The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

overthrow me by coalition r reloined Ma
poleon. "How.mapy are you. your ailies-
four. five. elk, twenty The greater your
number the more / shall he Of my ease. |
accept your challenge But | can assure
YOU" he continued, with forced emile, that
we shall sec one another again In Vienna
next October. BY that time you will see what
will have become OF your good friends, tho
Russians and PrussiHns. DO you, perhaps,
count upon Germany just recall 1909 to
your mind. Ny soldiers will suffice me to
Keep the German population tn hand, and for
the fidelity Of the German Princes am guar
anteed by their fear Of YOU. III you Will only
declare yourself neutral and observe neutral
ity will commence negotiations In Pragite
VIII You have an armed neutrality SO be
IT, Station 100000 men In Bohemia and Let
your Emperor give mo his word not to de-
clare war against me before the negotiations
shall have terminated. That will be enough
for me-"
SPIES IN DIPLOMACY.
"The Emperor" / replied. has offered his
mediation. not his neutrality. To the powers
Russia and Prussia have accepted his media
ton. You must now this very day declare
what you mean to do. Either you will accept
my proposition, and we will settle a term for
the duration of the negotiations, or you will
reject II, and my master, tho Emperor. Will
then consider himself ut liberty, as far as his
further decisions arc concerned The stua-
tion Ia urgent upon zig. The army must have
food TO eat. In q few days we shall have
250 900 men IN Bohemia. They can stop there
for n few weeks. but not for monthsl' Here
Napoleon again interrupted mo To break of
into n long DEPRESSION respecting the possible
strength Of our army. According TO his cal
cuatlons we could not nj the very most. get
together more than 10000 men In Bohemia.
Hebased his deductions upon the normal mum
bers OF the npire's population, upon his esti
mate Of our losses In the lata wars, md upon
our system of recruitment. | betrayed con
siderable surprise nj the incorrectness Of his
assumption. and told him that he could very |
easily procure more accurate Information. Il
myself" observed, will be bound 10 furnish |
your Majesty with complete list of your
battalions. Can II be that your Majesty Is |
less correctly informed respecting the
strength of the Austrian army2" II am quito
most exhaustive reports upon your combat
ant strength, and am perfectly sure that |
have not been deceived as regards tho ch,fre
or your effective forces. nj. Dc Narbonne has
sent out host OF spies, and his reports ey
tend In detail even TO the drummers Of your
army. My headquarters staff has been no
less active, and know best what reliance Is
to be placed upon my information M y cal
culationa are based upon mathematical prop
ositlons therefore. they are sure. After nil,
nobody has got more than he can havef
SACRIFICING HUMAN LIFE.
He then took me into his study and showed
me the muster rolls OF orr army just as he
received them daily. He went over them
with extreme Carefuness. regiment by reG-
ment Over this question alone We disputed
for more than an hour When we returned
into his reception room he said nothing moro
about the political Issues Mt stake. and |
might have fanGied that he wished To distract
my attention from the purpose Of my mission
had not known by experience how great Rn
adept he WAS In these we'll caculatpd round
about ways. He talked about hia operations
In Russia. and was extremely ditfuse anent
what had happened alter his last return to
France. Every word he said male IL more
and more clear to me that his exclusive Object
was to convince me- that his reverses In 1912
were entirely attributable to the winter sea-
son. and that his prestige In France had never
been greater than In consequence of those
very events. After listening 10 him for half
nh hour Interrupted him with the re-
mark that ibis own words afforded me
striking proof OF the necessity that he
should bring all these variations OF
luck and Iii luck TO full stop Fate
may betray you,' | observed, "as she did In
1919. As u rule armies constitute only a
small percentage OF the population. but you
ARE calling whole people TO arms. Have
you not already, in assembling your army OF
to-day, swept away, SO to speak, q whole gen
,ration2 have aeen your soldiers; they are
mere children. Your Majesty Is convinced
hat you nre Indispensable To the French ma
lion, but Is not the nation also necessary to
your And when this army Of feeble strpllngs
shall have been sacrificed what will you do
himself to DO overcome by rage. He turned
leadly pale and his features worked convul-
,ively. you are no soldier" he exclaimed, I
iercely. land you do not understand what
goes on In soldiers soul. / have been ,
cared on battletields, and such man "a
I'm makes no account Of o million mems
ivesl" He used much stronger expression
han this and rs he spoke, or rather scream
~. these words, he flung his hat.
which he had hitherto kept In his
hand, into corner Of the room.
did not stir, but leaned upon console be-
,ween the two windows, and said, with deep
emotion, why do you apply to me? Why do
,ou make such a declaration to me between
our walIs2 Let us open tho doors, and may
your words resound from one end of France
q tho otherl IT. IL not the cause which rep
'esent that will lose thereby" Mastering his
passion he replied, In more moderate tone
If voice, THE French cannot complain Of me.
n order to apare them have sacrificed my
fermans ana my Poles During the Russian
lost 100000 men, but only 1000 of
hem were Frenchmen." /
THE MARRIAGE A MISTAKE.
"You forget sire, that you are speaking to !
Germanr Upon this Napoleon began to
Walk up and down the room with me AS he r
urned for the second time he picked up his \
mt. Then he began again about his marriage. t
Yes, yes r he said, II committed an enor- I
nous piece Of folly when took an Austrian
.rchduchrss u wife, "If your Majesty wish
. know my opinion in the matter" replied
i will openly admit that Napoleon the Com
ueror did certainly make n mistake upon 2
nat occasion" And so the Emperor Fran q
Is wants to dethrone his daughter2' q
The Emperor knows nothing but his =
uty, and that he will fulfill. Whatever may Q
9 his daughters lot the Emperor is. g
pant tout, q monarch, and the welfare Of his :
copies will ever occupy the first place In his e
rogramme OF action" "Yes." Interrupted !,
napoleon, that does not surprise me, It
My confirms me In my opinion that have n
cen guilty of an objectionable error. By 4
ly eepousal Of an archduchess | purposed Il
the present with the past Gothic b
rejudices with the Institutions of my CEN
lry. / deceived myself, and to-day feel the 2
hole weight OF my delusion. 1t will per-
APPS cost me my throne; but will bury the
orId under its debris J"
By this time our conversation had lasted
II 80 D. m. 1t was already quite dark. i
ohody had dared to intrude upon us. Our
minated discussion had not suffered one
,tnute's pause. Six several times my words
nd conveyed the full Significance of a Gecla g
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