Some Suggestions on the Perils of Espionage (Classic Reprint)
(Excerpt from Some Suggestions on the Perils of Espionage
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Excerpt from Some Suggestions on the Perils of Espionage
Stieber to watch the Pole and to permit him tofire his pistol, but to deflect the bullet so that the Czar would come to no harm. This pro gram was 'carried out; the assassina'tion was attempted but failed. The Russian Monarch, terrified at the incident, was aroused against the French Government because of its sup posed laxity in protecting him when a visitor. Furthermore the jury which tried the would be assassin permitted him to escape with but a light punishment. All of which widened the gap between Russia and France, and, as Bis marck foresaw, checkmated any attempt on Napoleon's part to'bring the two nations'to gether.
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