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peace. We ask that a period should 
be put to this expensive state of 
war into which we have been 
drawn; we demand a return to a 
state of peace; but we have receiv- 
edso much cause of uneasiness, that 
itis now absolutely necessary we 
should receive a full and ample 
assurance of it. 
Instructions of the Prince de Kaunitz 
to M. Blumendorff, the Imperial 
Minister at Paris, dated Vienna, 
V7th of February, 1792. 
HE ambassador from France at 
this court has been directed to 
demand explanations respecting the 
aote which | delivered to him on 
the 21st of December: he has ac- 
quitted himself by communicating 
to me the following extract of the 
dispatch, which was addressed to 
him for that purpose by Mons. De- 
lessart on the 21st of January last. 
It might be sufficient for me to 
refer, respecting the explanations 
demanded, as well to the notoriety 
of the facts as to a posterior note 
sent by metothe French ambassador 
on the 5th of January, which, with-- 
out doubt, was known at Paris six- 
teen days after, at the date of the 
dispatch of M. Delessart ; neverthe- 
fess, the sentiments and intentions of 
the Emperor respecting France are 
so pure and sincere, that he is rea- 
dily inclined to repeat the fullest 
explanations, being sensible that it 
is of infinite importance for them 
to be justly known, and entirely to 
dispel the false light in which it is 
endeavoured to represent them, for 
the purpose of endangering their 
mutual tranquillity. 
The explanations that the ambas- 
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sador has been commissioned to 
demand, may be reduced to the 
two following heads: ‘* The orders 
given to Marshal Bender;? and 
*¢ The concert which subsists be- 
tween the Emperor and several 
other powers for the maintenance 
of the general tranquillity, and the 
safety and honour of crowns.” 
EXPLANATION _ON THE FIRST 
HEAD,—“ AS TO THE ORDERS 
GIVEN TO MARSHAL BENDER.” 
The Emperor, without waiting 
for a requisition from France, was 
the first to subject the reception of 
the French emigrants in all his do- 
minions to the most strict rules of a 
simple asylum; and it is also not 
secret throughout all Europe, that 
since their assembling, the Emperor 
has continually given the most po- 
sitive directions and advice to hin- 
der them from any actions that might 
disturb the general tranquillity. On 
what foundation then, or to what 
purpose, does M. Delessart re- 
proach the court of Vienna with 
having appeared in any manner in- 
different to the movements of the 
emigrants ? 
The orders ta Marshal Bender, 
which is the point in question, were 
connected with an absolute condi- 
tion, that the Elector of Treves 
should fully perform his promise ‘‘ of 
adhering to the same rules which 
are in force in the Low Countries 
relative to the emigrants; and M. 
Delessart confesses this tohave been 
known in France. This point re- 
quired, therefore, no explanation ; 
and I know not what to think of the 
minister’s reproach on account of 
** this disposition not having been 
expressed in the note of the 21st of 
December,” when at the same time 
the ‘‘ assistance demanded by the 
Elector 
