The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-06-10
FOREIGN.
Translated for the Commercial advertiser.
From FRENCH Papers by the Boxer.
REPORT 10 rHE EMPEROR.

rom French Papers by the Boxer.
REPORT 20 THE EMPEROR.
PARIS, April 12, 1915.
otR-ll prudence imposes upon me the du-
~ OF not mdiscreetly offering to your maies-
ty spectre of chmerCal dangers. il is ne
vertheless, an obligation on my part not less
sacred, not to allow to slumber in false So
curry, the watchtulnes5 which is prescribed
10 me by the care for the preservation Of
peace, that great interest of France, that first
object OF the wishes of your majesty. To es-
Ply danger where none exists, is sometimes
the means of provoking and producing il !;
on the other hand, to shut the eyes against
symptoms which may be its precursors, will
be an act OF inexcusab'e blindness. / ought
not 10 ensemble, sire, that although TO this
day 10 positive knowledge is obtained of any
determination formally made, by the foreign
powers, which ought to indicate to us a near
approach OF war, yet appearances sufficient
ly justly much soliCitudc some alar,,ipo-
symptoms manifest themselves on every side
IN VAN you oppose the calm of reason TO the
transports OF the passions the voice of your
majesty, has not yet been able to make itself
heard. An inconceivable system threatens to
prevail with the powers, that of preparing.
themselves for the combat, without admit
ting or preliminary explanation with the ma
tioh with which they appear to wish to COM
- "4%'SFVi PVSVeHt t1ey may attempt to
justify step so unhehrd Of. the Conduct e
your majesty IS the most striking refutation of
IT, facts speak they are simple, precise.
lncontestibIe and upon the exposition alone
which shall give OF those facts, the Councils
Oh your m.Jcs'y, the councils OF all the Sever
el6hS OF Europe, the governments, and the
people themselves, can equally form an opi-
mon On this great subject
For some time past, Sjrv, ] have been sen
soi; OF the necessity of calling your attention
10 'he preparations OF the different foreign 90
VerhihehtS but the germs of troubles, which
uSVeioPed themselves Tor moment, in Some
PlaceS IN our southern provinces, rendered
oar Stuaton complicated. Perhaps the SEN
tlhent 80 natural which led ms to wish, above
all tne suppression OF every principle of int
llor uissentiOn, had prevented nc in spite of
Ii'ys'i from considering, at time SO serious
the threatening dispositions which manifested
themselves abroad. The rapid dispersion Of
She enemies OF our domestic repose freed me
I.o"l all cares OF the kind The French IA
TIN mas the right OF expecting truth ON the
part vi 0SBovernuent, and never could ns
government have had. rs much as al this day.
're WIN ana the interest to declare to it the
whulestruth. VIZ
You n"ve, Sire. resumed your crown on
Oue is' CT thc Month of March There ar,
solne events so tar above the cal, u'atons Of
h el,n reason, that they escape the foresight
o' tnc klngs ard the s.gsci'y IF their minis-
us ~ lhe hrst report Of your arrival on
nc SnoteS OF provence, the moparchs Assem-
nie" AZ vienna, only saw ths sovereign If the
i''ahu OF fdoa, when already your u,ajestv
was re'SuhS anew oNe. rise frsnsh snpiTt,
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