Transactions of the Royal Historical Society Volume 5 by Royal Historical Society
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Author: Royal Historical Society
Page Count: 102 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
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Language: English
ISBN: 9781235880278
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Author: Royal Historical Society
Page Count: 102 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781235880278
File size: 8 Mb
File Name: Transactions.of.the.Royal.Historical.Society.Volume.5.pdf
Download Link: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society Volume 5
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...necessary to show that the Saxons remained true in spirit to both, and were cognisant of all the Austro-Russian plans against Frederick. This Hertzberg attempts to do by his other citations from Saxon despatches. His next quotation is from the instructions given to Vitzthum and Von Pezold, the Saxon Ministers at the Russian Court. But before the date of these instructions we may refer to the memorandum of the Saxon Privy Council, April 15, 1747, a small part of which Hertzberg quotes, but misdates, probably by a clerical error, as given on August 15. This memorandum was the first opinion expressed by the Saxon Ministers on the Treaty of St. Petersburg and its secret articles. In their document the Saxon councillors pointed out the singular nature of the Fourth Secret Article, which made the rights of Austria to Silesia revive in case Prussia attacked Russia or Poland, neither of which had taken part in the Silesian wars and the treaties which closed them. The Council expressly stated that Prussia on discovering the secret article would regard it as a breach of the Treaty of Dresden on Saxony's part, and might overwhelm Saxony before any help came. But the memorandum went further than this, though this was all Hertzberg quoted. It recommended the Elector to declare his readiness to accede to the treaty, or at least to the public part of it, but to demand explanations on the secret articles, and thus to treat the business in a dilatory manner, since it was almost as dangerous to refuse as to accept. By dragging the business on it was hoped that Austria would make peace with France and thus be free to help Saxony if menaced by Prussia, and after a peace Saxony might ally herself with Austria without risking her profitable connection with France. On this memora...
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