The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12
HOPED TO SUB
DUE EUROPE
PETER THE GREAT OF RUSSIA EN-
TERTAINED AMBITIOUS PLANS.
Left n VIII for the Guidance Of His
Successors to the Throne--Hntrigues
for the Domination of Other
Nations Set ON Foot.

That Peter the Great of Russia was
one of the most ambitious monarchs
history abudantly attests. His whole
aim in life was the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of
his country and the extension or its
domain. That he long cherished the
thought of conquering the entire con-
tinent of Europe Is shown by the VIII
he drew up before his death and COM
mitted to his successors upon the throne
as the guide OF their future conduct.
It furnishes a key to the policy of the
present czor and as such will bear Pc
rusaL 1t bore the heading Copy OF
tho plan of European domination, left
by Peter the Great to his successors
to the throne of Russia, and deposited
In the archives of the palace OF Peter
hof. near ST. Petersburg" and in the
highly pietistic preamble, written in tho
name Of the Most Holy and Indivisible
Trinity" Peter urges that. according TO
his views, which he believes to be
those of Providence, the Russian peo-
pie are called to the general domina-
ton of Europe. The European nations,
rs argues, have. for the most part, ar
rived at a condition of senility, and
must be easily and Individually conquer
ed by a young and new people, when
this last shall have attained its full
strength and greatness. To this end
ho bequeaths to Russia the following
instructions, which he recommends to
their constant attention, as Moses re-
commended the tables OF the law to
| the Jews:
War Their Profession.
1. The Russians must be kept In a
continual state of war, in order to re-
tain the soldiery in warlike DISPOSE
tions No repose, except to ameliorate
the finances, to recurit the army and
to wait for moments propitious for at
tack Thus make peace serve for war.
and war for peace, in the Interest of the
| ACKNOWLEDGMENT and increasing pros
perity of Russia.
| 2. BY all possible means we must
draw towards us, out of tie best In
strilcted nations OF Europe. generals
in time OF war and learned men in
time of peace, in order to make the
Russian nation profit by the advantages
OF other countries without losing any
Of her own.
8. On all occasions we must take
part in the affairs and in the discus
sions of any kind in Europe. above all
" it'll those of Germany. which. situated
nearer TO us, 10 of more direct inter-
est.
4. Poland must be divided by our
keeping up there disorder and perpet-
uaI jealousies; the powerful must be
gained over by gold; the diet must be
Influenced and bribed to act upon the
elections OF the kings: we must create
for ourselves their partisans. protect
them, send thitheF Russian troops and
leave them there until they have found
an opportunity Of remaining there for
ever. Should the neighboring powers
raise difflculties. we must satisfy them
Temporarily by parceling out the coun-
try until we can retake what we have
yielded.
Intrigues Mapped Ont.
s. We must take from Sweden as
much as we can and cause ourselves
- be attacked by her in order that we
may have a pretense for subjugating
her with this View we must separate
her from Denmark and Denmark from
Sweden and keep up carefully their RI
valry.
| 6. The wives Of Russian princes are
| always to be chosen among German
| princesses, to multiply family alliances,
to tighten the interests and thus to
bind Germany to our cause by increas-
ing there our influence.
T. We must principally seek the ALL
ance Of England for commerce. because
1t is the power most in want OF US for
Its navy and which can be the most use-
Iful in the development of ours. We
must exchange our timber and other
productions for her gold and establish
continuous relations among her traders
1
those of this country to navigation and
commerce.
8. We must incessantly entend our
selves toward the north along the Bal
tic sea and toward the south along the
Black sea
Had Designs on Iadia.
g. We must advance as far as pos.
sIbIe toward Constntinople and the
Fest Indies. Whoever shall reign there
will be the true master of the world.
Therefore, we must excite continual
wars, sometimes with Turkey, some
/ times with Persia; create dock yards
| on the Black sea, take possession, little
| by little. of that sea, as well as of the
Baltic which is a point doubly neces-
sary for the success of the project; we
must hasten the downfall of Persia;
penetrate as far as the Persian gulf;
Ireestablish, II possible the ancient
commerce of the levant through Syria,
and advance as far as the Indies. which
are the emporium OF the world. When
cnce there we can do without the gold
% Europe.
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