The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-23
VIII of Peter the Great.

In the name. etc.
1.-The great God of whom we hold
our evidence and our crown. and who
has constantly enlightened US with his
light and sustained US with his divine
support. permits me to regard the
Russian people as called in the future
to the general domination Of Europe.
II feund this thought upon the
fact that European nations are ar
rived for the most part at a state OF
odd age bordering upon senility, or
g going there at q rapid pace.
TT follows then that they ought
to be easily and Internationally con-
q1ered by Il people young and new,
when they shall have attained their
fell force and complete growth.
Il regard the future invasion of
the countries of the west and of the
a s by the north az a periodic move
meut arranged in the designs of Prov
fdeRce. who haS thus ~regenerated the
Roman people by the invasion of Bar
barianS. these emigrationS of h
northern men are like the flood of the
Nile, which, at certain epochs, comes
to enrich with its deposits the i'm
poverished lands of Egypt.
Il found Russia a %rivulet; 1 leave
it a river. My ass will make
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impoverished Europe, and its waves
will overflow. Notwithstanding the OBJ
Stacles which enfeebled hands may
oppose to them. if my descendants
know nov to direct its course.
For these reasons I leave them
rhe following Instructions n recon-
mend them to their attention n to
their constant observations:
Il. To maintain the nation of Rus
sia in a state of continual war, to
keep the soldier on a war footing and
always in full breath cen halerine"),
let them not rest except to anchor
ate the financial condition.
"Te reorganize the armies n to
choose opportune moments for the
attack, making peace thus to serve
war and war peace, in the interest
OF the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and growing
prosperity of Russia.
"2. To call by all possible means
from among the most instructed peo-
ple of Europe captains during war
and wise men during peace. in. order
to profit the nation Of Russia by the
advantages of other countries with
out causing her to lose any of her
own.
%. 10 take part on every occasion
in all affairs and QuarrefS of Europe
and above all in those of Germany
which being most near interests mos,
directly.
"a. To invade Poland and to con-
tinually their troubles and
~jeaiousies; to gain the strong at the
price Of gold; to influence the luke
warm: to compel them, in order tc
control the selection Of their Kings
to cause your partisans to be nomi,
mated, and to protect them, and tc
cause Russian troops to enter and tx
sojourn there till the ccaSio per
mits a complete occupation If thu
neighboring powers oppose difficulties
appease them for the moment. unit
yeu can take what should have beer
given.
20. Take all that is possible from
Sweden and know nov to cause your
SELF To be attacked, to have a pretex
to subjugate her entirely. For that
isolate her from Denmark and Den
mark from Sweden, and maintain
their rivalries with care.
&c. To take always wives for tn
Russian Princes from among tn
PrinceSses OF Germany, in order I,
multiply family alliances, to bring in
oerests together and unite German,
i6self to our in multiplying ou
influence.
"7. To seek by preference the ALI
ance of England for commerce, a
being the power which has the mos
need of US for its navy, and whicl
oan be the most useful to owl
development. To exchange our wood
and other productions against he
geld, and to establish between he
merchants, her sailors n ours. con
tinuaI affairs that Will educate thos
OF our country in navigation an
m
"s. To extend without relaxation
toward the north along b Baltic
also toward the south the length o
the Black sea-
"s. To approach as near as possibl
20 Constantinople and India He VIII
will reign there will be the true SOW
ereign of the world. To promote thi
aestgn. excite continual wars. some
sk4es with Turkey. sometimes wit
Persia. to establish stations upon tn
B1ack sea, to take possession little b