The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-08-02
THE POLICY OF RUSSIA.
She Will Never Permit the Dismember
mani of France.

She Will Never Permit the Dismeih"er-
ment of France
In the Messenger Russo, Il review pup
lished in st. Petersburg, thcro Is an
article upon the future policy oil husSi"'
by Mr.. Serge de Tatishotf, the eihihehU
historian and d~iplomatlst. iie declares
that Russia may remain lndlnerehC 70
all he Misunderstanding and dlncul-
ties Of Western Europe, but that there
"a one thing that the Empire is bound at
all hazards to resist, and that Is the us
memberment of France by Germahy OF
bv the ouadruple alliance. In opposing
such an act, he says, Russia "ouIu ohiS
be defending her own interests pecauS'
a powerful France is absolutely heceS-
sary as a counter-balance to the 'ferlhan
Empire, which is at present SuPporI'u
NV the armies of Austro-Hungary anu
Italy and also sustained by the naval
forces of Great Britain. ms was Solhe-
thing thai was we'll understood by tho
Emneror Alexander |. in lSl4-lh' anu
later still by Alexander H., when III
1875 he would not permit Germany 10
invade France for the second time DC
fore she could recover from her disasters
and place herself once more on
the defensive. Let it be remem-
bered that at the abOve-named
dates Russia was bound to the
courts of Berlin and Vienna oy
treaty, while to-day she is perfectly iree
to mold her policy according TO her ow"
interests and needs. Germany. at tho
head of the so-callcd league OF peace,
already dominates the whole OF Cehtrai
Europe. Two great powers alone pre-
servo their Independence and hinder nor
domination from spreading all over the
universe. Hence the absolute identity
of their reciprocal interests. If Ger
many should succeed in conquering
France without the interference OF Rus
STA, or in c~onquering Russia, LETT WIN
out the aid of France, there would then
not only be no balance of power In
Europe, but none in the entire world.
All powers and all peoples would find
themselves obliged to bow their heads
under the yoke of Germany and to &C
knowledge hor universal sovereignty.
Therefore, in any struggle with The
ouadruplo alliance 1t is the duty OF Rus
STA to sustain France. just as 1t Is the
duty of France to sustain Russia. IC
the OD1eCJlOn budO II q
concluded between France and Russia q
declaration Of war would be he immedi
ate result Mr.. Totishoff replies:
ut Is just the same ss If separate
army corps, acting against 4 concentrat
ed enemy, were ad vised to keep separ
ate for fear of hurting the feelings O
that enemy. And how should they b'
kept thus separate? BY a
which must necessarily lead to defeat
The gbsurdity of such advice is plain Il
every body from a purely military poin
Of view, and only 4 half-blind and In
, competent diplomacy fails To zee 1t as
, matter Of policy. TO our eyes 1t is q
plain as that two and two mako fon
=. that il the peace of Europe is to be as
sured it must be by an alliance trani
. and sincere between France and Russia
, The conditions of such an alliance ar
a yery simple-commun defense agains
a tho common enemy; Il mutual guarnnt
n Of the integrity OF our territories an
an engagement not To conclude 4 peac
otherwise than by common consent
I The treaty would contain nothing hnr'
4 full to anybody, even II IL was not just
fed by the threatening coalition OF til
v four other great powers known unde
. the name of the league Of peace, an
which, Notwithstanding its name. Is pre-
n ciscly the thing that compromises tn
" peace OF Europe by the mysterious AZ
n tions and the constant ornaments OF II
q pnamhara