Grand Conference anticipated if prelims fail
Dispatches from Lisbon to Vienna report Allied preliminaries with Hanover and Vienna at risk of breakdown. A June meeting is planned in Herentiapen among the King of Sweden Denmark Britain and Prussia with Landgrave Heffe-Caffel and the Duke of Saxa-Gotha to coordinate enforcement of the Treaties of Wetthella and Oliva. Reports from Petersburgh note 20000 troops marching from Regel Riga and Cronstadt, while Empress and Holstgin prepare to visit Cronflor to inspect a 54‑ship fleet and 24 frigates en route for potential deployment.