CONTEXTS. XXIX CHAPTER VI. Position of Austria in regard to Turkey at the beginning of 1353, Of Prussia, ........ Of France Of England Seeming state of opinion in England, .... Sir Hamilton Seymour, ....... His conversation with the Emperor, .... Reception of the Czar's overtures by the English Government Result of Count Leiningen's mission, .... Its effect upon the plans of the Czar, .... He abandons the idea of going to war, .... CHAPTER VII. The pain of inaction, .... The Czar's new scheme of action, . His choice of an ambassador, . Prince Mentschikoff, .... Mentschikoff at Constantinople, Panic in the Divan, .... Colonel Kc-se, ..... The Czar seemingly tranquillised, . The French fleet suddenly ordered to Salamis, The Czar's concealments, Mentschikoff's demands, CHAPTER Vni. Foreign 'influence,' ...... Grounds for foreign interference in Turkey, . Rivalry between Nicholas and Sir Stratford Canning, Sir Stratford Canning, ...... Lord Stratford instructed to return to Constantinople, His instructions, ....... CHAPTER IX. Lord Stratford's return, . 12S His plan of resistance to MentsehikofTs demands, . . . 131 Commencement of the struggle between Prince Mentschikoff and Lord Stratford, 182
