English Translation

98 - 83 - gave the words of his representative according to Talleyrand's expression "a sterling reprint" (cela sterline ses paroles) and made Castlereagh Talleyrand's proposals more inclined. On 3 January l8l5 Castlereigh signed a secret agreement with Metternich and Talley rand on a joint campaign against Russia and Prussia. "Each of the three powers undertook to set up 150 o0 men, whereby England, as usual, reserved itself to put its contingent in foreign troops, which were paid for by it, or to replace it in money." But public opinion in England did not want a new war. And the one on the night of the 6th to the 7th. News of Napoleon's unexpected return of Elba not only prevented the outbreak of a war between England and Russia in Vienna in March 1815, but also forced the combatants to agree quickly. England, which already saw a new blockade open, quickly decidedly turned to the former federal enjoyed. Since those days, however, England has been jealous of any further growth in the new European power. In order to prevent Russia from appearing as the sole protector of France, which was defeated for the second time, Castlereagh also advocated the mildest possible treatment of France in the peace of November 20, 18l5. As here, England appears everywhere from now on as the great opponent of Russia, which naturally did not rule out occasional union between the two states if it was in English interest. With the growing expansion of both empires, the areas of rotation grew and more and more clearly emerged the points of the earth, at which English and Russian interests differed. The sober English were shaking their heads about the Holy Alliance founded by Alexander, but the Prince Regent declared his sympathy at least in writing to preserve Alexander's goodwill. The "sounding nothingness", as Metternich called the Holy Allianz, contradicted the real political