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76 73 - Canning in December l8o7 Alopaeus reports that the outbreak of a conspiracy is imminent in Petersburg, so he overestimates this talk as most of them did at that time. 1) But describing how well England is in the picture despite the break-up of relations with Russia about the events in Petersburg. Always close to the center of these moves was an English agent. Despite his sincere aversion to the English for a while, Alexander had to always remember this threat? 2) He himself spoke openly of it with the French envoy Savarys he would despite the threat of these beasts Napoleon England dominates the society of Petersburg; his sent Lord Gower sets the tone here until the termination of diplomatic relations. At the head of the anti-French party stands the empress mother Maria Feodorovna. 4) It is not very encouraging for Napoleon when his representative, General Savary, reports: "L'empereur et son ministre le comte de Roumiantsof sont les seuls vrais amis de la France en Russie; c'est une vérité qu'il serait dangereux de taire. La nation serait toute prête à reprendre les armes et à faire de nouveaux In his attempts to enter into social relations with the Petersburg court society, Savary finds icy rejection, especially among the ladies - despite the French education that all these people had enjoyed.Only the personal intervention of the emperor opens up to him the salons of the capital over time. In practice, the impossibility for Russia to carry out the mainland barrier quickly arose. The economic interdependence of the two countries had become so narrow through centuries, England's dominance on the Russian market so consolidated that it could not be eliminated with a stroke of feather. The nobility as well as the commercial circles saw in the break with Eng-- 1) Schiemann 1, p.69 Note 2. 2) Pukrovskij S.4. 3) Stählin 3, p.130. 4) Stählin 3, s.130; Schiemann S.69. 5) Vandal 1, p.175 Note l.