The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-10-13
SPANS INSULTED KING.

"a nlEN u ANoOA Ia hANu
n European kings these days, las they CO.
v are but indifferent rubbish. There is no
J, one OF them that we can recall just now
0 unless 1t Is the OctOgenarian king of Prus
b STA and Emperor Of Germany, who /
: credited with any but very mediocre abili
q ties; and among them all perhaps III,
Y most contemplate and insignificant /,
4 King Alfonso, OF Spain. Besides that hC
is credited with no qualifications as a ruler
, his private lite is 50 bad that his wife (ol
f QUEEN has left his "bed and board" it i:
said. on account Of his Intidellties and de
bauchcrles, and'his people were on the poln
Of hurting him from his throne. In this
extremity he bethought him that the state
of his health needed travel, and, with
varlons other kings and MOBILES he decided
to pay visit to the Emperor of Germany
At Berlin he was received and treated with
all the courtesy and distinction awarded to
the other crowned heads, and when he left
there the Emperor conferred upon HIM the
| "N'i"'y ohu 'ihPtJ t''!C VI tO!JICI vi u
regiment Of Uhlans. Now the Uhlans IN
the war between Germany and France per.
formed about the functions OF the bum.
mers' in ShermaD's command during the
march TO the sea. They ioragcd on the
outer edge OF the main army, and robbed
henroosts and pigstles, plundered homes
and terrified helpless women and children.
Consequently no name is so despicablc in
France as that Of Uhlan, and no oicnse
more provocative OF resentment than to|
appear anywhere in France in the uniform
OF the hated German bummers.
Now it happened that King Alfonso was
uncommonly sollcitous to be ca good
terms with his nearest nelghhor France.
The uprising against him IN SPAN was
alleged to be manly republican, and active
sympathy on the part Of republican France
with the "rebes" III Spain would nccessa
rily be very dangerous circumstance.
Then it was SAID that Alfonso had gone to
Germany to JON the alliance entered into
against France by Germany, Austria and
Italy, and Alfonso was anxious to disabuse
France of that suspicion. 30 on his re
turn TO Spain from Germany he resolved
to pass through France and spend at least
A week enjoying the gaitios OF Paris But
the sansculOttes and canaile of Paris had
heard Of his coming In the habllments of
a Colonel OF the hated Uhlans, and when
ne arrived in that city and was entering
us carriage at the railroad station to be
iriven to his hotel, the mob which had
gathered in thousands, not only received
lIm with derislve shouts and hoOtlngs
)ut pelted his carriage with street dirt and
lnhorsed some of his mounted escort.
The insult was no less violent than de.
,lorable. Isolated almost as France
lands already by the holy alliance against ,
Ter of Germany, Austria and Italy, she =,
vas 10 less sollCitous to maintain friendly
Citations with her neighbor beyond the
'yrenees than Alfonso was to retain the =
GOD will of France. But such an Insult /
n the capital Of France could not fail to
ave most unhappy influence on the King :,
nd people of SPAN. And so it has turn :.
d out King Alfonso returned to his erst
iscontented people to be received with the
'lldcst demonstrations of loyalty, while
C was greeted at the same time with the =,
ercest excavations against France and de-
lands that Spain shall assume an attitude
f hostility towards the ill-msnnered re-
ubllc across the mountains. Thus never
as an Insult received by man or king :,
lore opportune and fortunate than this :,
AS to Alfonso He becomes not only the
ero of the day but it did more to restore
is people to good will and loyalty than :,
rmies and years of repression could have
one. But to France the c0RtyeteaDS was
ne to fill her rulers with the deepest anx-
ty. Every crowned head IN Europe par
cipatcd la and resented the insult offered
Alfonso, while the very safety of the
rench republic depended on the MAN.
nance of the good will of her neighhOrs. 7
ccOrdingly the French rulers were pro.
Use in their apologies to the lnsultod
ing, and the abascment to which thew
ere forced to stoop not only tended strong
TO breed discomfort at home and to lead
cabinet descriptions, but made the -,
grand republlQue" the scott and derlslon ID
It's neighbors. The latest dispatches .,
owever, give assurances that King Alton .,
has concluded to accept the humble -,
oologics of France, and the dread OF a 8,
rand European war, which in former i,
,ars had been enkinded by even more -
ivial incidents, it is now confidently ;,
ated has blown over. t.
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