The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-02

4nt6o aooote0 Aottof0 WnSch FORMER
Editors Suppressed. ~ Tending to De-
tract From the Glory OF the Emperor
are to be Published Wouidn'e Have
Done Th'nE to the Sugar Trust Wit
nesses had They Lived in His Day
Hated Madame De S.ael to the Degree
OF Indecency-Lestsrs to TalIeyrApd.
Paris. July In. Leon Lech:re, cura-
Tor Of the French archives. will issue
during the present week the frs, volume
Of 800 letters which were supposed by
the editors OF Napoleon's correspondence
issued in 1869. as not calculated TO in
crease the glory Of the great French en-
peror. The volume includes some heat
ed family letters and some vigorously
worded episties to Fouche and Dubois,
the ministers Of police and war. respec-
lively.
A letter to Marshal Soult. in 1904
shows that Napoleon did no. hesitate in
adopting any means of obtaining con-
LESSONS. He orders Soult to arrest a
fisherman suspected Of communicat ting
with the British, adding:
IF he refuses to speak you must
squeeze his thumbs in a musket lock. T"
Napoleons list Of persons to be ar
rested was endless and his abuse Of
Madame De Stael was unceasing.
Learning in 1907 through Marshal Vic
tor that Prince Augustus was intrigu-
ing against him in Berlin. Napoleon
wrote:
II am not astonished, because he has
a dull mind and has spent his time
counting Madame De Stael at Coppot,
Switzerland, and, Of course. could only
pick up bad habits with her. Send word
to MIN that at the first mischievousness
you will lock him up in his castle and
send Madame De Stael to console him.
There are no men 50 cringing as these
princes Of Prussia"
Writing Talleyrand in 1908 that princes
Of the former reigning family of Spain
were about to arrive at Valencia, Napo-
leon said:
You may send for Madame Talley-
rand and four or five persons. II the
Prince Of Austria should form an at
tachment for pretty person, 1t will be
no drawback, as it would supply an
other means Of watching him."
Another letter from Napoleon to Tai
lyrand reads:
Your mission is honorable enough, to
receive three illustrious personages and
amuse them, and is quite in keeping
with your character"
When Napoleon received the news
June IL. 1909, that he pope had excom-
municated him, he wrote:
Il spare The pope no longer. He Is
raving mailman and must be locked
up
Some letters to his brother. Prince Je-
rome, are interesting. When Jerome
was outwitted By the Austrian general,
Keinmayer. he still boosted of his
stragetic p lans, in an inflated order OF
the day. This caused Napoleon to write
as follows.
II have seen your order Of the day,
which makes you the laughing stock Of
Austria, France and Germany. Haven't
you a friend about you to tell you plain
truths? You, king and brother OF
the emperor; this is ridiculous. In time
Of war you must be soldier. and moth
ing but soldier. You must have no
minister, no diplomatic corps, no state.
You must camp with the vanguard, he
day and night on horseback. and march
in the van to pick up news. or remain in
ones harem.
You make war like a satrap petty
autocrat) IT is not from me, good
God! that you learned that; from me,
who with an army Of 100000 men, slept
at the head Of my skirmishers.
The people are provoked with you.
kiernmyer with 1000 men has laughed
at you and your ridiculous pretensions
and has slipped by you and fallen upon
Junot. You have a lot Of pretensions,
some little mind and few good quail
ties, but these are marred by your IA
tuity OF things. Leave off being ridicu-
lous, send your diplomatic corps back to
Casset, have no baggage, and wage war
like a young soldier wishing TO earn
glory and reputation. Try to deserve
the rank you have reached and the es-
tenn Of France and Europe. who are
watching you, and, by God! do right and
speak in a seemingly maner if you
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