Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-02
NAPOLEON LETTERS.
kuuOrssssd Correspondence 10 Be
Published.
OF THE EMPEROR MP
A. Portrayed In Private Ep'shes on
Various subj-c's-Advice 10
Ills Brother.

PARIS, July -,
,,,a,or OF ihe French archives VIII
,.sue during the present week the nrs'
rne of 800 letters which were sup
, resell by the editors Of Napoleon
oo,re,poudence, iesued In 1869, as not
s.,.,I.ted to increase the glory OF
the great French emperor. inc
volume incIudes some heated family
,s,t,rs and some vigorously woruea
an,.,,es IN Fouche and Dubois. the
r,,o,sters Of police and war respective
latter to Marshal Soult in 1904
shnws that Napoleon did not hesitate
in adopting any means OF obtaining
,onteesions. Heorders S6ult to arrest
a fisherman suspected OF commum.
eating with the British, adding: W
hs reiuses to speak you must squeeze
his thumps IN q musket lock-"
Learning In 1907, through MaIsnnl
Victor. that Prince Augustus OF Prus'
s,a was intriguing against him, Ma.
4 n,,aon wrote him not to be punished
rsc.nse he was q dull man and spent
\ ,rs time counting Mime. de Staei at
\ csanot, Switzerland, and OF course,
Md onIy p,ck up bad habits with
sor USend word to him that at the
9,st mlschievous remark he uttsrs you
,.,II iock nim up In his castle ana
sand Mime, de Stael TO console him.
Thsre are no men 30 cringing as these
princes of PIutsia."
Writing 10 rallyraDd In lSO6 that
princes OF the former reigning family
RI Snain were abJut TO arrive, N A.
,o,son say,: "You may send for Ma.
dame ,Tsnyrand asd four or five
nersons, Ii The prince OF Austria
should form an attachment for pretty
nersou 1t Will be no drawback, ~ IT
4 would supply another means OF watch
neither letter from Napoleon to
Il Tallvrand reaus: "Your mission is
honSrable enough to receive three
8 llIus,rious persouages and amuse
Il them, and Is quite in Keeping with
II your chRrscIer."
When Napoleon received the news
Il June IL, 1909 that the pope had ex.
4, communicated him, he wrote: Isl
SCARE the pope no longer. He Is a
rs rayipp mailman and must be locked
n up"
81 Home letters to hiB brother, Prince
81 Jerome, are interesting. When Jer-
vs. ONE was oulwitted by the Austrian
N. Klesmayer, he still boosted OF his
81 plra,egic plans, in an inflated order Of
MI the dsy. This caused Ma, oieon to
write as follows: ~ have seen your
X order Of the Jay, which makes you
the laughing stock OF Austria, G.I
many aud France. Haven't you 0
w friend shout 10 tell you the plait
M truth? You king Gud a brother
III OF the emperor, these are ridiculous
i'll titles. In time OF war you must be I
"a soldier and nothing but " soldier. Yot
N must have no minister, no diplomat,
"a corrs, no state.
VI "YJu must camp with the vanguard
N by Jay anu night on horseback, aui
n mafcn in the van TO pick up news, o
~ remain In hsrem.
81 "YUu make war like satrsp. Ia
from me, goa Gou, that you lear net
M ihal2 From me, who, with an army o
~ i00,000 men keep at the head oil IN,
sklIm sber,?
~ "The people are provoked with you
"a Kienmayer, with l2,O00 men, ha
WI laughed at you anu yvur ridiculOu
III pIeIensions anu has slipped away from
IA you anu fallen upon JunoI. You hav
va Not OF ptelensiUns, some little min
and not Jew good qualities, but tnes
are marred by your faulty and you
III extreme presumption. You have u
knowledge OF the fitness oil thing,
NJ. Leave oil being ridiculous, send you
81 diplomatic corpe back to Catsela, nav
n no baggage, and wac war like
"a young soldier wishing To earn gior
N and reputation. Try to deserve tn
III rank you have reached anu the el
IA TEEN OF France and Europe. who ar
VI watching you, aud, by Gou, DO rigf
and speak In seemiy manner II W
ri cam"