English Translation

75 - 72 - Orlov, Novosiltsov, Kotschubey and Stroganov, to all circles of the Petersburg society. The French representative General Savary managed to obtain a copy of the ignominy which he presented to Emperor Alexander. He was outraged by the English diplomat's actions and expressed great sorrow to Savary about the lack of reliable men in Russia. Alexander was only encouraged by this incident, which had to make clear to him the unreliability of English politics - the same man, who gave him the most tempting offers, distributed evil vilifications against him behind his back - in his decision to break with England. The British had not accepted that Russia would join the mainland barrier as a self-mourning step when they failed it, but Russia lost more than England. Now the break-up of relations took place one month before the deadline set in the Tilsit Treaty in November. But the Russian declaration of war to England did not frighten the English: the Russian fleet was even less afraid of it than the French one. And the English agent, Sir Robert wilson, who took up the dominant position that Lord Gower had acquired in the Petersburg society, also as a non-official representative of England, remained and continued to function in the English sense. 1) The alliance with France and the opposition to England meet strong resistance in Russian society. Throughout his time of friendship with Napoleon must stand before Alexander I, warning the ll March l8Ol: he threatened the elimination as well as his father, when he dared to push politics against England. The possibility of a overthrow was openly spoken of in the Petersburg society, and it was written and printed abroad. If, of course, 1) Rüter: Turkey, England and the Russian-French alliance 1807-1812, Emsdetten 1935, 3.19-20.