He thought England understood this, and still hesitated.

Stoeckl went on to urge that if all European Powers joined England and France they would be merely tails to the kite and that Russia would be one of the tails.

This would weaken the Russian position in Europe as well as forfeit her special relationship with the United States.

He was against any _joint_ European action.

(Russian Archives, Stoeckl to F.O., Nov.