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The Daily Minnesota Pioneer
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
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Lamartine claims in his book 'The Eastern Question' that in 1848, as head of the French government, he instructed the French ambassador in Constantinople to prevent war between Turkey and Russia, and to assure the Sultan of French military support if Russia attacked, leading to a potential triple alliance with England.
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Lamartine, in his new work, entitled The Eastern Question, claims that while he was at the head of the French government, in 1848, he gave instructions, in the following words, to the Ambassador of the French republic at Constantinople:
Provoke no war between Turkey and Russia.
Dissuade Turkey from any act of aggression against the Russians—if it Russia should dare to profit by the universal agitation of Europe, and attack or menace the Ottoman Empire, tell the Sultan that France is the necessary ally of Turkey, and that he can dispose not only of the fleet of France, but of the armies, as though they were his own. In case war should be undertaken by Russia against the Porte, a certain alliance—because it will be natural—will be the triple alliance which must follow between France, England, and the Ottoman Empire.
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Constantinople
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1848
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potential triple alliance between france, england, and the ottoman empire if russia attacks turkey
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Lamartine claims he instructed the French ambassador to provoke no war between Turkey and Russia, dissuade Turkey from aggression, and assure the Sultan of French fleet and army support against Russian attack, leading to a natural triple alliance with England.