The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-03-21
NannIeNn,S Pr0nhecies.

The r9pid march of events during the
past year in Eastern Europe recalls to
mind the prophecy of Napoleon, that in
fifty years Europe would be Cossack or
republican, and supplies some curious
ver1hcation. The conversations which
he held with the Englishman O'Meara,
as he paced back and forth in his re-
stricted quarters at St Helena, have
been preserved by the latter and record
ed In book form. We cite few of
them, as showing how closely the great
Emperor looked into futurity. Upon
one occasion he said to O'Meara
In the course of few years Russia
will have Constantinople, the greatest
part of Turkey, and all Greece. This I
hold to be as certain as if it had already
taken place. Almost all the cajoling
and fattering which Alexander practiced
| toward me was to gain my consent to
effect this object. I would not consent,
seeing that the equilibrium of Europe
would be destroyed. In the natural
| course OF things, in few years Turkey
must fall to Russia. The greatest part
of her population are Greeks who, you
may say, are Russians. The powers it
would injure, and who could oppose it,
are England, France, Prussia and
Austria. Now, as to Austria, it will be
| very easy for Russia to engage her as
| sistance by giving her Servia and other
provinces bordering on the Austrian
domlnlons, reaching near Constantine
| pie. The only hypothesis upon which
England and France will ever form an
alliance with sincerity will be in order
to prevent this. But even this alliance
would not avail. France England and
| Prussia united cannot prevent it, Rus
STA and Austria can at any time effect it.
Once mistress of Constantinople, Rus
STA gets all the commerce of the Medit-
erranean, becomes great naval power,
and God knows what may happen. She
quarrels with you, marches off to India
an army of 10000 good soldiers, which
! is nothing, and 100, 900 canaille, Cos
sacks, and others, and England loses
India"
In another conversation O'Meara
asked Napoleon if it was true that Alex
| ander once intended to seize Turkey, to
which Napoleon replied
All his thoughts are directed to the
conquest of Turkey. We have had
many discussions about it. At first I
was pleased with his proposals, because
I thought it would enHghten the world
to drive those brutes, the Turks, out of
EUROPE. buC, Wnen L rG0eCtoO upon
the consequences and saw what
tremendous weight of power it would
give to Russia, in consequence of the
numbers of Greeks in the Turkish do
minions, who would virtually join the
Russians, refused to consent to it,
especially as Alexander wanted 10 get
Constautinople, which I would not al
low, as it would have destroyed the
equilibrium of power in Europe"
Premature Burial.
Another lucky escape from burial alive
has occurred in Paris in the case of a
lawyer named Lelone. His son, sum-
moned to his death-bed, found him, as
it was supposed, dead, kissed his brow,
and was surprised at its warmth. Some
hours later he revived and said: "Ah,
doctor, those few moments sleep have
done me a world of good" The French
laws require that interment shall follow
death within, at most, thirty-six hours,
and thus it often happens that burial
takes place previous to putrefaction. It
was against this limited time imposed by
the Burial bill that an eminent prelate |
SO powerfully protested in the French |
Chamber, relating how he himself had |
been laid out for burial. Here, too, in
summer, burial takes place much too |
soon. In England at least five days in