should desire to be personally
acquainted with his brother princes particularly those
whose rule like his own is despoc that he may be able
il not to ascertain their designs and sentiments to
ure their mental cbre and know what the character of
the men is with whom he must act in the management Of
the continent Harmonious and accorant may appear
the political systems in France and Russia they not
50 in reality nor can there be very cordial sympa
thy between their rulers The rigid antirevolutonary
principle of divine right which the Cars throne
reposes and the strong revolutionary principle of the
national viii" to which Napoleon boasts that he owes
his crown are antagontc to render any close and
lasting union between the courts of Paris and ST. Peters
burgh possible.
The political acts of Napoleon III do not warrant the
belief that he conempaea any act of treachery towards
England He has been from the first faithful and
dial ally neither seeking her humiliation desiring
profit UNNECESSARILY by any temporary advantage There
have been ponts-the Bolgad and Serpcnts island and
the Moldavan election question, for nstanceon which
he has differed with the English government, yielding
willingly and gracefully in the former he firmly
maintained his ground and gained his point in the latter
His fidelity to the English alliance be trusted, too,
because it is more important to him and his dynastic
bon to preserve than it is to England, and France
has always suffered most whenever she has been ahess
to engagements with her neighbor the channel
The court gosps and their organs who opposed to
Russo-French alliance, do not believe that the haugh
ty and offensive bearing of Russia towards France this
conference at Stuttgard is likely to attract Louis Napo
leon personally towards Russian policy This .haugh-
y and offensive bearing consisted in the apparent disn
cnaton of the Empress Of Russia to meet footing of
equality the Empress of the French whose royalty is not
hereditary but as proceeding from that Of her husband
also attributable the national will appears that
while there was probability of the Empress Eugene
companying her husband to stuttgard the Czarna
too much ndisposed quit Darmstadt and that when
It was sure that the French Empress not coming the
Russian Empress suddenly got WE'LL Joined her husband
course favorable to England and to the disadvantage of
Russia drawn between this conduct and that of ycto
ria whose amiabiity cordality and affection for Euge
ME were most tender. 1t is very unlike Russian dplo-
macy throw away the benefit of good understanding
with France for mere whm, or stupid manifestation
of and much inclined to believe that
the true explanation ofthe Empress Marie Alcxandrownas
conduct would hardly justify the epthets naughty and
offensive" and that Louis Napoleon is not this
count disinclined to intimate relations with the Gar
The prrram Emperor of the French has been received
and greeted by the Gar Of all the Russas and publicly
acknowledged of the kingly fraternity II is said
TO be his design to meet all the other crowned heads in
the way and exact this recognition of himself and
his dynasty. 1t fatters him well the people he
rules; 1t gives him opportunity of making himself
popular and il also affords him the means Of giving
effect to those peaceful intentions which he processes to
entertain. kfE