The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06

tenance of England's strength. Wer
England to become weak. she had no doub
tina, Russia would forthwith Nnnex Norwa,
| and become a naval power.
Miss Robinson had Witnessed the French
Revolution Of 1879, but writing from Paris
on Feb. a, ls4s, she tells an English friend
Mrs. Ashburnham, that she ia in the mids'
of a revolution more fearful than its pred
ecessor, because the mobs were beginning
to pillage After pointing out that there
were hundred thousand regular troops
in Paris, and two hundred pieces Of can
non, she chronicles a signal piece OF
cowardioe on the part OF Louis Philippe
An aide de camp of the Minister OF War
who was in the Kings Cabinet when he
abdicated told her that the King, highly
rouged, was reviewing the troops in the
Carrousel on horseback. when a cry was
raised, "The Faubourgs are coming" NO
one had any orders, no one gave any. The
mob rushed forward, shouting Long live
the National Guard! Long live the troops!'
and shook hands with the outposts. The
King, with his sons, retreated precipitately,
and a sub-Leutenant of the National Guard
rushed alone into the palace, asking to
see him. He was admitted, and, in the
greatest agitation, said: your Majesty
must abdicate. We are outfanked.'
very WE'LL" says the King, lin favor OF
my grandson" mo, Internationally. v
| rejoined the self-elected mouthpiece OF
public opinion. OF all who congregated
| around the royal person, only one, Pisca-
tory, said. Go down and head your troops.
Fight for your crown and your dynasty
He was overruled, and everybody marched
out OF the palace, except the Duchess OF
Orleans, her children and the Duke OF
Nemours.
On the following day Feb. 2S), Miss
Robinson did not hesitate to traverse one
Of the streets in her quarter. and records:
II cannot tell you how civil the mob is.
| I do not think 1t prudent to take a servant.
and the groups give me the inside Of the
pavement, saying 'Viue Ia Republque,
madamei I bow and pass on. OF course
l don't go far but. il did, and saw any
row, should not hesitate to ask the pro-
lection OF blouse. The advance Of civiliza-
ton will serve to prevent bloodshed, but
I am glad that am very obscure
/ Three days afterward, she writes: La
marines energy and courage are beyond
all praise; in the midst Of an Infatuated
mob, calling for the red flag and COM
munism. he maintained the Tricolor and
public order. Muskets were leveled at
him and swords brandished. but he did
not stir, and carried the day.
Miss Robinson goes on to aver that 'one-
half, one-tenth part Of the energy would.
| il not have saved the dynasty, at least
have left some regrets; but, as 1t is, cow
ardly as a Bourbon is more than ever q
common saying. The Duke Of Mont
pensier, with tears in his eyes, would hardly
give his father time to sign the abdica-
ton, which he snatched from the table
and handed to the sub-lieutenant who
had asked for it. The Queen implored
her husband to head the troops and die
in the Carrousel, saying, will bless you
from the balcony but he would not. The
Duke Of Nemours accompanied the Duchess
Of Orleans to the Chamber, and there he
tainted The Prince OF Chalais dragged
him out. and Deputy gave him his great
coat No one knows where he is. but he
| ia safe, for the first act Of the Republic
was to proclaim the abolition Of the death
penalty for political offences. I have no
| time to tell you one-half Of the anecdotes
going about respecting the cowardice Of
the royal family"
Elsewhere In the same letter We read:
Il saw yesterday dplomatist who
| told me that Guizot was by no means
the courageous man we thought. He
was bold at the Tribune, and inspired by
having an audience; but In tste-a-tete
he was easily bullied; he meant to retire
three years ago, but Princess Lieven pre-
vented him. much good she has done by
| it. On the Boulevard, few minutes be-
| fore the attack that decided the fate of the
| nation, man was vociferating for Guizot,
when some one called out In the crowd,
He's not here; you know well enough
| that he always sleeps in the house OF his
Russian Princess II they had known her
| address, the Hotel Talleyrand would have
| Jared as badly as the Tuieries." On March
?, ls4s, the young Englishwoman aoknowl-
edges that the Provisional Government
| was doing wonders. Never was Paris
better guarded; there are twenty rounds
| OF patrols every night, and We have now
about 225 600 men under arms She goes
on to tell her correspondent: 1T Is now
| publicly confessed that the late outbreak
| ia the result Of vast conspiracy that has
been going on for seven years, and was to
have eliminated at the death Of the King.
The leaders had no hopes during his life
| time; they thought that the willy monarch
would have made 80 many concessions
| that he would at least have died OIL the
throne; but the obstinacy Of Guizot. the
apathy of DuchAtel and the gross ignorance
| Of Delessert fastened matters to a crisis /"
! So far as the writer of these letters could
learn Louis Philippe had not a single
adherent left in France.
We first find Louis Napoleon mentioned
| in these letters under date of June 8. 1s4S,
and the writer had heard that lately on the
boulevard there had been some faint at
tempts at enthusiasm for the son of Queen
Hortense 1T is quite certain, we read,
that he will be nominated to the Assembly
| though, perhaps, not here lin Parisl.'
| BY June II Miss Robinson is better informed:
-The elect ion of Louis Napoleon has fairly
COMPOUNDED every one; it is evident that he
has been elected az Pretender. The groups
on the boulevards have left off talking
Of Barbes 1.-THE Communist, or, at least,
they associate him with Louis Bonaparte,
who, having made no profession Of faith,
may be claimed by all parties, The writer
recognizes that nothing could bs moro
clever than the way in which he Louis
Bonaparte has slipped into the National