The sun., 1902-07-27


were -..-'al ami H,srarv Hia s6osts to
dsssl" Gsrman ptincs- and to dens'i"nalse
fwo - C~tmanV i-athug .hinksr- were
partly -n~crssnil Fivh,e indssd, IN IN"
early dav- of i~s. had delivered ai Rcthn
within sand of the Frvuch drums. h'-
-tddr--ses 20 the German Nation In
which he d~-h on ~. unqusnchabl"
strength 10 a people that Determined, at
all c"-t., to live frr- Other German
thinker, we're moved Nv the -torw- - baV-
l'n and Ntragus-a varnhagrn won hn-"
relates how dr~p ~as the excitement of
jean Paul Richter. who doubted not thai
the Germans wouhi one day rise agains,
M" frrnch. as the Spaniaris hal done.
and thai Prussia would svenge its insults
and give fp,-ium To Germany On N"
other hand. Gu.th- and whlaud bowed "t
trfyr' byfors the French Emperors great.
ncs- To the former Napoleon granted
long in'ervirw lie hstter-d the aged
poet NJ the outset 10y IN. words, -Nor are
a man and hen talked about several
works In "A way that Goethe thought very
Just lie criticised one na~sse Of the
poet youthful v ofk. 'wer,her. as untrue
to nature. with which Goethe agreed On
Nul'airc'S 'Nahumst- he hcapcd censnre
for what he termed i,s unworthy portrait
urc ~ The turqueros - th" last and itS
ii.afec'lvs fatal.sm These pier>s he
ssii, belong To an ohscure age. Besides,
what do they mean with their fatalisn'
Politics j. fatsli-m Mr. Rosc points out
that the significance - this saying was
soon 20 b. emphasized so that mlssppre-
h-fsion was impossible After witnessing
Noltiire's Ia Mort dc Ctsar,' Napoleon
suggested that Goethe ought 20 writ"
tragedy IA grander style than Noltairc :.
So a. 20 show how the world would have
hccn benefited u tho great Roman had
had time - carry out his va-t plans Fin
alN. Gucth" was invited 10 come 10 Paris.
Vhcrc h~ was told Ne would find abu undAnt
material, for his poetic creations The
pressing character uf the Invitation reveals
tho Emperprs dissatisfaction with h,s
French po"iaEtcrs. and his Intention 10
deua'ionahs" Grrnan literature lie had
a dim perception that Tcutonic idralism
was dangerous foe. lnasuuch A. u Kept
alN" the s"i-e - nationality which he
vas determined to oblItsrAte In tho at
tempt to cStiuguish the German S@r.-e ~
nationality hc failed Tho last and most
patriotic - SChll.er's works Wilhelm
T,l AMI the impAssion"d discuur-"~ It
fichte were influences that hafl,'d bayonets
and diplomacy. Tho younger generation
1T Germans 'hrohhed RESPONSIVE" - th"-.
teach ng.. and heard With grief, but with
no change 81 conviction. that Goth" and
Wcand had accepted from Napoleon N"
cross - the Legion 81 Honor, and that,
too. on the anniversary of the battle ~
jena
On tpril =. isio Napoleon was married
q, \1're Dame To- the ArCtduch"ss Marie
loul-e and on March ~. ISL a son vas
born 20 them - all APPEARANCES. Napo-
i,uii', power then seemed 20 h" nprr firmly
"-tahli -h.d than ever ~" empire ~ tho
now C'aTl"magne was At - height Never
had the world son embodied might like
hi. and w"ll might he eNcIaim a. Va" birth
of tho King & Rome Now t"gins the fines
cp1.h IL NV reign All tho auEuries seemed
favorable In France the voice of oppo-
.l'iun va- all hut hu-hed Italians. Swi-S
a.l oven some ~paritrd- h'.p'd 80 keep
4 town Prussia Du'chm"n and Danes had
hunted down SChill for him at Stralsund
Polish horsrmen had charged up the
Somosisrra Pass aesins, N" spanish guns
and did valiant service on the bloody Neld
= hlbuora Tho Confederation 81 tho
Rhine could send forth l5oGr men To fight
hi- battles IN. Han-burg- verc his vas
aeIs. aud only fam, shadows of iis, ord
r- vr' riNud"d his relations With Alexander
ono g hi- msrshal- pernAiu''c. had ton
ch.-,.' 20 succeed 90 The crown 81 sweden
ard ~ ila other end of Europe Il -errn"d
'Ua' Wellington and the spanish patriots
must Ultimately succumb To superior
rum'n--
s,h -, F.ats hat s1,la as
the time for the fulflmen' Of tho glowing
Oriental designs ho-ite which TO his imagi-
nation his European triumphs seemed pale
Ia the autumn - 1910 he had sent agents
carefully 3 ID Inspect the ~'rongholds 81 Egyr,
an syria. and his consuls In the D"vnnt
Won" ordered 10 send report every six
mlufhs on the condition - the Turkish
Impirc Above all ha urged on the con-
I"',pn of dockvard~ and ships 81 war
Nas' works we're pushed forward a, Ant
wcrp and CherbouTg, ships and Runboa's
v,r" 20 be- built At every suitahl" port from
the TeS-l 20 Naples and Trieste. and as
tho result of th"-.' labors. the Emperor
counted ON having ioi ships-of
which would cover the transports from
th" Mediterranean. Chcrhourg. Bnulogne
ard the Srhcld'. and be- threatened England
with an array 81 100000 figh,ing men. IN
March. lsu his plan was modified, Possibly
because Napoleon found tho dlfficu,ios
of a descent on the English coast insuprr-
able He resolved. however, that. In ~"
following year. or In isi3 nj the furth--t
h. would send an expedition 81 4O.D men
from the Scheidt as II to menace ireland,
aud. having thrown IN" British of their
guard. h" would yide hat force into four
parts for the recovery 81 the Dutch and
French colonies ia tho Wcs, Indies He
counted a.-n On having a part 81 his army
in spain fr,c for service elsewherr: that part
could he -rit 10 -oil' sicily or Egvp, Nor
was this AL The thoughts Of Napoleon
worn turned also to n" CaIn 81 Good Hop
Eight Thousand men were TO sail from
Brc-t 10 s'ISn that point of van age our
author - convinced. however. that. 81 all
thc~" plans, the recovery - Egypt Law
! n.ar'st 20 the Emp"ror's heart III
ordered tho storage at Toulon - everything
u,eofu Tor an Egyptian eNpcditi ion. along
with sixty gun y"s-"s of light draugh'
| suitable for tho nav iga,ion 81 the Nile ar
| of th" lake, near IN" coast ncCres wHs
charged 10 send models of these craft.
and N" may picture th" eager scrutiny
which 'l.y rc,,eiVpi tor tho Orisp, was