English Translation

- 47 - not in England or in Russia, one was aware of one thing. Only the German writer and researcher Georg Forster saw the contrast already at that time: "England's political existence, which is inseparable from its trade, demands the sacrifice of every other trading state... The Romans alone were only the result of their sole domination; England is taking another path, hoping that in Katharina's last years there will be a new rapprochement between the two states. Louis XVI's direction unites the European great powers in a joint battle against the French revolution. England uses the power to win confederates for its resurgent struggle with France, which should bring him security against French aggression and unlimited domination to sea. Katharina is fully opposed to the "esprit démocratique" and makes this clear in England. 3) The provisional trade convention of 25 March 1793, which leaves the provisions of the Treaty in force from 1976 to six years, only leads to the conclusion of a new trade agreement under Paul I in 1797. But l795 a Russian-English-Austrian three-bund is closed against revolutionary France, which continues to have a favourable effect on the English trade in Russia, since French trade is blocked and England is now taking over the hitherto French-owned part of Russian foreign trade. 4) England triumphs, since this blockade agreement against France has broken through the system of Russian armed neutrality. George III happily writes to Lord Grenville that this agreement "so completely destroys the whole Russian systems of an armed neutrality, which was in the late was the most initial measure 1) Gerhard S.4l0 ff. 2) Kleine Schriften 2, Berlin 1794, p. 197-198 by Gerhard S.415. 3) Aleksandrenko 1, p.71; rescript to the Count Vorontsov of 8.11.1792 ebid.2, p.250-252. 4) AlekSandrenzo 1, p.124; Notovič Ś.