Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24

leo and the wife of Maximilian.It has been translated from the Spanish especially for the Review, and is given to the readers of the Mexican papers as a rare document. The letter is ad- dressed to the Duchess of Aosta, the queen-elect of Spain;
 My Daughter: Allow me to call you daughter; now that l am widow, now that my sorrows give me the right to use with you the sacred name of mother.
 l saw you in Italy when you were beautiful. young and happy; and was happy and young, although not as beautiful as you. l saw you again when you were happy and l was mis- erable. I write you today to say to you that the day may arrive when we both are miserable. I ikewse was queen, Marie Victoria, I likewise smiled-and deceived myself.
 You know how I lost my mind and God loves you so much that he has given me this hour of lucidity in or der to tell you the truth, now taat so many ambitious, trucking, unworthy men, so many lying mouths, so many foolish tongues, so many traitorous hearts, are telling to you political lies.
 l have been queen, Duchess or Aosta; know the position well. Now watch your woman's heart well, that it may not betray you into vanity.
 l am Carlotta, the former Empress of Mexico. the wife of Maximilian. l hasten to communicate to you my fears, because do not know the tune that my madness will leave me free to write to you.
 Who could have told us that which has happened since we saw each other for the first time among the trees of Frascaty and Of the Tivoli. Do you remember how many pleasant afternoons? Ay, Maria, ponder well upon the disgrace and misfortune which l am going to tell you It is a happy chance that an unhappy wife has been maddensd by an unforgetta- bic sorrow.
 4 commission came to Vienna to offer to my husband the crown of Mexico. Carlotta," says Maximilian, they have come to offer to me the empire of famous people of Amer ica."
 do not deceive you Maria; that crown daZzied and seduced me and Maximilian understanding that, said
 
 and make arrangements with them.
 1 did so and accepted the crown of = ->&%co. Then began my apprentice shfp of empress. Maximilion spoke words of love and tenderness to my ambitious heart. Now ] am Elm press" I said to myself. To rule and reign was my dream.
 On. sad illusion, oh black and traitorous vanity, how much have you cost me, how you have wrecked my lifsl Read on, read on, Maria Vic toria. read on.
 The commission kissed my hand and assured me that Mexico lived in anarchy and that we would be it's tn. tular angels, its political savior. Max imilian and I looked at each other agiow with enthusiasm over the pros poets of founding a future line of kings in America, which would rival the glory of the Hapsburg or Hohen. zolIern.
 The commission pictured well the beauty of Mexico, the wealth of her mines, the perfecuon- or the cImaIe and the vasmess Of hsr domains, tie. scribed to US how from the rich i'm. perial palace we could survey the un' rivaIed beauties d Popocatapel and Ixtacuatl, those extinct volcanoes covered with eternal snow, how we might reign among the forgotten ruins of Montezuma, the last of the Aztecs.
 Read on, my dear duchess, and you will see to what end came all this ambition and cupidity for an empire
 These commissioners betrayed us with a thousand lies We embarked hallucinated by unknown glories blinded by the lust for power.
 In quitting the coast of Germany felt . twinge st my heart and from that beginning first felt the misfort une which was to madden me In seeing . distant white point upon the disappearing iand 1 knew it was the beach of the Baltic and my heart was oppressed with sadness. Mari milan noticed it, but l denied being sad-a1d I deceived him.
 o my unhappy husband, pardon me Maria my dear. do you wonder that I have lost my reason. Read on. The crown awaited us. I was so anxious for my disdem that I could see in the very battling wave and spray the dfh monds and rubies of my crown.
 Oh. why did the sea not open then and bury our ship within it's myster1 ous bosom
 We arrived in Mexico amid the shouts of the multitude of excited pco- pie. with shouts of Viva ei Empera' dor Vivi el Emperadori" Countless flowers and bouqets strewed our roy al progress zns caTpeted the streets of the ancient city of the Aztec. The mansions and palaces were strung with gariands, bunting and flags, counteless were the lights and seem ingly boundiess the joy and love Of OUT future subjects.
 But cursed be this faithless love this hypocritical joy, for, Maria Vie toria. kexico hated us. despised us as conquerors.
 If at any time you leave Spain. fl the splendor of a crown blinds your eyes or seduces your heart, do mol have faith in the number of persons who hail your carriage or kiss your hand. The people of a nation sec kings and emperors as they watch the exploits of a bull ring or view tae tears and pleadlngs of a criminal condemned to die. Neither should you have confidence in the lickspittle fawning of nobles and prices Would that you may see them stripped oi their honors and privileges as l have