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truth hat .i--crit~d a. neither holV. nor
Roman. nor an Empire In The new as-
~ ftr-np hant r.aliti-- hos could that y"uer'
abb HEn~nt survive vher- the r'ec'l"h
.ftba Ir,r~rcr VA. A sham. his rorunatio ion
o. Wrr. uarnar - talter~d ruu"- h"i"f'
crowd = !a0ti.s. Ser~uit e., and Nh~te
OBJ" Di-' WAS largely couo"rn"d WIN r"su'
Atins IN. claims ~ tho envov- oi Prinors
10 ~ On -~a'- of r~d cloth or On th" '''--
huuornhlr src~u cloth. OF Wiih ari'"ri toulhg
flr 'rnt,tIlnal thirty-seycn di-h'S "i Va"
lmr~ti-l banlu~' 49, that th" last should
t- borne bv a wc-tphalian rnNoy''
when. on Aug I. is5. Napoleon u'iihcd
the Di-, at Rai-bon thai neither b" u"r
the state. ~ South and Central Germany
anv lunger recognized the eatsien'" "i
h- odd Empire. he llirt rs"lf uttered no
audible sound. The lmp-ror, Francis IL,
forthwi'H declar,d that he laid down M
crown. ahsolvcd all the Fles ors ard PrinJ~-
from Their allegiance, and retired within
th. bounds ~ his hereditary doiu.niurs'
wherein he vas presently 10 proclaim hiin-
self Emperor ~ Austria. Thus 'FhlN
fickered ou' the light which had she'd ~pl"n-
dor on tned.eNal Chrlstcudnm kihil"d
In the RasilicR of ~ Peters un Christmas
Day 81 tho yas- Nm In an almost mysii'al
union 4 spirit al and earthly power, ~
tho blessing of Pope leo on karl III" Great.
Il uaS now trodi.n under fout bv the Ch"i
uf a moro than Fraukish state who d-plrei
to inquest ioned sway over "A dominion a.
groa, a. that Of th" medieval hero. t"r
Napoleon. ~ PrutcCtor Of IN" Rhrui~h
Confederation, now controlled most ~ IN"
German lands that acknov edged thari~-
magne. while hi, hold on Italy was inn
Ineasurahly stronger Further parallels
between two ages ana systems So unlike
a. those ~ thArlemagn" and his imraior
arr. o. course, superii, lal rui Napoleon
attempt az rnpr~ssing the imagination
- the Germans seems % us 20 smack II
unr~al,tv le' wo must renaIn'rr that
they were then the most impr"s-ionahi"
ana ducilc - nations. hat hi~ dt'"mlh
was made with much ~kIIi and that non"
4 tho appointed guardians ut th" "ii Em-
pire raI-ed n voir" IN protest while 10" IN
poscd a constitution un N" sixteen Ptuo"-
of tho nov Collaboration
II should ~ remembered that ~ lsoS
there we're ~ III uumt~r- ~ Imperial knights
and Counts A. VOL ~ FREQ cities that had
not h,~en absorbed IN lN1 In" survivors
were now wip~d ou' lv Napoleon for th"
h.neft Of has Rhcni-h underings, he
spoliation being vaiied under IN" torn
rredi1rsdtron Tho -YI n"wi-n j. explained
In the book before - In u.d tfcrman
law. the mobiles and cities that gained .pVhl
Independence ty shaking "A th" control
of 'he local poteutates vcr" termed ra'aC-
dot. h~cau.r thev owed nllesiArr~ directly
Co. IN. Erng-ror. without any 'rudai inter
fI. .i,.F
the hated control of fepdd in'crmediary,
they wer, sAid To- b" wodifhscd I'M
term was now applied 200 acts that -ub-
ieCtcd tho knight or yI'y. u0' tu f"uddl con
troll. but To complete absorption hy 'h"
King or Prince Of NaDo'cCns creation
H.ncnforth German NE t-.gan 20 lu-.'
much of its former quaint diversity No
longer did the Count - l.imhurg Stvria
parade his army of me lionel tx -, '"rS
and two priva'es in 'hc Valley II thr Re-
he and hrs passed under 'hc sway u MUfa'.
and the lapse Il the-o pygmy forces made a
national army possible in the dIin iutur"
No moro did the lmp-rial lawyers a. Wets-
lar brow-e OF evergreen lawsuits jusIi""
was admir- isicred after th" concise methods
- Napoleon The crops 81 the Swahian
peasant were now comparatively safe from
m" dcar II his Trauslur"ncv u IN" castle
hardby: for the spirit IL the French R"vo-
luton hreathed upon The old gam" law- and
rplled thcm of their 'errorr And ~"
German patriot of to-day must s'ill confess
'ia' The first inpu,-" for reform. however
glcstionah.c ~ motives and brutal IT, arrh-
cati ion. came from the new Char.ouiag
In a chapter on the pac ificatI,H arranged
NJ Iisr between Napoleon and tho ,zlT
Alexander. the principal aim Of which
vas TO enforce Tho Continental sv-f"iu
against Great Britain. Mr.. Roe shows
how British manufactured goods f1uni
their wav 70 tho Continent. on -p.te = fl.
berlin pecrees Attention j. direc' I'd 20
M" curious fac- that Bourricuuc. NaDy-
Icons agent ~ Hamburg. when charged
20 procure 5000 overCoats Tor the Fryu.U
army during tho Evlau campaign. wa
obliged 20 buv them from England Mr
Rose holds that tho incident proves the
folly of tho Continental system 'l' v"
had had TO consult our mhnIfaC'uTlt .
interests alone. tho policy ot loiss'r 'a'-e
would douhtloss have b~en tho h"s' ing
land. however. prided herself on her T.r-
chant service 70 that she 10 k'd a. the
nursery for tho royal navy, and 'hc ahsr-
comment - the worlds carving irs ic
20 neutrals would have seemed al a,t q
high treason Her acts of retaliation
agnins, tho Berlin DcCr~cs and 'hc I,Di iiCv
81 Tilsit were harsh aud high-handcd
Bu, they were adopted during a ptilcs~
| commercial strife. and. in wRIfarr Of ~
novel ard desperate n kind. acts must
| unfortunately - Judged by their efcacv
10 harm ih" fo~ rather than by tho standards
| 81 morality that holds good during peace
ou, wardly, it seemed ~ II England were
| doomed She had los, her slli,-. and alien
| ated the sympa,hics of ncutrals. Hui
| from the sea she was able 20 exert on the
Napoleonic States a pr"-sur" that was
gradual. cumulative and r"sistlcss: and
| tho future was to prove b" wisdom of he
words of Molten England vag"d a
warfare Of modern 'imes Napoleon, that
~ ancien, times There are times aui
cases when an anRchrOni-m j. fatal
The chapter on The Spanish Rising il
an admrrahlc cNamp' - compression
| In n dozen pages the whole story - Ma
rolcons ill-starrcd attcmpt 20 subiugatc
spain IL rrCountcd. After Describing
earlier vicissitudes, IN" author shows u,
| how. despite the hlundcrinss of th" British
| War Ofise 'hc ~lllN vappTiuc- Of Nh" Span