The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-04


now at Touion, be transferred to Brest
or Rochefort, because these young men
are unruly spirits, and out of place at
Touion.''
OF course he received the knowl-
edge which led to this order through
the most extensive system of espion-
age. Against French spies in foreign
service he was naturally without mer-
cy, as appears from the following:
1904. Have the entire crew of the
fishing smack who correspondent with
the English arrested at once. Make
them speak even if you have to prom
Use pardon, a promise which it is not
necessary to keep. If they will not
talk you may, in accordance with Gus
tom in regard to persons suspected Of
espionage. apply thurnbscrews."
The number of cases in which Napo-
leon orders the imprisonment of people
upon mere suspicious runs into the
hundreds. He directs what mental or
physical torture is to be applied in or
der to enforce confessions
To M. F'ouche, his minister of police.
he writes: Have articles written
against Princess D.,who circulates indie
cent and ridiculous libels in Rome. You
know that she has lived with an opera
singer, and that the diamonds which
she displays come from Prince Potem-
kim, and are reward of her shame"
Treachery of the Man.
To Prince Eugene: 'Try to have
one of the couriers going from Naples
to st. Petersburg and Vienna caught,
and send me his dispatches" At this
time, Aug. 10, 1906, France was at
peace with Russia and Austria.
few days later he writes from the
camp at Boulogne, apparently devot-
ing all his fn in
England, the following remarkable let
ter to the secretary of the treasury: IT
see from your statement that among
the persons receiving pensions from the
state there is one receiving such pay
ment since 1901; there are two since
1902. and $500 from the years before
1920 According to this there must be
$500 pensioners over eighty-five years
old. This is incredible. I want to be
Informed at once where these $500 per-
sons live"
Despite this apparent burst Of recti-
tude Napoleon knew no moral bounda-
rles in money matters. Even counter
fefting was means of campaign. as
appears from the following letter from
Schoenbrunn, Sept. 6, 1909, to Fouche,
the minister of police:
You will receive a collection Of the
various denominations Of Austrian
DNNAAAA AAObSo. SclhSS LIE MISUNDERSTANDING
of notes Of the various amounts up to
10O,000,000 francs. Have machine
constructed which can print 10,000, 900
francs per month. The house of Aus
tria has waged war against me with its
paper money; 1t can continue this war
only with paper. Under these circum-
stances 1t is part of my policy to de-
stroy this paper money, in times Of
peace as well as war, and to force Aus
tria presume specie payments. This
will, as a matter of course, force Aus
tria to reduce its army"
Reasons for Counterfeitinq.
After the peace with Austria Prince
Metternich protested against this
wholesale counterfeiting operation, and
Napoleon directs his secretary of state,
July 20, 1S10;nu,7 a9v-rf. i.
Write reply to Metternich and
submit 1t to my approval, and tell him
that I directed, during my stay at
Vienna, that Austrian bank notes be
printed in Paris, because I was in act
ual possession Of the greater part of
Austria, while the latter had bank
notes printed in Hungary. Tell him
also that of the Partisan bank notes
none were ever issued because peace
anticipated the first emission. Since
then notes have, of course, been de-
stroyed."
Right and justice. personal liberty,