Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-06-23

IpAhpto ss ulPatHAeS Wtbu 1au5o aua NAsh Napoleon himself Courtesies began be- tween him and the Emperor
 Suddenly, however, on the 18th of September, 1906, Fox died; and by the incoming of Lauderdale, the whole com- plexion was changed. Toryism again ran rampant. The Anglo-Russo-Prus- sian intrigue was renewed. Frederick William sent peremptory challenge to Napoleon to betake himself out of Germany. The Emperor had in truth agreed to withdraw his forces; but the Czar had also agreed to relinquish cer- tain vantage ground on tho Dalmatian frontier-and had not done it. There fore, Napoleon's army corps would re- main in Germany. Frederick William suddenly declared war; and Napoleon. in a month after the death of Fox and the sudden revulsion in diplomacy, con centrated in Saxe- Weimar an army of nearly hundred thousand men.
 The Prussians. sixty thousand strong, under Prince Hohenlohe, occupied the eity of Jena, on the Saale, There. on the I4th of October, they were attacked sAAl AbVGIly 4OuSSh ug pAS ~ ASAAOls AoUF Ing behind twelve thousand ill killed and wounded, and about fifteen thou sand prisoners. On the same day, at Auerstadt, fourteen miles from Wei mar, corps of the Grand Army, thirty five thousand strong, under Marshal DaYout fell upon q division of fifty thousand Prussians, commanded by the Duke of Brunswick and Frederick Will liam in person, and won signal vto- tory. Brunswick was mortally wound cd, and about ten thousand of his sol. diers were put hors du combat
 Prussia was utterly overwhelmed by the disaster. Her fortresses were sur rendered without resistance, and Napo- leon, in less than fortnight, occupied Berlin. On tho 21st of November, he issued from that city his celebrated Berlin decree, declaring the British Is- lands in state of blockade, and inter dieting all correspondence and trade with Englandl
 The property of British subjects, un- der wide schedule of liabilities, was declared oontraband of war.
 Meanwhile, the aid promised to Prus- sia by the Czar had been too slow for the lightning that struck at Jena The onooming Russians reached the Vistula, but were forced back by tho victorious French, who took possession of Warsaw. There the Emperor established his win ter-quarters and remained for nearly three months, engaged in the formula tion of new plans of conquest and new schemes for the pacifioation of Europe
 After Jena. Prussia, though brushed, remained belligerent Her shattered forces drew off to the borders, and were joined by the Russians in East Prussia. The campaign of 1907 opened here. On the 6th of February, tho French army, about 70, 900 strong, advanced against tho allies commanded by Benningsen and Lestocq. At the town of Eylau, about twenty miles from Konigsberg, q great but indeoisiye battle was fought, In which each army suffered a loss of nearly 18 900 men, The Russians and Prussians fell back about four miles to Friedhnd, and both armies were rein forced, the French to about 80, 000, and the allies to approximately the same number.
 The shock of Eylau, the inclemency of the season, and the political comph- cations that thickened in every horizon held back military movements until the beginning of summer. On the 14th of June was fought the great battle of Friedland; and the allied army was vir- tually destroyed The loss of the Rus sians and Prussians was more than 90, 000 men; that of the French, fewer than 5000. Napoleon commanded in person, and his triumph was prodigious. Though common fame would have Aus terlitz to be the most glorious of his battles, critical opinion comedies the palm to Friedland.
 After Friedland, Tilsit There, in the middle of the Memel, on the 25th of June, 1907, Napoleon and the Czar met on the famous raft The beaten Alexan- der had come to admire his victorious antagonist Why should the faces of his fifty thousand dead prevent him from falling in love with the destroyer? The Emperors readily agreed to be at peace OA VA1V aAh O& odAJ h eAOtAoJ " 0o cluded between France and Russia and two days afterwards similar compact between France and Prussia Frederick William had sought refuge after the battle in the town of Memel, which was now about all he might call his ownl
 Now was created the grand duchy of Warsaw, composed of Prussian territory. Over this new state was set. Napoleon's friend Frederick Augustus, king of the Saxons. Another part of Prussia was given to the Czar. Dantzio was declared independent. The province west of the Elb was ceded to France. All the Bona partes were confirmed in their king doms, and the Confederation of the Rhine was recognized. The ports of Prussia were shut to English commerce. Frederick Williams army was placed at a maximum of 42, 900 men. To these provisions was added large indemnity to France from Prussia. The map which the Corsican had etched with his sword pointon the broken landscape of Europe was confirmed hv tho aCroamap& If oil