The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-05-25
One Hundred Years A9o.

~ AA<S' sSSAcOIulIOu VI tue centenary OF
me death of the German poet, Fried
rich Schiller, has served as an occa-
Sion for a backward glance at the
world in 1906. That year was eventful
IN literature, although the nations were
either disturbed with wars alarms or
recovering from the effects of wars.
SCOTS Lay Of the Last Minstrel APP
peared IN 1906, and also the master
piece of Schiller's countryman and
comrade in letters, Goethe, who then
gave to the world the immortal
Faust. Byron entered college in
1905 and was the writer of mere
schoolboy illusions.
In American literature there was no
writer active at that time to save it
from British sneers whose name has
been handed down, with the exception
perhaps Of Charles Brockden Brown,
The novelist. America was a land of
quiet, the scene Of the Tripolitan war,
IN which the country was engaged, be-
Ing too remote to furnish more than
passing sensation In April, 1905,
the stars and stripes were first raised
over foreign citadel at the capture
OF Derne, Tripoli, by General William
Eaton with band of American SAIL
ors and Mohammedan soldiers. Peace
terms were concluded at Tripoli in
June.
Although war clouds were gathering
over Europe at this time 100 years ago,
the sword was sheathed for the mo-
ment. Napoleon was busy reorganiz-
ing his court on style BETTING a
monarch: In May, 1906, he was crown
ed in great pomp king Of Italy. While
the Corsican protested love for peace
his enemies plotted and during the
summer formed the great coalition
which embraced England, Austria,
Russia and Sweden, with Prussia wait
ing to see which side would marshal
the biggest battalions.
England had no faith in Napoleon's
u
aiding French ports, but with such
poor success that the French fleet es-
capped from under the eyes of Lord
Nelson at Toulon, united with the
Spanish squadron at Cadiz and led the
English admiral a chase to the West
Indies and back again to Europe, the
most remarkable adventure Of the kind
In naval history. The baffled and i'm
petuous Nelson finally retired to pri-
vate life and the solace of the ever
faithful Lady Hamilton's companion
ship and there awaited the summer
through the call to Trafalgar
Napoleon had long contemplated an
Invasion of England, but the presence
of the British navy off the coasts of
French territory kept his soldiers oc-
cupied in the defense of the harbors.
When the French fleet returned from
the West Indies to European waters
Napoleon ordered naval demonstra-
ton in the British channel. Meanwhile
he assembled an army of 10000 men,
and history is undecided as to whether
English subsidies and diplomacy or
Napoleon's Vaccinations provoked hos
tilities on the continent and postponed
the invasion Of England.
1t is believed that the French emper-
or taunted and exasperated the allies
into coalition for his own purposes.
His first move was an agreement with
the Prussian king to hold aloof, thus
neutralizing at a stroke an army equal
In efficiency to his own. Napoleon all
along professed that he was only wait
ing for the French feet to appear in
the channel when he would strike Eng
land. But the French admiral half be-
lieved that the naval programme set
by Napoleon was only feint and lost
heart. Surmising that his fleet was in
danger of attack by the English, he
retired to the harbor of Cadiz and
Napoleon Immediately started for Ger
many, saying, II march to Vienna and
"AAA AOI lay uOWu Ivy dEuuS uuIll i
have nothing more to fear from Aus
tria.' This was the preliminary to
the Austerlitz campaign, which closed
the year with Napoleon triumph.
Snobbery In the Army.
Military circles in Washington are
scandalized because the daughters of
an army officer have opened laundry
in that city to exc out the family
purse. The family is large, and the
pay of its provider is unequal to the
demands Of Washington life.
Why the girls chose the laundry
business in preference to one of the SO
called polite employments is their own
affair. Probably they saw more mon
ey in it, The incident is one Of many
which have emphasized the snobbery
which prevails in a crowd Of army
people which, it is believed, is very