The record-union., 1897-08-08

rlage. He owed it to me to attend ir
his triple quality of cardinal. Senate,
and bishop of one of my principal
cities. You will go and seek him. and
you will make known to him that be-
lore tonight he must hand in his res
lsnatlon from the Archbishopric OF
Bologna.
You will acquaint him with the full
extent of my Indignation at his infa-
nous conduct, he who is covered all
over with my benefactions, he whom ]
nave made cardinal, Senator and bish-
op, he whose Infamous debauches
nave shielded by interposing my own
authority and interrupting the course
OF criminal justice at Bologna.
You will be careful to send off his
resignation before nightfall and see to
II that the chapter at once names Wears
VINO VIII be easy to manage.
You will not fail to make him feel
that ne must not hesitate and that he
cannot expect to be Archbishop in spite
OF me, after the ingratitude of which
he has been guilty"
Again he says of independent priests.
Ihese rascals must be dealt with
more vigorously than other citizens
because they are better educated and
follow a sanity calling"
Napoleon has no more patience with
hlshops. Il am just as good a theoIo-
glan as they, and a better. I will not
leave the straight path, but nobody
else must wander from it," On June
IL, 1S09 news reached him of his ex-
lxr
writes: 1 will spare the Pope no long
er. lie is a raving madman, and must
be locked up
There are letters to Fouche. Dubois.
the Minister of Police. and the Minis
ter of War. Wholesale arrests were
ordered, as Napoleon believed that
there were incessant plots on foot.
Iorture was ordered in many cases.
Soult was directed to arrest a fisherman
accused of having communicated with
the English. IF the fisherman refuses
TO speak" Napoleon writes, you must
squeeze his thumbs in the lock of a
musket as is done in tha GAS
OF persons charged with espionage. -
When the Emperor learns, in 1907,
through Marshal Victor, that Prince
Augustus of Prussia is intriguing
against him at Berlin he writes:
am not astOnished, because he is a
dull mind. He Npent his time courting
Nine. de Stael at Coppet, and of course
could only pick up bad habits with
her Send word to him that the first
mlschleVous remarks he utters you will
lock nm up in castle and will send
Nine. de Stael to console him. There
are no men so cringing as these princes
of Prussia
In 1908 he makes another n1aasan+
alusion to Nine de Stael. He informs
Fouche that Delphine has been con-
Quoting an extended correspondence
with one Cent?, and has mixed himself
In Wrth the cliQAes and the pothouses
Of London. l desire that she be nut
under surveillance at Coppet, and that
You give orders to this effect to the
Prefect of Geneva and the commander
OF the eendarmes. This liaison with
this individual cannot be otherwise
than detrimental to France. You will
make known to her that hitherto she
has only been looked upon as a fool.
but that now she is entering a coterie
inimical to the public weal.''
In the same year Napoleon writes to
TaIleyrand about the approaching ar
rival of the ex-reigning family of Spain
at Valencey:
You may send for Nine de Talley-
rand and four or five persons. If the
Prince of Asturias should form an at
tachment with any pretty person there
would be no drawback, as this would
supply another means of watching
him. Your mission is honor
able enough. To receive three iuustri-
Gus persons and amuse them is quite
in keeping with your character.
Here are a few letters in regard to
the censorship of the press which tell
their own story:
TO GENERAL SAVARY, DUKE OF
ROVIGO.
Paris, March 80, 1913.
Il have received your letter. I ac-
knowledge that 1 could not help being
extremely astonished by yesterdays
piece, L'Intrigante.' l will not speak
of the platitudes and ineptitudes which
escape from the author every moment;
that is the business of the pit to deter
mine. But l had a right to expect from
the Minister of Police that the court
should not be maltreated in so bald and
stupid a fashion. They say the author
is we'll meaning. In that case l can
only repeat once more that venomous
enemies are better than Anticipated
friends.
Never in any country has it been
allowed to revile the court in this man
ner. This piece should have been con-
demned by rational opinion even if it
were not so maladroit and so entirely
lacking in talent What surprises me
is that a man who earns $4,000 francs
yearly in your department should seek
to popularize himself in this manner
Discontinue the representation of this
miserable comedy and find new men,
bers of your Committee on Censorship.
Only dolts and evil minds could ap-
prove of such a piece
TO MONSIEUR DE REMUSAT.
Paris, Feb. Is, 1910
LAS the opera of The Death of Abel
has been mounted, | consent that it be
played In the future the understand
ing is that no opera shall be given with
ut my permission If the former Bu-
reau of Censorship has left to the new
my written approval of any piece then
its production will be in order; if not,