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in Ito invaded Zips ssarosly, and seized
its thirteen townships. CT. Rulhiere In his
..Histosis dc pAnarchie dc Polorne, Paris,
1907, / volumes, limo" says on page 202,
volume 1, that on the occasion Of the mas
ouerades IN honor Of Prince Henry Of
Prussia. the Cxarius Catherine. taking on
the Austrian invasion OF Zips. made the ~
marx: ut seems in Poland You have only
to stop and pick up Whist you like Of Il. II
the courts Of Vienna have the nction to
dismembsr that kingdom. it neighbour
viii have right 70 do - much.
CarIyle also refers TO this passage and
says that IN Ill books this 10 considered
ssthe puuctum salons or 6rst mention Of
the astonishing partition which Was settled.
agreed upon ab0u. year hence and has
made 90 much noise ever since. And in
effect Il was so: the idea arising practi-
cally in that high head (Catherine's) Was
the real beginning" Carlyle continues:
frederick, on Henri's report from Russia,
was totally incredulous and even suspected
that there might b. trickery and danger in
this Russian proposal. Not until Henri's
return, February Is. III, could he entirely
bslievs that the csarina was sssious-and
then. SIRE enough. he did, with his VII ole
heart 90 into 1t, the Eureka out Of Ill these
difficulties, which had 90 long seem ed in
superable. !"
Space does not permit me to describe the
claims which Prussia had upon Silesia,
and especially upon Jssgsrndorf, but there
IL not single historian Of any merit who
denies that there existed such claims, and
to those who desire to inform themselves
with regard TO the matter. recommend
CarIyie's work. volume /, book 3, chapters
II, 1S and 10. snd also passages referring
to the matter IN volumes 2, and 4.
Nevertheless. 70 those who do not know
anything about ths history Of the Eilesian
war, It may b Welcome TO hear . few 70
marks which the English historian makes
in chapter 10, volume /, book 8 He writes
- follows: I'VE said the Great Elector
never could work his 6ilesian duchies out
Of Kaiser Leopold; 70 Ill his urgencies the
little kaiser In red stockings answered only
in evasions, and would quit nothing. :
The Austrian court, who in 1885 needed
the Electors help against Turks and
others. and found him very urgent about
these 6ilesisn duchies Of his, fell upon
what must call . very extraordinary
shift tor getting rid Of the 6ilesian ques-
ton" Carlyle then mentions that the
Austrian ambassador at Berlin offered to
the Elector the little territory Of Scnwie-
bus, and after having ndicuied the idea,
continues: Baron Freytag, the Austrian
ambassador. had managed meanwhile to
bargain beforehand with the young prince
1.-THE old Elector was by that time very
feeble and helpless) that directly on COM
ing into power he would give
up Schwiebus again, should the
offer of Echwiebus be accepted
by Papa; to which effect Baron Freytag
held . signed bond, duly executed by the
young man before Papa had concluded at
all, which is very curious indeed. Poor
old Papa, worn out with troubles, accepted
schwiebus in liquidation Of all claims, Sth
of April, 1886. and few days after set his
men on march against the Turks; and ex-
actIy two months beforehand, on the 9Th
Of February last, the prince had signed his
engagement that Schweibus would be q
mere phantasma to Papa--,hat he, the
prince would restore i. on his ascension.
Both these singular parchments, signed,
sealed and done in the due legal form, lay
simultaneously in Freytag's hand.
This IL literally the plan hit upon by an
imperial court to assist = young prince in
pecuniary and other difficulties, and get
rid of 6lesian clainls-plan actually not
unlike that Of swindling money lenders to
young gentleman in difficulties and Of
manageable turn, who has just got into
their hands.
1.-THE great elector died two years after
Schwiebus then in his hand. The new