Russia And the Eastern Question
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t Spectator newspaper, No. 3861 RUSSIA. 67 invade the Chinese empire,^ which is his next neighbor, and con- tains an unravaged soil, rather than contemplate, as the alarmist writers and speakers predict he does, marching three thousand miles, over regions of burning deserts and ranges of snowy moun- tains, to Hindostan, where he would find that Clive and Wellesley had preceded him ? The reason for such forbearance is, at the present day, as it was when that splendid but immoral genius, Cath...erine, proposed to undertake this very expedition, that there is not in Russia sufficient available wealth to transport across its own surface an army large enough to subjugate the Chinese.
How, then, will they reach India through enemies' territories, and in spite of the power and influence of England ? To warrant the attempt, the Czar ought to possess at least the command of one hundred millions sterling. Last year, he required but one million and a quarter ; t for which he was compelled to solicit the aid of the capitalists of western Europe, and found great difficulty, even after pledges of peace and protestations of good behavior, in obtain- ing the necessary loan !
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
77.
t Spectator newspaper, No. 3861 RUSSIA. 67 invade the Chinese empire,^ which is his next neighbor, and con- tains an unravaged soil, rather than contemplate, as the alarmist writers and speakers predict he does, marching three thousand miles, over regions of burning deserts and ranges of snowy moun- tains, to Hindostan, where he would find that Clive and Wellesley had preceded him ? The reason for such forbearance is, at the present day, as it was when that splendid but immoral genius, Cath...erine, proposed to undertake this very expedition, that there is not in Russia sufficient available wealth to transport across its own surface an army large enough to subjugate the Chinese.
How, then, will they reach India through enemies' territories, and in spite of the power and influence of England ? To warrant the attempt, the Czar ought to possess at least the command of one hundred millions sterling. Last year, he required but one million and a quarter ; t for which he was compelled to solicit the aid of the capitalists of western Europe, and found great difficulty, even after pledges of peace and protestations of good behavior, in obtain- ing the necessary loan !
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