▁in ▁Poland . ▁During ▁the ▁U pr ising ▁Dur and ▁informed ▁his ▁super iors ▁at ▁Qu ai ▁d ' O rs ay ▁of ▁the ▁situation ▁in ▁Poland ▁at ▁least ▁three ▁times ▁a ▁week . ▁His ▁dispatch es ▁were ▁relay ed ▁by ▁the ▁French ▁amb assador ▁to ▁Berlin , ▁Charles ▁de ▁F lah aut ▁and ▁reached ▁Paris ▁usually ▁in ▁less ▁than ▁two ▁weeks . ▁When ▁Rus si ans ▁bes ie ged ▁Wars aw ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 8 3 1 , ▁Dur and ▁h ired ▁a ▁cou rier ▁to ▁sm ug gle ▁his ▁reports ▁across ▁Russian ▁lines , ▁hidden ▁in ▁his ▁under we ar ▁or ▁in ▁a ▁horse ▁carriage . ▁▁ ▁Since ▁Poland ▁broke ▁all ▁t ies ▁with ▁the ▁Roman ov ▁dynast y , ▁Dur and ▁became ▁a ▁de ▁fact o ▁head ▁of ▁a ▁separate ▁emb ass y . ▁Although ▁the ▁Polish ▁question ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁political ▁issues ▁in ▁Paris , ▁minister ▁Hor ace ▁Sebast iani ▁did ▁not ▁inform ▁Dur and ▁of ▁his ▁plans ▁and ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁infer ▁French ▁official ▁st ance ▁on ▁Polish ▁matters ▁from ▁French ▁and ▁German ▁press . ▁He ▁tried ▁to ▁conv ince ▁Sebast iani ▁to ▁support ▁a ▁peace ful ▁resolution ▁of ▁the ▁Polish - Russ ian ▁conflict ▁on ▁numerous ▁occasions , ▁but ▁to ▁little ▁avail . ▁Although ▁mostly ▁im partial , ▁Dur and ▁allowed ▁the ▁Polish ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Foreign ▁Affairs ▁to ▁use ▁his ▁diplom atic ▁channels ▁to ▁contact ▁General ▁Kar ol ▁K nia z iew icz ▁and ▁Lud wik ▁Pl ater , ▁Polish ▁represent atives ▁in