New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28


obnoxious to her General F.eury' Whose Nc''
| nresence exasperated her Il will find way 10 ger
| rid of him and to deliver the Emperor from MIN
she said one day: and. sure enough shs so' ''' u
him by having him sent II Russia as All ->''o''
dor Then she made very characteristic remark
Nov" she declared. Il VII. have such an inhuc"ce
| over the Emperor that he Will not be abe 10 do
ANYTHING without my knowing IT," DE Morny' wa
IewskL Ney and the abso!utist NJ Rouher '''''
self objects Of her jeaousy' distruSl anu
sometimes open hostility. Toward Prince >ap'',o"
she cherished the strongest anagonism' also De-
cause of his liberal IDEAS, and SIZE never a"o"e'
him to go near the Emperor without Watching MN
IKE y spv Thus the active aid of zone OF the cie'-
| crest men OF the century" as NJ de Lano recN'ns
him. was largely lost to the Empire
In the domain of foreign affairs, however, hu-
| ,snic most asserted herself. with most important
| results During the Italian campaign she ac'e'
as Regent. and showed so much real apHty INA,
she WAS thenceforth made member of the Couhc'l
of state TO the Italian campaign ana 10 any
alliance with Victor Emmanuel. she was oppose"'
because she saw that therein the Temporal SOW
| oroiontv Of the Popc would ultimately be menaced
There were several violent scenes between her aiiu
the Emperor on this subject. When hhaHy the
|, Fmncror nut himself a the head OF the army ne
announced that he wodi1 march clear TO the Aui''
attic This too, she strongly dsapproVed' bu'
little later by a sudden revuls.on OF ieeLAs' /"
oxoct accord with her private disposition. but form
sistency in political affairs, she opposed any ha''
| Il, tho march and vigorously disapprovei the ne
rotiations OF Nillairanca. sun more domiH4'''
was her imperious will in the tragedy OF Mexico
or that disastrous enterprise many volumes nave
been written and innunorable explanations Of
fcred-mGny OF the Iatter pa" many
says ". de Lano
"ar ra ~ long before it occurred as noel
planned; and IT was truly hTi blurred with
blood TO the great surprise Of those VINO md
merely to make an dyI me EWnp,nrncS believ.
nhlS j., ,nod faith that they could make Austria
oTec the Of her provinces by S.y"s in "e is
II sas discussed in secret With the Impress ",n n
-. ,isfacinu should be offered 70 Austria ~. va,
,ortmna,e Macmillan and the Princess mario. se
we're Immediately thought OF Oy the ii,,,ation
"a a. , min ana councils took place in small
suburb at "A little distance from ia', y, tJid"igo
NM TArros and two or three other persons,
They night in villa me b ZIP tbrv blamed
yelled "a If in domino, ana uT MR. al ~ iha Minis
the future campaisn. ui ibe 'f Ern5eror hesitate
ters ,Syaied against the decisions Of the
;,Con'njttae'' The Empress and her friend h'u
rgsol'ed =" ,Ss dream Of two women sprang the
m rsf terrible tragedy OF modern times io ~,
ld9lIo vas h@art Of the unfortunate prince the
unconscious victim o. a court intrigue
t,ucanie was always much devoted to the interests
~ IN, Papacy. especially to the maihte'd"'e "a -"
TEMPORAL power. During the Italian caHP''S" S"o
amt q messenger 10 the Emperor in camp To uIgs
him 10 get a pledge from Victor hmmnhde' no' -
l.tur5 the atsrlute sovereignty Of the Pope III 'he
states 81 the church. which the Emperor did ho' 90
The same zeal for Rome Jed her IN 1913 70 iaNF
declaration Of war against Russia IN behd'i o'
Polish independence. the one point by-the-"'y' on
,bl., SIN. and Prince Napoleon ever were IN accord
thoiirA TN Princes motives were far different NON
o.rs ON tina; occasion the Emperor vas aole 70 re-
s.st her, But her influence oyer him Sted'iy n
creased
The year ISL saW the apotheosis Of the Imperial
regIm. It also saw the germ ~ inhhen.e Wnic3 IN
T'nuress had sown in the heart = her eIS2lnI
TX aai eyeop rap4iy From ih, tme l?rth I'M IN
asserts hcT authority over the FL e!'' am 4,
wA Of Marathon III grows ~eaEGr nIs ME-
i5ng strides toward The supreme rvalries and the
mad revolutions OF 1870
These closing years of the Empire were also
marked with a distinct lowering Of the social ana |
moral tone Of the court which never had been TOO |
high The ieuge came in $50 The court Wa AZ
saint cloud. never before so merry. so reckless |
when the storm broke upon them, Ike bolt from !
,b. blue the jewellers scarcely Needed it, so Conh |
dent std they feel of their safety and of the En-
pres strength. The Empress herself shared TINS |
confidence. but the Emperor dit no. sac deSfel
the war SAYS NJ de I.iuo. AMI was personally r. !
spous BILE for bringing IT against the Emperor
VIII In support OF this theory. now. indeed. gen |
orally accepted he says:
cannot pass in silence the account Of the last !
scene hcfor, tho signature OF the declaration of |
This account - given by one OF me mos S
II did not know this man TO be Incapable OF false
hood would hesitate to tell IT,
The Emperor then. did not wish 20 20 10 war ana
when. IN the council OF his Ministtrs-the Crisis
HAVING reached u.s. heieht-the decree relative to |
hosttics was submitted to him Tor signature q
hc followed 10y III" foreseen vote OF Chambers u" |
ihry Insisted he became angry. he became violent |
and Selling tho decree tore II in pieces and scat
th.. fl hon
worn out much by the opportunity OF those VINO !
pursued him As by the pnysien snn sna whiGa
The Empress. on hearing of the scene which had |
Just taken place, and u the determiration Of the
Emperor. much annoyed She was most in !
dignant Sho now became angry. and having com |
PEELED the Ministers to the manuscripts of the
and went with It to the Emperor who signed il. "a
The Empress herself. at Saint cloud. on the very
day that her husband lef for the army. flew into |
passion while hreakfasting AZ dubious remark /
OF the Emperor concerning the issue at hand and
Empress. rchul<irg hcr husband. struck the table
uddenly. cNclaimns 'hat no one understood her
ard thar he wished to Dring her iil-luck"
II would seem thar the Empress was impatient
which wouli be- hers In the absence OF the sover-
eign, and Which she had long coveted. Up To the |
serted this desire: and when the Emperor wisaed |
TO enter Paris with his son, after one first re- |
who knows perhaps The safety Of the dynasty. |
rs W'i AZ thr S'irR OF tnp entire country, may |
the Tuieries. lut she in answer |
ing her husband had said Come back vctori- |
Gus. do not come At All. Al. or nothing"
After Sedan nothing remained but to flee The |
Empress not panic stricken. not even fright |
ened. Tmidity and weakness in such emergencies |
were foreign 10 her nature. But she seemed |
strangely dazed. The wife Of an illustrous sol
der. Nine. IT. Marfchac Canrobert had offered the
Empress the use of her conveyance. and had |
begged her to accept it, But the Empress an |
all i'm H..
tcrng in a vague. unconscious manner these words
which perhaps modern Shakespeare could alone |
interpret: ~ hollow dream! A hollow |
dream, In England she watched closely the !