The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-15
The NapoieonlC Idea.

European press has not been SLOW
to note tti' fact. cit il, say
! Tagebla,t, Vienna, "of some inter
est to wa.ch the progress of TIT
Napoleonic idea ia the French
papers, especially as it is voiced by
men who have some IL ii renee IN tn
nation. Bonaparteism is nov
factor in French pol ties which mus
be- tsk inlo consideration. A
yet it lives oaly in the vivid IN gin
alton of the French people, bat
those who remember the tea ,hing.
of French history will not be sur.
prsed to fl I'd at any time that the
remembrance Of the fascinating
deeds Of tn first consul has again
reused in the French the thirst for
glory"
The Polit' sche Nachrichten, Ber-
lin, says: "Fran:e has returoed to
the cult of Napoleon |. and his
times. Ga the stage, in literature.
ia the saloas, in the CLUBS, in poetry
and prose, on the bon.evard-, every
where, tie FIRST Em sire has ay-
peared as deus tx m echina.
Hector Pess ard, the eminent Repub
lea, thiuks tna. two enemies
threaten France: Socialism and
BonapartaIsm. The latter, to sue
coed, docs not need man named
Bonapaite to lead it, bat only 8
man Of action. Tne country is
ready to obey such man. Jules
S mon also looks with diatrust upon
the situation. He tells his country
men that it is imp ossibe for the
French of today to do ov r the great
deeds of their ancestors, and
Lhlnks it would lie positively
y KID to repeat the N stakes
Of the First Empire. General du
Baroil, the grutf old soldier, goes
TO the point at once. The French
people want the honors of war; he
.ays. 'Does auy one believe that a
leputation of Rassias greatest
scientists or law ers would have
lad the same enthusiastic reception
hat was acco ded her sailorsY All
hsse evidence, of lively Bona.
oarteist movement should not be
)verratsd, but neither should they
pc underrated, because they may
AXE the concrete shape at any mo
neat and become menace to Flu
rope. And this menace springs
from the same source as in the
times of the first Napoleon: The
wish of the French people to make
al Eu ops the footstool of the
French throne.'
The Figaro, Paris, says: "Our
reporter interviewed NJ Emile lola
to get his opinion of the rea xakened
owe for Napoleon. Ths great
Novelist knows the people better
han say one ese, ana he believes
hat tha masses are like people who
wish for breath of fresh air. The
press Mt political atmosphere is
-utfocat ng, a new condition of
ait airs aoald give us relief"
La Jastlci, Paris, is of the
opiaion, that "the Republic has
prov d that it cannot satisfy the
sou o. the people. 1t is not only
rot en- to the core, it is also i'm
potent, and unable to inspire grand
thought ia men"
La Ma. on, Paris, says, "The
masses OF The French people fee
INST n,tjyely that the time is ap.
pr zach ng when the iii luck of
France will tura into period of
good fortune. Great events are ap.
preaching, an la patrie will bring
oack the sword OF Bonaparte to tae
banks of the r line and to the
passes OF the Alps"
Georges Thiebaud in lie Gauloiq,
Paris, writes: "France has hal
enough Of Parlianentarism. The
experience or the past teW years
would have been impossible if the
c)untry had not fallen into kind
Of s'upor, and thus it was easy for
anscruIul us politicians to do as
hey pleased. Now, the temper OF
he people has changed. the nation
yeanr' to bs up'and doing, and thosa
who c.n lead it to glorious deeds
viii have its help and obedience, ;"