The New York herald., 1870-11-04
NAPOLEON.


Restoration.
correspondent OF the London telegraph having
obtained On interview with the Emperor at Wilhelms
hOhe on the 18th OF October communicates what
passed between them In the following words:-
Napoleon Ill. was seated before desk encum-
room, not unlike the cabinet he occupied at the
Iaileres. Though iaborlng under severe cold, at
tended by slight attack OF gout the Emperor looked
In every respect az well as when last saw him at
st. Cloud in July lastiust three days before M. do
preluded the present calamI0us war. / reminded
him oday that nc had spoken TO me at st. Cloud OF
the H0henz0llern Incident which he had regarded
as entirely "nnlshed," and that he had referred
~ his projects OF ufNeOfdturd, which would enable
creation, after the labOrs and excitements or The
recent pisbtScte.
'Yes," said the Emperor, with sigh. 'pnomme
war; but fatality willed that should be SO. Public
opinion was aroused In It's favor, and was opiged
@ acqSiesce = IN the popular wish. You see !" what
His Majesty then spoke Of the disasters OF he cam.
paign. eliminating IN the hnal blow indicted upon
France at Sedan, aud he declared that surrender
was the only means OF preventing q total massacre
The Emperor confidently relies upon the verdict
0l history to exonerate him from all the charges now
heaped % upon his head by excited detlac,ors, who
Tor the most part base their anfmadversiOns upon
| mere hearsay He alluded, indeed but without bit
terness, TO the numberless calumnes or which he
is the object In many parts Of France. He spoke
Ia despondent terms OF the present distracted con
| ditlon Of France-a prey to foreign foe without
existing circumstances, to hope for better things.
But when ventured to ask II the time would not
come when his friends would be authorized, by
| his own initiative to make some movement to re-
treve his fortunes the Emperor at replied that
the sole aim of France must now be 10 drive out tue
invader OF ner soil; ana he would never, by word
or deed, throw obstacles La the way OF accomplish
Ing that task or take any steps that would Impede
Thus all the plans devised by his partisans TO
bring about restoration OF the Napoleonic dynasty
U han1 ulenl
| yet had his sanction; and the French newspaper
IN London which pro.essedly advocates the imperial
the Empress e'T
As Tor the Bourbaki episode, either in Its details
as nrst rec0unted, or In the Interpretation which
has been attached 70 II at Tours the Emperor mad
no connection with u. In any shape or form, ana he
command at Metz or did not again reloin II when
| tne Prusslans accorded him permission to do So
AZ LOT the person who was instrumental in inducing
tRe General TO leave Metz for England, the Emperor
can only suppose him TO be agent employed by
Count bismarck TO ascertain The real condition or
anairs In the fortress which the Prussians SO
desrous OF capturing Statements have reached
Wilheimsh6he to-day with reference TO the negotia-
| tions now going on between Marshal Bazaine and
the Prussian headquarters Tor the purp0se-say the
German accounts-of surrendering Metz.
The emperor informed me that he has had no
| communication with Marshal BaZaine but that ne Is
unwilling to believe the reports Of his approaching
| I have seen here all the gentlemen composing the
suite OF the ex Emperor and they are all devotedly
attachcuto Napoleon III.
| Tho Ex-EmpcrOr ON Fnvre, Thiers md Bis
/ marck.
/ correspondent OF the Liberte writing from Cas-.
sci, says that he has heard from the lips Of the En-
| peror at Wilhclmsh1he 4ke following remarks on
Messrs. Theirs, Jules Fayre and Bismarck
Jules Fayre has not ability enough TO conduct a
| discussion with the Minister OF King william. Hs
| will wind him round his finger. ] have been quito
dupeu Dy hn-i, To whom everybody agrees In at-
tributng penetration and taciturnIY. How then
WIN II lare With NJ Fayre, whose strength lies in
! his too great nuency OF speech2 All these words
Will be turned against him tho of an agree
ment with his pacific Intentions. M. Bismarck win
4 throw the responsibility of refusal on has au-
! gust Majesty The talent OF this uipionaiist
consists in his Knowing how throw on
have been taken. was without tns talent
when at the Tuileries and paid dearly lOr this dc
feet. The Chancellor OF the North on ma
all Europe think that 1t WAS The French people WHO
demanded The whereas III reality II as he and
who alike wished IT, IL had been able TO per
| should still bo at PARIS, or could have returned
| without fear. The contrary occurred, and my fall
and the capitualien GI Sedal are Lhe consequences
| of that failure"
i shortly afterwards. speaking OF NJ Thiers he
! said:-~I was beaten at EOuloxnc, because IN my
simplicity at that nic. cOnlded In the Minister OF
Louis, Philippe, who had promised me his assist
| ance but only to drug me into the net. troubled
him in England. He attracted me to B0ulogne in
order TO confne me at Ham,
'Count Bismarck" !" The ex-Emperor saId in con-
clusion 's an able man, but 1t is his audacity that
Cavour, The greatest politician have ever met. III
Cavour had been the Minister OF King William the
German empire would have been completed, and
that without q shot," ~ 4,