English Translation

8f - 84 - England did not want to make a firm commitment, especially since the alliance was under Russia's leadership. Castlereagł thought that as much use as possible must be made of the Russian policy currently aimed at peace and goodwill. 2) At the same time, however, he considered the alliance with the highest distrust, for he realized that it should be a means for Alexander to secure Russia's decisive influence in Europc in the long term. Under these circumstances, cooperation for England was, of course, impossible.3) England's policy is to secure against any possible attack the rich profit it had, as the real victor of the Napoleonic wars, and to further build up its position of power in the various parts of the world. "During the Napoleonic wars, Britain's advantage as a colonial and trading power over the rest of Europe grew into an inestimable position. For the time being, the progress of technology was almost entirely beneficial to England, and in the battle with Napoleonic Europe, his war fleet was able to restore peace to the Han-aace, and it was able, thanks to its power and the rapidly growing population, to maintain this lead for a long time."4) While in Europe the continental great powers were also without England's intervention, but under its constant control, to keep each other in balance - that was why England in Vienna had insisted not to weaken France too much - England has become, above all, in the interest of its Asian possessions, the great opponent of Russia. The Dutch and the French rivals had been beaten out of the field as well as the Spanish ones. With the rising Russian, the dispute began, which runs through the whole of the 19th century and in which the English in the Russians were to find their master more than once, in order to end up as a winner thanks to the English toughness. 2) Stahlin 3, p.252. 3) Windelband S.247, 4) G.M.Trevelyan: Geschichte Englands 2, München 1936, p.678.-