Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-08-02
BUT FOB WATERLOO.
A Frenehnan Thinks Napoleon Would
 Have Conquered the World.

Rufl1I 1ue past lew years, a period that may well be referred to by future historians as 'the second reign of Ma Doleon,a much Napoleonic literature has been published in t.,is country. Trance and America, but the most re 1narllable book of the revival has re- gently appeared in Paris It is en- titled 'The Apocryphal Napoleon; n History of the Conquest of the World and the Universal Monarchy" It was written bY Louis GeofTroy, a son of one of Napoleon's officers, and first pub- lished at the time of the return of Nd poleon.s body fronFSt. Helena in fS41. 1t attracted little notice then, and was forgotten until the Iibrairie Illustree of Paris discovered it not long ago and promptly reissued it.
 1t is a strange book Its writer was an ardent devotee of Napoleon, and has imagined his commanders career one of uninterrupted success and glory From start to finish the book makes him the demigod which his soldiers and many of their descendants believed him. not allowing his character single flaw.
 It begins with the Russian campaign. and from the battle of Moscow in 1872 to 1882, the date assigned by the author 7or Napoleon's death the emperor does not make a single mistake. He is al- ways the victorious soldier, the inde- fatigable legislator, the conqueror of Austerlitz, and Friedland. He is un- troubled by the moral depression which caused him to attempt his life in 1874, CT by the obesity and physical lethargy which are said to have hindered his movements at Waterloo.
 The battle of Waterloo is wiped out. France is victorious everywhere.
 The book first introduces us to Ma poleon at Novgorod, where great bat tie is fought between the French and their allies on the one side and the Rus sians, Swedes and English on the other. Napoleon is victorious, and enters St. Petersburg. Next he conquers Ger many, Turkey, Austria and Italy in the order named.
 An end to which all his efforts are now directed is the subiueation of England With this in view he determines to in wade Spain and put an end to the strug- gle between his marshals and Yelling ton there. In the meantime however. he liberates the pope, restores to him part of his temporal sovereignty, and announces that by a secret treaty with the emperor of Russia the Greek church is to return to the Roman fold. In this way he greatly enhances his prestige with the Catholics of Spain. To drive the English from the country and seat his brother Joseph firmly on the throne is task which he accom- plishes with his usual eelerity.
 The time is then ripe for decisive blow at England Only two nations are really left in Europe-the French and the English The latter must be wiped out. Napoleon prefaces the invasion by naming his newly born son king of England.
 Acting with incredible swiftness, Napoleon lands a great army on the English coast between Boston and Yarmouth. He has diverted English at- tention in another direction. A de- cIsive battle is fought near Cambridge in which the English display desperate yalour, but are crushed, England, with all it's colonies, is annexed to the French empire, and George III. is appointed prince of Scotland and Ireland.
 While passing through England Ma poleon visits Louis XVIII, who is liv- ing in exile there, and offers him the sovereignty of England and Ireland, but it is coldly rejected.
 So the march to universal monarchy goes on. Having subjected Europe Ma poleon next conquers Asia, then Africa then Austria, and finally the two Americas. Kings become his projects merely but retain their titles. They come to take his orders daily, and meet iu council at his command.
 Eventually he crowns himself em- peror of the world The Catholic re- Egion becomes the sole faith of the un- iverse. The Mohammedans are extin- ruished, and the Jews are all sent by Napoleon 10 the island of Cyprus.
 The universal monarch is shown as wise and benefcent beyond any othe~ sovereign that ever reigned. The result of this omnipotence is that there are 10 more wars, no more national questions; no more religious questions, no cus- tom houses, no more boundary dis putes. These are no socialists, every one is satisfied with the form of gov ernment, and the last republican on earth, feeling lonely, kills himself at Napoleon's feet.
 The canals of Panama and Suez are cut by Napoleon's army, aud, of course, there is no Panama scandal. The rail- ways, steamboats, telegraph and other means of communication which cover the globe are in the hands of the state, otherwise, Napoleon.
 Science makes prodigious strides Three French physicians discover the secret of life and death. Great high. ways are built all over the world Cities are beautiful and made wholesome. Ma ~ -n1aof laaxirfr rr,a,..y os 1;ae :t, l. :,