English Translation

- 53 - the allied Russians who for them conquer Rome, Naples and the Kyrgyz state do not take foot on the coast. Russian troops wintering on the English Channel Islands - the rest of the Dutch corps, which are largely the fault of the English - are grossly neglected by the English, although Russia is fighting for England here. In addition, there is the threat to Malta by the English, who refuse to take joint action with Russia on this issue. Emperor Paul then orders Count Wor ntsov to take away the Russian orders granted to the English admirals again, and on 1 February l800 he demands the dismissal of the English envoy by Count Rostopchin that the emperor allow him to leave, whereupon Whitworth leaves Pe-tersburg on 1 9 June l80o, after having succeeded shortly before, in the possession of the secret key for the ciphered Russian diplomatic correspondence. 2) The conspiracy initiated by him against the emperor, however, continues to develop, as we shall see. On 22 May 1880, the Russian envoy in London, Count Vorontsov, is also dismissed, which disrupts diplomatic relations between the Béiden countries, as Paul also refuses to send an English businessman. 3) Paul tells the Danish envoy that he has left the party of Austria and England since he discovered that there the Ge- Napoleon, meanwhile, came to power, understands all the more skillful Paul I to treat and win for himself. Paul began to admire in the Usurpator a related spirit which seemed to fight chaos and disorder like him by the strictest regulation and discipline5)By the great 1) Aleksandrenko 1, p.77. 2) Letter to the Secretary of State Hammond of 30 April l800 at AlekSandrsko 2, p.277, cf. also 1, p.30. 5) Steel 3, pp.28-29,