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2h - 39 - to understand my concerns of Europe (!) or even to increase them themselves."1) But then the relationship becomes more and more acute. George III. Joining the German Princes' League l785 is met with sharpest rejection in Russia, as one fears an English-Prussian alliance. The British's decades of efforts to form an alliance with Russia are replaced by increasing cooling and alienation. The growth of Russia's political power, its conquests and its pursuit of economic independence lead to contradictions and frictions. The overall transformations within the European state system promote this development. The outbreak of the new Turkish war l787 is made by the Russian envoy in Warsaw, Count Stackelberg, the Intri- However, on the English side there is no doubt to exploit the war economy and to earn by supplying to both warring parties, the Turks as well as the Russians, although the Russian business was more profitable 4). Also the English ambassador to Constantinople, Sir Robert Ainslie, was not uninvolved in these transactions to his personal advantage.5) While the Russians destroyed the Turks and the French killed each other, England remained this time a stricter neutrality policy than during the first Turkish war and prohibited the support of the Russian fleet, which was preparing to sail to the Mediterranean. The transfer of English secleuts into Russian services is not only prohibited, but also effectively prevented, so that Russia among the smaller seafaring peoples 1) In Gerhard S.179. 2) Aleksandrenko 1, p.62 - probably with injustice, cf. Gerhard S. 196 u.anm.2l. 3) Gerhard S.225-226; also this according to Gerhard P.226 with reference to the instruction to the English envoy in Burlin, note lo9 with Unrccht. 4) Hertz, p.184; Gurhard S.207-208. 5) Gerhard S.208, note 6) Herz, p.185