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- 54. - quick return of the Russian prisoners of war he packs the emperor with his knightly feelings and inspires him for himself. Paul calls upon Napolecn, together with him, to restore to the world the peace and tranquillity that they needed: "Cherchons à rendre le repos et le Calme au monde dont il a tant besoin et qui semble étre si conforme aux lois immutables de l'Eternel." He calls upon him, together, to tame England, which oppresses the rights of the peoples and can only be guided by one's own selfishness: "... je ne puis ne pas vous proposier si il ne serait pas possible d'entreprendre ou du moins produire quelque chose sur les côtes de l'Angleterre, qui au moment où elle se voit isolée peut prodoire un effet à la faire repentir de son despotisme et de son arrogance.) Napoleon, on the other hand, argues in a simultaneous letter. "For the past two months, he had tried to give Europe peace and quiet; only on the impulse of England, the struggle was still continuing. But 24 hours after the emperor had sent an authorized confidant to him, the continent and the seas would live in peace.2) The action of the English against the neutral Denmark with Russia, which had the purpose of intimidating the Nordic states, bitterly resents Paul even more. The English fleet, which, after the victory over the French at Abukir (l.August l798), felt to be the master of the seas, had stopped in the canal a train of Danish ships and conquered the accompanying frigate "La Freya" after a battle of 25 minutes.3) Denmark and Sweden asked Paul I to protect the rights of the neutrals against England, "Ce n'est que l'égoisme qui dicte sa politique; c'ast à la domination irresistible de toutes les mers qu'elle vise", Gustaf writes 1) Text of the letter at Šil'der S.4l5,Note 2; cf. also S.414-415 and Šumigorskij S.182, 2) Stählin 3, p.30. 3) Aleksandrenko 1, p.79.