Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-10-19

sincere sympathy at seeing his opponent in
such n situation, especially since it was not
unknown to him that the emperor had not |
found it eesy to decide upon war. This re-
mark evidently did Napoleon good, and he
assured him with warmth that he had only
given way to public opinion when he DECIDED
upon war, whereupon the king replied:
"rhat public opinion has taken that direc-
ton is, however, the fault of those whom
you made your advisers" Coming then to
the immediate object of the visit, the king
asked whether Napoleon extended now to en-
ter upon any negotiations, which Che
emperor denied, with the remark that
he as prisoner could have no in
huence over the government Upon the
| furthc~ question where the government was,
he replied, "In Paris" The king then turned
the conversation to the personal situation OF
the emperor, and offered him Wilnelmshohe
as place Of sojourn, which he at once &C.
cepted He seemed especially pleased when
his majesty remarked that, for security, he
would give him guard of honor to accom-
pany him across the frontier. When Ma
poleon, during the further progress of con-
versation, expressed the supposition that he
had had opposed to him the army Of Freder-
ick Charles, the king corrected him, saying
that it had been | and the crown prince Of
|
case, Prince Frederick Charles was, the
king replied, sharply accentuating his words,
with seven army corps before Metz
With all signs of painful surprise the EN-
peror made q step backward, a nervous
twitching was perceptible on his face, for
now only it became clear to him that the
whole German army had not been opposed
to him. The king praised the bravery of the
French army, which praise the emperor will
ingly confirmed, though adding that it
lacked the discipline which distinguished our
army so much. The Prussian artillery, he
said, was the first Of the world, and his
troops had not been able to resist our fire.
The conversation may have lasted good
quarter Of an hour before they came out
again. The kings high, noble figure curl
ously contrasted with the small, stout figure
Of the emperor. When the latter saw me he
gave his hand to me, with the other drying
the hot tears which were running down his
cheeks Full of gratitude he mentioned to
me the words and spoke Of the mag
unanimous manner in general with which the
king had met him. l, OF course, replied in
the same sense and asked him whether he
had obtained some nights rest. whereupon
he remarked that the anxiety for his people
had not permitted him to find sleep When
I expressed my regret that the war had taken
SO sanguine a character he replied that this,
unfortunately, was only too true and the
more horrible "quand on ma pas voulu la
guerre." OF the empress and his son he had
received no news for the last eight days, and
asked to be permitted to send a cipher to
them. We took farewell, shaking hands.
Boyen and Lynas accompanied him. His
suite looked gloomy-they in brand new uni
forms by the side Of ours, which were worn
out by the war
Sept. 3.-Donchery. Bismarck visits me.
We keep Alsace under German administra
ton, for federation or empire. The idea of
!, the empire was scarcely mentioned; per-
ceived that he was only conditionnlly in favor
, Of it, and took good care not to press, al.
though | am persuaded that it must come &c
it; the development tends in that direction
and cannot come more favorably than
through this victory.
Sept. 6. - Rheims. Quarters at Werlt
tCliquotl, where l exceptionally give cham
payne; on other occasions such liquids are moi
served by me on the field Except for the
desire for peace, we find everywhere rage
against Paris: this all is decisive, the people
actually make distinction between Fran
t Gals and Parisien; they are astonished thai
3 we walk around among them without al
escort. Napoleon n'aurait jamais ose S,
] hasarder ainsin
Sept. s.-France is now forever our natura
t enemy; therefore it is our duty to weaken it
i; The possession of Alsace renders easier fo
t us the extension Of the strategical line of on
q advance, which hitherto was SO much re
j stricted.
e Sept. -l4-Alsace-Lorraine, imperia
territory without dynasty; the question i
,, how to detach them from the great Frencl
empire, but at the same time to let them fee
u that they are members of great state ant
Q not condemned to join the small state nui
S sance Russell Times correspondent ha
Q disappeared without trace, has gone direc
to England; wrote much already in his car
riage. Roggenbach proposes to utilize tn
:, time In order to introduce, by our influence
= decentralization into France.
Sept. 19-Paris surrounded; Versailles vii
J. first capitulate, being glad to be protects
r against the mob; Sevres asks us to quartz
a troops there
= Sept 20.-At Versailles In the prefecture
= the news from Bavaria is good When look
Q ing at tho state apartments, in which 50 muc
Is misfortune for Germany was decided upo
and in which the derision of her downfall
8 fguratively pictured, harbor the firm hop
J. that just here the restoration Of emperor an
, empire will be celebrated.
= THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
10 Sept. 2a-Strasbourg capitulatea writ
U to the king to do all that is possible for tn
le restoration of the cathedral, the library, et<
Is Sept. 500 Ferrieres; favorable new
l. from Delbruck, to Bismarcks surprise az
"a proach his majesty with the empire questio
which is coming up; he considers it as nc
being In prospect at all and quotes In supper
the remark of Du Bois-Reymond that iruperi
alism had broken down, SO that In German
10 in future there could only be king of Pru,
IS STA, duke of the Germans prove, In cor
$ tradiction to this that the three kings urg
r us to seize supremacy by means Of th
:. empire, but say that the ancient imperia
y and royal crown Of thousand years ha
70 nothing to do with modern Imperialism, an
of finally his resistance becomes weaker.
re Oct. 2-Queen Victoria, who has been 70
10 lowing our actions with touching sympathy
g. has telegraphed to his majesty in order
az admonish him to magnanimty with regar
q, to Favre's efforts to make peace, withou
- however, being able to propose a practic,
or means.
o. Oct. 3.-Gen. Burnside comes from Pari
ne looks clever, speaks SO openly that Blunel
Of thai and l believe that he is not without
At mission from the men in power; they desii
paaca hut no ceSsiop Of tay-rfHrv Eay,,