The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
NAPOLEON On RECIPROCITY,
A Possible Reason Why England was Al.
ways Ready to Fight Him.

ways headC to Fight Him.
Napoleon VAS III very good spirits
and seemed very DESTROYS to show that
though he had ambition England was
not without her share also. He said that
yer since the time of Cromwell we had
set up extraordinary ~pretensions and
a~rrogated 10 ourselves the dominion of
the sea: that after the peace of Alniens
Lord Sidmonth wished to ley the for
mer treaty of commerce. which had been
made by Nergennes after the American
war. but that he fNapoleon), anxious 10
encourage the industry of France. had
expressed his readiness 10 enter into a
treaty, rot like the former, which il was
cleaf from the portfolio Of Versailles
must be injurious TO the interests Of
France, but on terms of perfect reel
procity-yiz. that if France took so
many millions Of English goods England
should take ms many millions Of French
produce ia return. Lord Sidnouth said:
This is totaly new. lcannot make a
treaty OH these conditions"
Very well. cannot force yon into IA
treaty Of commerce any more than Won
can force me, and VT must remain as we
are-withouG commercial intercourse"
Then" said Lord Sidmouth. there
will be war. for unless the people of
England have the advantages of com
merce secured To them which they have
been accustomed to they will force me
20 declare war"
AS you please. 1t is my duty to
study the just interests of France. and
| shall not enter into any treaty Of com
merce on other principles than those |
have stated"
He stated that although England made
Malta the Iretext, all the world knew
that was not the real cause of the rup-
ture-tha. he vas sincere in his desire
for peace. as Il proof OF which he sent his
expedition to san Domingo. When it was
remarked by Colonel Campbell that Eng
land did NOT think him sincere, from his
refusing IL treaty of commerce and send
ing consuls To Ireland with engineers TO
examine the harbors. he laughed and
said that was not necessary. for every
harbor III England and Ireland was well
known To him. Bertrand remarked that
every ambassador was d spy.
Napoleon said that the Americans adj
mitted the business of his principles of
commerce. Formerly they brought over
some millions of tobacco and cotton.
took specie in return and then went
empty to England, where they furnished
themselves with British manufactures.
He refused to admit their tobacco and
cotton unless they took from France an
equivalent in French produce. They
yielded to his system as being inst. lie
added that now England had it all her
own way, that there was no power which
could successfully oppose her system, and
that she might now impose on France
any treaty she plNaed.
1.-THE Bourbons, poor devils there lie
checked himself are great lords, who are
contented with having back their estates
and castles. but if the French people be
come dissatisfied with that the treaty.
and find that there l. not the encourage
ment for their manufactures ia the III
terror Of the country that there should
be. they ithe BourboasI viii he driven
ont IN six months AaFseilles. Nantes,
Bordeaux and the coast are O troubled
by that, for they -alwags hay. the same