| Content Description | Reports that he has written to Prince Gorchakov, asking him to find out if the Emperor in his last letter to the King of Prussia requested that he abstain from annexing French territory; Prince Gorchakov saw him and replied that the Emperor has merely urged moderate terms of peace; Prince Gorchakov is unaware of the compensation that Count Bismarck is asking for in return for a relaxation of the blockade of Paris, which have appeared to have caused the failure of the armistice negotiations.
Contains enclosure; letter from Sir A. Buchanan to Prince A. Gorchakov, enquiring as to whether the Emperor has asked the King of Prussia to abstain from annexing French territory, and saying that he had hoped to meet him that night at Princess Kotchoubey's. |