New-York tribune., 1870-08-10
WAR NEWS BY MAIL.
AN INTERVIEW WITH NAPOLEON III.

AN INTERVIEW WITH NAPOLEON Ill
"An Englishman," writing from Paris July
2 to The London Telegraph gives the following account
of the interview with Napoleon III already briefly re-
ferred to in a cable telegram:
Experience has warned me that authoritative express
great political crisis rarely find their way into foreign
readers TO form their Judgment upon the views now
expressed by the Emperor Napoleon that venIuh Mn,
repeat the words which he yesterday employee I winI
speaking TO friend and TO myself during au nv hn
with which he honored us at the TuileTes. mus t many
by remaTkng that have known the Emperor Ioi Wha1
years and have seldom him looking oaSe
last spoke with him. five months ago ne ,h psney
saliow and ashcoiored. Yesterday his face Looked
fuller his eve bright his cheek healthy "7h IN and
ton 10 premise that after he had spoken, iRqHlrea
whether at liberty to rSpeat mr. TVIS t tht ha
rOLr He answered. Il wish nothing potter liIl l1t
should be represented 10 the people OF England as no
'g tnesS er"r after speaking with his usual quiet
kinduess npon private matters, turned suddenly
10 the political situation of France and OF Europe lie
std one fortnight before the utterance OF the Due de
ramOnt in the Corps Degisatif-whle utterance mas,
as h seems me- been unjusty reflected upon ly tho
English pressI had no notion that war was at hand nor
am at this moment by any means prepared Tor IT,
trusted that, when the Due de Gramont had set me
straight with France by speaking manfuly IN public as
% the HOhenzOlern canddature should be able 80 10
manipulate and handle the controversy as TO make peace
certain but France has slipped out OF my hand can
not rule unless lead. THIS Is the most nationa war
that in my time France has undertaken, and nave no
choice bat 10 advance at the head of public opinion
which can neither stem nor check. In @ditOl NJ ue
Bismarck, although very clever man. wants 700 700
Of Prussia in lS66, ] reminded him that but Tor
the friendly and self-denyng neutrality of France ne
could never have achieved such marves Iponted out
10 him that had never moved French soldier near 10
the Rhine frontier during the continuance OF the German
war / quoted to him from his own letter IN Whcn ne
thanked me for my abstinence and said that ne had leI
neither Prussian gun Prussian soldier upon the
Rhine but had thrown Prussias whole and UNDIVIDED
strength against Austria and her allies. told him that
as some slight return for my friendly inactivity,
Thought that he might surrender Luxemburg, and one
or two other little towns which grayey menace our IRON
tier to France added that in this way he would 10y
tring sacrifice, easily forgotten by Prussia III view OF
her enormous and acquisitions pacny the
French nation whose ealOuses was so easy to arouse
81 difficult to diSaTm -
"M de Bismarck replied me, after delay, Not
foot OF territory, whether PTsSian neutral can
resign. But. perhaps If | to make some further
ACQUISITIONS, could make some concessions. HOW, Tor
instance if 10 take Holland What would France
want ~ q sop for HOlandP =
replied" said the Emperor, " that IL he attempted
10 take Holland il meant with France; and there
the conversations in which NJ. dc Bismarck and NJ dc
Benedict were the inteTOCutOrs came 10 an end
have repeated this conversation nearly as possible
in the Emperors words While we were speaking the
Due de Tre,ise brought a dispatch 10 His Majesty which
the latter read and which % the effect that the
Eleventh Corps of the PruSsan Army were at that mo
ment trOOpng into Teyes' have little Sir to add TO
this recapuation These words which have faithfully
endeavOTCd to interpret must speak for themselves"