The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-04-16
rFor The nispa,ch.I
IF0r Tue LIlSpatCH.I
Not Prussia, but France, TO BIO the Aisy
Of x,usssa I'm her Efforts TO Conquer
Europe--The Former 10 be asnens tno

| since tue close oil VIC y IauSo-n Iu's J.,
| that Russia and Prussia would unite nr's..
for the purpose OF carrying out liner ...s ; ne
s;uns upon the Eastern continent. Ihls i,"-
nrcss;on GREW. I have no doubt, out OF tue
friendly relations that have existed Dct"ee.
tho two Powers for many years paSl, al'm
particularly Russia's friendship for fTus russ.
during the late war, and the very coinpn,
mentary congratulations and visits tnaI nav
nossed between them since. MANY lu nc
lions might be produced to SHOW tnat .n;s
..ons ..,;e nos very general, and that p!ausi-
XII 'Lp roasons existed for believingit. RUSSIA
Now &c che anpcars to be doing now, LOT Tue
- ~ ynnface-yround. court Prussia 5 CO
nmor.,;on. but rs soon rs she gains hef
,n;nts she will shake her oil ana .cSpouse
| the cause of France, her enemy.
The Baltic provinces-Colriand, 1.-Two
min and Esthonia-arc and will continue TO
he 4 bone OF contention, which VIII utterly
nrcycni permanent union between tnem.
w. Hcpworth Dixon, In CaSSepS nagd,,
zine, writing upon this subject, says: " W III
the Baltic question burn into quarrel ana
the quarrel lead into an actual war-a war
between the two chief military empires OF
the earth? ;. Are these mighty armies
likely to decide by bayonet-thrusts ana
storms of shot ana shell which form OF civil
hfe-Muscovte or Teutonic-sllali in future
flourish on the Baltic coast2 Thousands OF
Germans think they may, and millions OF
Russians think they must. Ihe
cause OF conflict lies too deep for speeches
20 remove. It lies in what is called the na-
ture OF things-iu history, in race, in
growth, in law. in language, and IN frame
OF mind.
"I tell YOU how that matter stands OK,
claims an ardent leader of the National
Marty on the Russian side, as we smoke oul
evening spapers' in the luxurious Englisf
Club nj Moscow. I'VE are acting In ON
own right, and we shall fight for what We
have been doing in the Baltic while we have
a rouble and rifle left. Those countries
are our own; the people who inhabit them
are OF a kindred stock. The WendS anu
Let's are two Schlayonic tribes. we sc
TO help them in their agony. They recog'
uize us as their long-lost brethren. Berlin
complains that we arc RussianlZIng Russia
Well. Berlin is right for once; we mean &c
Pusslanze our frontier districts, and pear
the blessings of our national Church 70
every province Which obeys our flag
Nj. Dixon then gives the German view
s.:This Baltic question: says Iefce
Teutonic scholar, with the bronze OF nc
tual war upon his cheek, Is p!rh'
in" at our hearts. We cannot close
our eyes and ears to it, The Schlcs"i%'
Holstein question hardly pressed so much
vet Germany could not sleep WINE nel
roor children in the Danish Dutchies were
abused. -. WHO, then, Slail stop our
march on Courand, Llronla, ana Estiloiiia
the Russians on the Baltic are barbarians,
slaves. and Tartars from the Oriental steppe.
Their home is Oh the Tolga and not the
Dnna, in the Kozak camp and not the Ger
man town. They speak an uncouth Jargon;
tbcv profess hostile creed; they have nc
letters. no ciyility; and they effect no other
RIGHT in those three provinces than that OF
brutal force. In marching on these Musco-
yiteS, we should be cheered by liberal ELL
rome, which has never seen, with patience
any footprint of these Russians on thcil
soil"
Ezekiel XxXviii, 2, calls the Car, ROsgog
or the Prince Of MagOgue, who, we showed
in q former article, was the Germans. How
then. can the ruler of Russia become the
"Pripcc of Magoguc"- the Germans-with'
out he conquers them? This is impossible
and, therefore, necesSitates war between
them, instead of peace, unity, and final join
conquest, as many have enormously sup
posed.
Peter the Great, in his political testamcnts
advised his people to invite the cooperation
OF Vienna or Versailles in their work OF sub
ijugating Europe, and from all appearance:
now the latter will be the one sought ant
secured. France will only be too glad Il
ioin Russia in her plans, provided she get
her assistance in her war OF revenge 'upol
her arcl-enemy Prussia.
The following quotations will show il
part what is going on in this direction
Speaking OF Prussia and Austria allying
the Patl-bIaH Gazette says: "Her Rus
sia's-" government can offer to France
foundations at least rs great as any tia
: Prince Bismarck can dangle before Austria
and that Power will manage very badly il
does rot enter the field in concert wit
France Speaking of the fall Of Sadow
and France and the effect, the M
, Fereie Presse says: "Matters have
changed since then. and Russia nov
sees in France, burning with reveng
and yearning after her lost provinces, firm
ally, if, as the price Of her friendship, sh
I is promised assistance in regaining Asac
and Lorraine'' The Boston Post, April
, 1874, when speaking OF the Czarowitch
said "He is far from being friendly wit
his cousins, the German princes, and durini
G the late war WAS frankly outspoken part
/ san OF France, while his father was wei
, known to sympathize with the Germans.
Another writer says, April, 1915 : " Friend
ship for Russia is greatly on the increase il
France. The Russian Empress has jus
been splenddly received in Paris. Russi
A reciprocates cordially, and doubtless look
to getting France under her wing as tn
. price OF her assistance in crushing Gel
many" Ezekiel, XXXviii., 6, says: " GONE
(France) and all his bands shall be wit
r Ros" (the Russian in bis conquests), indie;
t ting clearly an alliance, and not, as in tn
: case Of Germany, subjugation.
BANISTER
: Halifax Courthouse, Va, March 10, 1877