The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-20
WILL OF PETER THE CIR EAT

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II iIs,j. with tbis object In view, v G rust
Keep Sweden ih opposltio,, to Denmark,
and Denmark to Sweden ard sedulously
foster their mutual jealousies.
10 ,rht corsorts Of the Russian princes
must always be chosen from among tha
C,crinnti prlncesses, IN order to multiply
Dur family alliances With the Germans.
and SO init bur interests With theirs. and
thus, BY consolidating our Influence I'M
Germany. To cause II to attach Itself
spontaneously to our policy
III we must be@ careful 10 Keep our
cotnniercinl alliances With Etlsland, TOT
she is the power which has most need
OF our produce for her navy. and at the
game time may DO Of greatest service 70
Us III tho Development OF OUT own. We
must export wood and other articles III,
exchange for her gold. and cstabllsl, per-
manent connection between her merchants
ana seamcn and our own
Is. Nte must keep steadily extending our
frontiers northward along the Baltic. ana
southward along the shores Of tic Black
Sea. ii
10. we must progress as much as pos.
slblc In The direction Of Constalitinople
and India. lie who cail once get pos
session of these places Is the real ruler
Or the world. With this view, We Must
provoke constant uuarrels at ono time
With Turkey, ai,dSat another With Persia.
We must establish wharves and docks
in9tte 1Clxincy and by degrees make OUR
selves masters Of that sen as well as
tho Baltic. whlcttis d0ubly important
element In the SUCCESS of our PLAN We
must hasten the downfall OF Persia. push
Oh into the Persian Gulf &c possible, ro-
isestablisl the ancient commercial Inter
course with the s1levant through Syria.
and force our way into the Indies, which.
arc the storehouscs Of the world. Once
there we can dispense With English gold
5 10. Moreover, we must talst palms to
establish and maintain an Intimate union,
with Austria, apparently countcnancing
her schemes for future ACKNOWLEDGMENT
in Germany. and NIL the while secretly
rousing the Jealousy OF the inner states
against her. BY this way we must bring
It to pass. that one or the other party
will seek the aid of Russia; and thus we
shall exercise a sort OF protectorate over
the country. which will pave way for
future supremacy.
! Ill We must (notD make the House
OF Austria Interested In the expulsion OF
the Turks from Europe. and we! must
i.neutralizc It's jealousy a the capture 9of
Constantinnele, either by pre- occupying
It with n war with the old European
States, or by allowing It a share Of the
spoil which wo can afterwards resume
at our leisure. 55t3
."l2. we must collect round our House,
as round centre all the detached sec
lions OF Greeks, which are scattered
abroad in Hungary. Turkey and South
Poland. we must maxi them look to us
for support, and then, by establishing be-
forehand a sort OF ecclesiastical suprem-i
acy, we shall pave the wa for universal
sovereignty. }.4gs I'll! 33s s5}
4a'13. When Sweden is ours Persia van
quished, Poland subjugated. Turkey con-
quered-whcn our armies are united. and
the Euxine and Baltic are In the pos
session OF our ships, then We must make
separate and secret overtures. first to
the Court OF Versailles, and then to that
at Vienna, to share with them the dos
minlon OF the world. IL either of them
accept our propositions. which Is cer-
tain to happen. If their ambition and
sef-interest are properly worked upon,
we must make Use OF one to annihilate
the other; this done, we have only to
destroy the remaining one by finding q
pretext for a quarrel the. issue OF which
cannot be doubtful as :-Itussia will then
be In the absolute possession Of the East
and the best part Of Europe. .e.9. IS
"a Should the improbable case hap
pen of both refusing the Propositions OF
Russia. then our policy will be to set one
against the other, and make them tear
each other to pieces Russia must then.
watch for and seize the favorable mo-
ment and pour her already assembled
hosts into Germany, while two immense
fleets, laden with Asiatic hordes, and
conveyed by the armed squadrons OF the
Euxlue and the Baltic. set sail simultan-
eousy from the sea OF sAzoff, and the
harbor OF Archangel; sweeping along the
Mediterranean and the Atlantic. they