Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07

merry match In AJncc1o no mad risen 10 inc
supreme scat OF power In tho most splen-
did capital OF tho world. And ho was not
yet forty-onel
As for war, that had SUNK into mutter-
Ing and gruwling on the horizon. During
the year no great battle was fought In Eu-
rope Napoleon had the land; and tho sea
was Englands. In the Spanish peninsula,
tho English and French armies advanced
or reccded by strategic movements In
that country, General Wellesley had strug-
gled hard to uphold the fortunes OF ferdl-
nand VII. In 1900 the allies had suffered
great hardships and reverscs. Wellesley
had TO got himself behind tho line of tho
Torres Vedras, only o short distance from
Lisbon; tliere he lay at bay.
The reign OF King Joseph was estab-
lished In the greater part of Spain. At one
time the British arm hardly reached out
forty miles from Lisbon. On July 9th
and 2sth, Wellington TOR he was now Lord
WellinRtonl won tho bloody battle of Ia
lnyera. Soult was not able to Withstand
him; but Napoleon sent more than 800 900
men across the Pyrenecs, and the British
with their allies were obliged 10 find safety
again behind the Torres Vedrns. Mnssena
with his six hundred guns could not dis
lodge or drive his enemy further. He could
not tempt Wellington into the field. Dur
ing the whole year 1910 the nearest ap-
proach to q battle was that of Busaco,
where on the 27th Of September the French
suffered an unimportant reverse. Not un-
til tho 9th OF May, 1871, were the British
able In the open field TO capture Almeida;
not until the 10th Of January, 1873, did
Ciudnd Rodrigo yield to Wellington. On
the 9Th OF April he captured Badajoz.
Twice already Joseph Bonaparto had been
driven from the thronei and twice had he
been replaced by the Emperor. His third
flight from his precarious Kingdom did
not occur till 1913, when he left Cadi2
never TO return. Napoleon with his new
empress sat for while in Paris. There
wero other domestic troubles besides his
own. He had Obliged King Louis of Hol-
lnnd to marry Hortense Bcauharnnis In
this case there was repugnance on both
sides. Louis wanted a schoolmnte Of his
sister Caroline, and Hortenso, HORRIBLE
dictu, loved not Louis but NdpoleoHl So
said scandal which has not yet died out
Of the world. Tho king and the queen
were never Mt one. Napoleon wished Louis
TO govern tho Dutch for him; and Hor-
tense supported this theory. Louis showed
sigus Of practical sense, and would rule tho
Low Countries for their own advantage.
Holland was closely allied in interest with
England; for commerce was the resource
of both
In 1909 Louis was urged by Napoleon TO
suppress the British sympathics Of his sub
jects, cut off intercourse with England,
and build navy for France. Just after
Wagram there was n stormy interview he
tween the brothers at Paris. Tho Empor-
or, not trusting Louis, sent French troops
TO occupy Amsterdam. Matters went to
such Il pitch that on the list Of July, 1910,
Louis was Obliged to abdicnte. The En-
pcrors threat to annex Holland to France
was carried out and the cx- king retired
into Austria
Napoeon's system Of ruling by subordl-
nate kings did not work we'll. In such n
system there werc moro wills than one;
and there must be- but One. The One
more and moro declared himself The alb
sorptlon Of Holland was followed in De-
ceubcr OF 1910, with the annexation Of the
nnnso towns and tho whole northern coast
Of Germany. II, ON Now Years Day, 1911,
the status In quo could have been acknowl-
edged-as 1t was ready to he by all the
Powers except Great Brltnin-tho dream
of Charlcmagno H. FOR n European Empire
might be regarded as fulfilled
From the pyrencos to tho Baltic and
| eastward to the limits OF tho Continent
there was nominal peace; but on all seas
the wur-iloets and merchhnt-ships Of Eng.
land terrorized and tempted the nations
| The need Of Europe for the products of
| Great Britain was an argument that tan
tallzed all harbors from Riga to Soyasto.
pol. Europe was hungry for goods, and
| the Continental blockade forbade It, In
| 1901 tho antl-French party in ST. Pc
tersburg was reinforced by tho commercial
classes demanding intercourse with Eng
land. Tho Gar though no had ratified
the treaty of Schonbrunn, looked with
eyer-increaslng jealousy on the unappeascd
ambition OF his friend Bonhpartc. He saw
the Duchy Of Warsaw growing ON his bor-
ders He saw Oldenburg, hef of tho Ro-
manoiIs, annexed to the French Empire.
He saw the wcllnigh successful attempt Ia
construct IA Northern Confederation out OF
Warsaw, Denmark and Sweden. He saw
sixteen nations contributing their quotas
to the Grand Army OF France, He saw In
his own hnrbors tho secret violation Of TX.
listing agreements, and blinked the oifense
From that day the prodlgious final strug
glo OF France and Russia was inevitable
Alexander concluded treaty with tn,
Sultan, and planted an army OF 30, 0OC
ahtn VII ms WESTERN DOruerS,
The CRISIS came by the act Of Sweden
The ohildless Charles Mi. had taken foI
his heir that Charles John Dernndott,
whom we saw ut Austcrlitz Marshal o
Franco and Prince of Ponteoorvo, no bo
came, in 1910, crown prince of Sweden ant
Norway. Like Louis Bonnparto in Hol
land, no was lukcwhrm in supporting tn
Continental blockade, for the Swcdcs Yor
In need OF British goods The ponnon o
ST. George began TO be seen In tho harbor
OF Pomcrania. Dcrnadotte would not OK
pei the ships Of England, and in reprisa
tho Swedish vessels were seized in the port
of Germany. Marshal Davout, sent int
Pomerania TO enforce tho blockade, en-
forced 1t; and Bernadottc appealed 10 tn
Gar for aid. Alexander heard tho call
and answered aye Tho gage OF trcmer
dous battle was thrown down by the Mu.
covitc, and accepted by the Corsloan.
JOHN CLARK RIDPATH.
Purifying Water