Eugene Schuyler to Hamilton Fish, March 2, 1875
No. 496. Mr. Schuyler to Mr. Fish.
No. 90.]
Sir: In my dispatch No. 55, of the 14th of December last, on the subject of the Brussels conference, I spoke of what seemed to me the possibility of the three great military powers agreeing on some project, and then in some way forcing the remaining states of Europe to submit to it. It would seem from an article lately published in the “Golos,” of an extract from which I have the honor to inclose to you a translation, marked 1, that this possibility may be realized. In this article it is pointed out that the three great powers may agree on some project on the laws and usages of war which shall be enforced with regard to each other, and that war only of the most barbarous character will be carried on against those powers who do not choose to consent to this.
The remarks of this article with regard to the refusal of England were so bitter that it was thought necessary to publish in the official journal a communication on the subject, a translation of which I inclose to you, marked 2. The few utterances of the Russian journals since that time have been marked by quite a different tone.
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