RUSSIAN POLICY.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XI, Issue 2935, 17 May 1877, Page 2

RUSSIAN POLICY.

Although some doubt has been thrown on the authenticity of the famous testamentary will, left as an heirloom to the [Russians by Peter the Great, yet her policy has ever been according to the lines and instiuctions laid down in that document. The fol owing extract will show its nature: — We must incessantly extend ourselves towards the North, — the Baltic Sea, and towards the South, — the Black Sea.

We must advance a« much as possible towards Constantinople and India. Whoever shall reign there will be the true master of the world. Therefore we must fan continual wars, sometimes with Persia ; create dockyards and emporiums on the Black Sea; take possession, little by little, of that sea as well as of the Baltic, which is a point doubly necessary for the success of the plan ; hasten the downfall of Persia ; advance into the Gulf of Persia as far can be done,re-establish through Syria the ancient commerce of the East, and enter into the two Indies, which are the stores of the world. When once there we can do without the gold of England. We must interest Austria with expulsion of the Turks from Europe, and neutralise her jealousy. If Sweden belongs to us, if Persia be overcome, Poland subjugated, Turkey conquered ; if our armies be then united, the Baltic and the Black Sea guarded by our ships, then we must, separately and secretly, offer first to the Court of Versailles, then to that of Vienna, to share with then che universal monarchy.

Advancing upon the Meclitpii'ancari and upon tlio ocean, they will inundate on one side EVa^ce, whils.t G-ermany shall be pressed on the other ; and if these two countres be vanquished, the rest of Europe., will easily, and without delay, bend under the yoke. Thus can and must Europe be subdued.