If any one of the three Courts refuse, it shall be treated as an enemy by the high contracting parties, and if Sweden refuse, _Denmark shall be compelled to declare war on her_." Pressure would also be put on Austria to follow the same course.

But if England made peace betimes, she might recover Hanover, on restoring her conquests in the French, Spanish, and Dutch colonies.
Similarly, if Turkey refused the mediation of Napoleon, he would in that case help Russia to drive the Turks from Europe--"the city of Constantinople and the province of Roumelia alone excepted."[154] The naming of the city of Constantinople, which is in Roumelia, betokens a superfluity of prudence.

But it helps to confirm the statement of Napoleon's secretary, M.Meneval, that the future of that city led to a decided difference of opinion between the Emperors.
After one of their discussions, Napoleon stayed poring over a map, and finally exclaimed, "Constantinople! Never! It is the empire of the world." Doubtless it was on this subject that Alexander cherished some secret annoyance.

Certain it is that, despite all his professions of devotion to Napoleon, he went back to St.Petersburg ill at ease and possessed with a certain awe of the conqueror.

For what had he gained?
He received a small slice of Prussian Poland, and the prospect of aggrandizement on the side of Turkey and Sweden, Finland being pointed out as an easy prey.