The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-24

% al your efforts 10 make yoursslf . boat
and. when II 10 finished, ding yourself bodily
into IT, For, after all, what remains from
this concentration OF little deeds and little
struRRles7 An immense thing for me. In
1895 the Emperor and his son we're dead
There was no longer any heir TO the I'M
perial cause; France no longer knew any
such. For the people the line was broken
of. All tho Bonspartes were dead well!
Iioined the thresd together again. lenected
my own resurrection
Events which he could not have toreeeen
greatly furthered the calculations OF the son
OF Hortense Bea uharnais Louis fhiippe
waspersuaded by Observation-Disclosures
bring back the ashes OF the Emperor from
st. Helena and to enshrine them IN the
Invalides. He had thus given the heir
to the Emperor's name an opportunity
for spreading broadcast among the French
people that proclamation the Significance
OF which was condemned in tho date. Fort
ress OF Ham, Dec. Is, Is+O," and In this
phrase, addressed to the Emperor Ma
poleon: "A ship OF France. commanded
by a noble young man. went to clnim your
ashes; but In vain did you look for any OF
YOUR own race upon the deck; your family
was not there.
Then. again, the reactionary policy
pursued by Louis Philippe had been cruel
disillusionI to the European peoples reused
by the trumpet call Of 1890. Their grievo,s
disappointment was expressed by the
Italian Diego Soria when he said Louis
Philippe, wishing TO make the kings OF
Europe forgive him for a throne which
4 Al - hox ;po ,,anrY,RH had
objection to offering them the liberty OF all
the peoples, in exchange for the ansoiution
of his crime; O service which he alone could
render In his capacity OF sovereign OF inc
very France upon which all the freedom
desiring peoples Of Europe had rested
their hopes with mad confidence Then
again, In 1913. the provisional government
which succeeded Louis Philippe in France
had evinced neither the power nor the Will
To resume the traditional policy OF the
French Revolution, So. then. facts seemed
to demonstrate that the heir to this ira
dition could I've a Napoleon alone. Selling
the occasion, the son Of Hortense threw
out In his Idtes fdpolsoniennes the formula
Of the foreign policy OF Bonapartism The
Emperor's policy consisted in founding
a solid association Of Europe by resting his
system on the foundation OF ro'ni Isfe nd-
iiondlties and the satisfaction OF common
interests' A phrase from tho memoirs
OF st. Helena WA repeated: Ono OF my
greatest thoughts had been the combination,
the concentration, Of the same geographical
peoples that have been dissolved. dis
integrated, BY revolutions and policies.
| would have wished to make eaoh one
Of these peoples a single and organic ma
tional body. The first sovereign who shall
honestly embrace the cause Of the peoples In
the next great general fight will And himself
at the head OF all Europe and will be able
to try anything he plcases.' The formula
based upon this phrase, and put forward
BY Louis Napoleon. meant that the treaties
OF 1915 vera to be torn up and the work
OF the Holy Alliance undone. With words
and promises like these France WAS in
famed
M. Hanotaux secs that the foreign policy
Of the Emperor Napoleon III having been
thus placarded on the walls in anticipation,
his reign had no diplomacy. and needed
none. Snoh diplomatists a. he had. like
Morny, were employed 10 domestic anairs,
Abroad his action was simplicity itself.
The Crirnean War, tho Italian War. the Ger
man War, were three. playa forming .
triloxy hardly interrupted BY the epAsodes
OF China and Mexico. Our author. thong
Republican, acknowledge that the force
OF this propa gandist policy In Europe, was
such that Napoleon III waa for moment
the arbitrator among the Powers, because
he had the people on his side. II he had
ALWAYS been victorious, he would have
carried away the liberals OF all Countries.
even those OF France. Many OF them and
Of the most reserved among them, such "a
Henri Martin and Edward Quinet. were
seduced when he announced his determine
ton to deliver Italy. 40 powerful was the
sentirnen, Of International solidarity at
that time" What ruined Louis Napoleon
was the fact that In his quarrel with Prussia
he found arrayed against him the very
principle by virtue Of which he had pre-
yiously trumphed On this point NJ Hano-
taux remarks; lie lost every justification
for his existence on the day when he saw
turned against him the principle which in
Europe. and Ivy rebound in France, had
made tn, whole Of his reputation ard tho
Who'll. Of his strength the principle Of
| nationalities.'
Our author il one of thoee students OF
the war of 1870 who hold that, even after
tlle mrs TWO tu~SiSSI'us SN'iSe'e THiiSi"N
by the French nothing was irreparably
lost. The situation is set forth In the fol-
lowing paragraph: Around Metz France
still had formidable army, and at Chalons
there were forces, wanting, perhaps, In
! cohesion. but which could be counted ON
! II was necessary to assemble these troops
! in front of Paris In order 20 cover the CAPT.
! tai. The Regency, headed by the En-
I press Euee lie, opposed this measure Of
safety. At Paris the return Of the beaten
Emperor was dreaded. MacMahon hest.
ta,ed Was l,s to follow his own inspiration
retreat toward the Seine. or should he
obey the directioTs Of the political power
and march to the Northeast In order tc
effect junction with Bazalne? A telegram
from Marshal Bazaine announcing Mont.
n,ely as his objective decided MacMahon
He no longer thought Of anything but eoins
to the rescue Of his colleague. The unior
OF the two forces would have been for
m;dable. But the PrusGan armies out
stripped MacMahon. Instead Of joining
Bazaine, the army OF Chalons engulfec
itself in the funnel OF Sedan. where. afte
heroic resistance, 1t was annihiated."
NJ Hanotaux explains how 1t came to
pass that at Sedan Napoleon III not onl,
,,,rrandarad h;a sword hut ahattAred hi