, 1870-09-11


the cattle of 1sns, with a, 900 mea, IL Gan
erals, Hou oficers, and 800 Cannon. The de-
prayed State quickly secumbed, aud the
French despised the people thor were compel
led to conquer.
tue Of yic,orv. He said to sho civic process
sion of Berliners who obsequious1y groetsd
'You havo an1iousis wished for war; yon
have had 5our wish.
This was the twenty seventh Of October, in
the afternoon. 4 troop Of Mamelnkea pre-
cedeo him he Was surrounded 1y all bis Mar
shals The French soldiers stood in arms on
both s.des Of the Linden strasse,
and the P1nsHtau mob Joined With
them in cheering and crTing
il Tire Emperor r. Red placards were
stuck up on every side by the ahsconding Gov
erDor Of Berlin:
"The ENG has lost = battle; tranquility is
now the duss Of the citizens y beg fortt
ScHu1ExBuRa."
Ill Berlin was then serTile, debauched, and
neacherons; neighbozs revealed to soadiezs
the whereabouts Ut each others hidden mon
ey. The miserable Town Council ordered the
pain of dsl,h.' Napoleon, who had always
3espined the p1ussians, declared that '. ha did
mi know whether to rejoice or be ashamed"
Tho poor Kingstried in vain to hold ont By
nore hghting i1lQ esst. leaving Berlin to
g1ovel ln the dirt {Fout tho next summer tue
Sie1nen. by which Pruesia was all but ahso-
1n;ely dismembered. and what Was left de-
clared 10 bc restored - onl7 ont OF respect for
HIS Majesly, the Emperor OF 1.usaia." D4nt-
zic. Msgdohu:s. all Western Prussia beyond
the Elbe, VI IT pha1ia, and the Polish prorin-
ces. we're giEeu up, aud Prussia was deharred
from keeping au army Of more than Z, 900
men, aud Weatphalia was crested = kingdom,
with Jerome Bonaparte At the head OF it
Replying to tlis popr Kings farewell al
dress: the westphalians. in bitterness toward
the Derineee, said:
own milk our danghters are no puppets OF
fashion and the eplrit Of the age has not yet
lreathed iis pestil+ntial vapog upon u.s." In
that day there waa zoo nlucl capital 10 make .
nat,ou. 1,russ;a LOST, in all, $500 square
mil. s,-half It's territorg.-and five million iu-
Latitlnt=. 1t become second rate power, a
l;asa1is. 4 tine WIS imposed upon it of i4G,-
o00, ,61o francs, anl an embargo, meantime,
laid upon all the revenues. The Queen Loui-
IA wrote:
"<sreat Heavens. our sentence Of death is
pfonoEncet.'
For two ytars French troops ga1zisoned the
setnaiLder Of the monarchy, and for three
yfarr the ltrusrian King was AL exile from his
capital, living like a buryher on coin obtained
from INT ling bis plate, aud he wrote that he
aImost doubted the wisdom aud Justice Of
God. NAPOLEON Nss never go bard aud pitfless
ut:on any other State cxceet Venice.
The fact had been that ayasice and selfish
Dose had den,oral!ze1 the pruss,su character.
The court war brotEel; the mobiles we're pro-
csrcrs; the peupe Of Berlin Controlled tie
whole State anu ,,tecpitated the war. Ever
since that day Berlin has resigned tia claim to
dictate to the nation, and the poverty and
humiliation of the peacc made a new natinuAl
ri, <f,iI IT 1,1, 3f~&So
Queen Louisa wrote Tins, and the French
rxo)le rnat apply 1t to themselves in turn.
I'VE lh4ye fallen aelcep on the l,urels OF
Frederick the Great. The world can be made
good or4ls hy those who arc good themselves /:
ttertfore 10 not believe the Emperor Ma
rolton EoiIaIarte is firm and secure on lis
tAsone, brilliant ~ it IT,, At this moment.
Truth and Justice alone stand secure
TIE Quee1, died soon after Of \ broken
heart. The hing would have plunged into
me]arcAoiic, but fer his able statesmen.
Srl,an,ho.st aud Stein, the former yirtuoua
sou Of 3 poor peasant he reorganizel the
army, Is Stein the civil government, and
thure two men ARE matH}y responsible for
l1uesia At she il. SclasuAorst devised what
became the subsequent system OF laudwehr
and landeturu1> and Stein raised the people Of
the middle clssees to political equa'isy anl
stale in thcse words, wherein We can lind
yeason for tue reduced power Of France:
1.-The burSher mist become noble. Des-
rotir governments destroy the character Of the
people by. removing them from public. BUSH
ness. ard entrus'ins the administration Of
missionaries. bureaucracy is tho greatest
ey! Of tie Stale"
Tie First Napoleon outlawed Stein, and he
had nearly become All emigrant to Kentucky.
Napoleon called rr1ss!ans 1.-THE Jacobins Of
the NORTH" The new State tnrned upon Ma
and. led iy D1ucLer. IN old cavalrymau Of
much obetnacy, Tecklessness, Ignorance. IA
| pacify, aud yignr, the prussians marched to
1'aris with the 1l.issians. Hero arc the con.
diiioEB they demanded.
FArss1As TERMS TO FRANCE, 1915.
One hundred and fifty thousand alias en-
| camred round I'arir. March 81 1914, they
| entered it triutnpAantly, tho ray1lrr OF the
| 1Tnssian guards leading. followed by Alexau'
der and the King OF Prussia. Tho Ia,isinus
cheeIed them, particularly Alexander, who In
tefrosed between the people and rrussian IA
| paeity. Franco was not 20 well CONSIDERED
tue fnlowing year, however, after tho isaut
| Of Waterloo.
In 1915, the fisnt Prnssinn demand on paril
war for 1Gl, ,eU0, GOO fraucs i'll money. and til,
1;lucher aftcEward touk 3,U00. 900 more, AMI
Lost il Immediately gambling: At tha
peace France lost Saar-Lonls. Which tho Frencl
| ltsstcd tier Lad taken a month ago the,
paid, in Ill, ESQ. .000, ,o0D francs. Of which Pras
Ella rot So 0U0, 600. Prussia then proposed
! S:rasll nsg. Al=ace. Lorraine. the three bi,h
orrics OF Tettinu, Toul and Metz, Aftois ans
| Elahtlets. and the fuEsresscs OF Metz, Mont-
III. dy, Lngwy, aud IlMonri1e. Allied trools.
:a,risuned Frsnce five years, and thoy sen
Napoleon to st. nefeua-
PHILOSOPHY UF THE WAn-
SiEce that dag. both nations have grow
Moic enlightened but the French have nj
I Nas% sworn that tlaF would have the Rhine
am! in 1kGG, after SatlowA- tho students of Ber
lin twitted tl,osc OF Strashousg that they la,
forgotten their race !, the $ 'rssbonrg atutlent
t. 1,Ii...i in an address that they welc williu
F1euchuacu, and meant to remain 80. l va
-at1s.ieti nhcn was At S:rasbou1g that Franc
lad no uGre loyal aud stout adhereuta tla
the Al-a,iaps. French government strike
The Imagination Of the SsfssbouFg people, an
| Ereuch cnterpri.e has promoted their for
tuner. They look across the river and con-
pare their condition with that OF more popu
lous Cologne and richer Frankfort, and has
no r. asotl to feel detected By their own NOR
bust1iuE, more fervtd. less hampcred career
The government Of Franco hiss always bee
partial in giving offices and favors to the 4
satians. Haursu.au, Prefect Of the Seine, ":
o! that city, and also, l believe schneider, 1t
President OF the Legislative body. StrA:boul
act.crses are iayorites in Paris. thcir lart
booily charms giving them advantage over Il
composers and authors awaken no enthusiast
III Germany, putis is full of wel+rcwardi
Germans, many Of whom like ueine, lev
til, nee el,atts Of sarcaem at their native land
like Jacques 0nenbach. csricature Gener
: Broun,. RemaIded to Prussis. Strastou
: wcr]d feel the game dissatisfac tion that It
. Sltine girls expressed, tern from their hu
, bands to be rcnanicd to their fathers. Il
intention OF France to recover more pEoyluc
J would lie i'll the very essence Of the natiou
, character, aud TO plnnder France Of Lorrait
: "orh te an amazing piece Of folly on the ps
Of B.m7rk, fur Lortaine IL one OF the pure
] French provinces in tho light Of literature a
= language, and Nancy is sort OF Freuch la
8 ford or Rochester, more truly and refined
Q Frc.sch than the metropolis i.self. The de-
t hationai ius.inctu can onlv Ia conquered
). long time; and the late brilliant campaign
: and deep hate Of people whom
: intelligent an,sGoniEt can AFFORD TO despl+e.
g | Lorraine he tho spoil 4of Wilhelm's victo
Q The world eau no more do without Fran
Q than il can du without America. The less
il l'rctsia Las administered to France will be1
J. ut it mere than the prosperous reign Of twet
l. Napo]eouE. Both States lead conrerging c
iIizstions France must become mora prt
t.an 1nd IIutsia moe French, to answer
d hetds Of reaeon and Imagination. The iii
y may come when the Hohenzollerns will pro
], to be the Sapoleons Of Prussia let no IN
T. he rssh in drawing conclusioE6 upon tht
d two fine developments OF atatectait, 80
i" fential to each other. 20 mutually p,odtat
If and. after all, 20 representative Of the b
y Of human organization. Any cheer
ie | person who has travelled over the world
10 recognize the existence Of great chz1Rcte,
e, tics in Italy. France, Prsssia. IIussi,. Delgr
ii and S~ eden. In America there arc but
IN real States: ous own and the Argentine c
% federation England is = commercial
70 With drunken aud spcndthrift partner.
i ireland. AusttiA il not State, but = for
ut tnua concourHe Of atoms. France and prus
s. are the grown tons OF Japhft, heads Of Is
D. l,e-, reFrese ntstive men. The undue eupre
70 acy or depreciation Of either, will be uobod
II profit.
IN TIE RURAL rnor1Scts OF THE cosTEsrAs
10 TEis VAT il good deal like > struggle