New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-18

xviii, AZ Charles ScriD5eTs sOnS-
Among the Arabian :aies there is one o.
S1ung man who fell into great trorples ara SUI
fering merely by eating certain TOO odorPus
dish. The sad disproportion between the CRIME
and the punishment causes the tale 70 cling 10 the
memory. Itmay be imagined tnat something % me
same kind will happen in the case OF an anecoo'e
related IN the memoirs. Il was after Austria hdo
Joined the alliance Of Russia and PRUSSIA. ana CO.
incident with WcliingtOrs victorious march
through tho SnanIsh Peninsula Napoleon and
his allied foes. while pretending mat all they
wanted was peace wore gathering all their forces
for war Tho Emperor had won the battle NJ
Dresden. and had consoled himself in a measure
for the detection Of Rernadotte. then KING OF
Sweden and Murat King of Naples. He lacked
The means Of following mp and securing the fruits
or his victories but tho mere fact that he could
still win them renewed his strength ana awaK-
cncd iov in Paris II was only necessary that
he should exercise the sleepless vigilance 'na'
had characterized him in other campaigns |"
nut off Indefinitely the demands OF the allies ne
really began to dream OF rehabhtatlhg hinseH
con,n,e,eIv Even an impartial observer OF that
time might have conceded Napoleon's power TO
regain his sway over Europe. for as YET NOBODY
thought Of dispossessing him, nor or the posi-
bility Of separating his cause from thai OF France
The difficulty that everywhere oeyonu '"e
,ordar;es Of France the wish to crush the En-
peror began to permeate every element Vi so.'e''
WIZ, was once only a battle of kings had be-
como a struggle which all mankind wlsheu u
share In such condition Of humanity IT was
g.. ., raouze the old fable Of the dragons
teeth. Armed men sprang up as 1t were from
tho worry, footsteps Of the conQueror, and wnere
ho kuled q thousand there came a hundred
Thousand for revenge. The worse OF IT was 'ha'
Nano,eon no longer had his capacity 1or c''
roc, decision at the right moment AFTER lie "au
taken IN his residence in Dresden ana hau VIII
messed the assemblage OF the RUSSIAN RUSSIAN
and Swedish armies in Siesia ana arou''u hV'
without the power on his own part Oh stii"''e
q decisive blow he asked one OF MS gehe'a's' ""o
had been among the French canton"eh'' """'
,bn on;nion of the troops was. lie receNeu
frank reply. ,s
"You are right and my MIND rs naoe up
his comment Il am going to return W 'ie oa','
Of the Saale: | will gather there soihe 0V0'V''
man and with my rear resting on Ma!e"'.' nay
right flank covered by the extremity u Wv |
mountains of Bohemia. ! VIII snow '"e e"'". |
the Bulls horns. He Will seek ~ -
do my ewes: no sooner will he have co'''-
.',,,,aa his first mistake when will fall upon
It,, orusb him. and the coalition VIII vans" |
more quickly than it appeared.
tIa evan went so far as to give orue'S' :"
.o,.s Chancellor Pasquier. for TINS pach"a'u
movement 1t was apparently easy 10 carr! o''
ord Il looked like a plan which would save h'es'
This was important to Napoleon 'hei' "
the score of compassion for humahitS' o"'
cause France was losing men far more '"p,1's
than she could produce them But just WIG"
tho Emperor reached this decision 'he'e 'a"''
ono Of his adulators, one OF those WIN "''
error
could see in him the possibility OF an er'o'' -
suniced for this to hazard guess u"
what Frederick the Great wouid nave ~
sir,;,ar circumstances to change the current Vi
49,, ,,,,,oror,s thoughts He revoked ms co"'-
mand and instead of adapting himself 10 inc ue-
orea ~ destiny which had placed MIN OH '"e
defensive" in a war that he had himseii pesu''.
he returned to his criginal aggressive s'"e"', VI
action A man who could read ia'e Only ""0'
q was in his favor was surely under '"e 'oo'''
of the gods But the author OF 'hese .
hardly puts the same weight that Nepo'eo"
doubtless put upon the disanecuoh Oh poNe '''''
49, that country a vast camp Of Austrians'
fortified by its mountains, the frehc" ''em
as GOOD as turned from the outset. 10 re-
occupv Bohemia was military necessity DIV
Of course he would encounter "a formoap'e
- ,,.oo, army" In view of the difhcultles OF
.h oose "a,l those who had had experience i"
Tho art Of war" says Pasquier, "ardentiv oe-
sired that II should be determined to take up
nosition in the rear It may even be saiu '"".
this was the unanimous desire oil 'he army
The Emperor meditated long and al las.
moved his determination to press for"a'u. i"'.
came the victory of Dresden more cheei'"e a.
tho moment than in It's results lhe n"'o' "
the army still felt that the hand OF 'he eie",
mn pic:an had not lost its cunning lhes ""''eN
for another victory and there was ever! 'e"'o
with the welcome news ~.
4 little garlic destroyed the happiness Vi 'i'o
,ours Arabian merchant in the Eastern 'aie'
,,..,o Garlic after the great disaster in Rus
.,o and at Moscow was enough 10 destroy 'he
o,.,,a chances of Napoleon in Europe at
,aroa and 70 render his departure from France
eli hut q certainty. We must remember all the
Incidents of Napoleons career, both before anu
s,or tho hattie near Dresden, even down 10 MS
rarooval 10 the island Of Elba, If we wouid UNI ,
aors,and the cynical value which Pasquler places
an the curious anecdote he mas 10 tell iie .
makes it the key of his history, not by Saying ,
60 but by his manner OF treating H. "A "ii'- {
tarv man would say, of course, that IL NaPo'eon !
had had the cavalry to pursue the enemy anu !
=. ,,,r, 70 adequate use the result at Dresden.
+h,rcs might have been different. That Is
rho Rut as a matter of fact, the good re- ,
,r,,s ~ the campaign seemed to be ready to !
iron into Napoleon's lap. He could not de- {,
,,rov the coalition at once but he began we'll ,
~ a movement which II it had been carried I
mt would soon have made him master OF p
Bohemia. and would have upset the half-formed +
,lans of the allies. Remember now Things h
we're growing. Up to this time Austria had O
,eld what might be called the balance OF :
,ower. Just because she had been so slow to q
,ome into the alliance. her Judgment was de- "
erred to, and her action was awaited with 4
anxiety Long afterward. even In sight OF o
Paris. she was anything but eager In battle O
Ter own councils were divided IL there was G,
n them hatred and resentment against Napo- G.
con- there was also affection for Marie Louise n
nd hope in favor OF the Emperor OF Austria's IL
randson the young King OF Rome AT the 81
inne when Napolenn still able 10 hold q.