Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-31
Especial Correspondence,

- senate there is u movement now
4 under way to transfer the re-
mains Of NAPOLEON H." from the
| crypt Of the Capucinc church in
Vienna to the Hotel dcs mvaldes at
| Paris.
Those Americans who have seen
Sarah Ecrnhurdt as ''L'Aiglon" could
not fail to have been touched by
Rostand's poetic history of the life OF
Napoleon H. king of Rome. The babe
whose christening was n coronation
died an exile from his Kingdom and
his country
On the 23rd of March. 1911. about
1 o'clock in the morning a chaise dc
poste entered Vienna nj terrific
speed and drew IN at the palace Of
the French ambassador \ young
French officer descended. rushed into
the presence OF the ambassador and
announced the birth of an heir 10 the
throne of France. Although the crowd
in general rejoiced, in the salons Of
aristocrats secret murmurings Of an
noyance were heard. One lady-in-
waiting cHnicnlly remarked. Bah.
this proclaimed king of Rome in 4
few years will probably come here
and be brought up by charity" This
prediction hurled at Napolcon's heir
proved only too true
Three years later two carriages
cautiously penetrated the wooded road
Of the park of,Sclloenbrunn; the first
carriage contained the Empress
Marie Louise and tho second one pro-
,cctcd the young king OF Rome who
in the arms of Prince 'rrauttmansorf
was being taken to Vienna to be
drought mp by charity" at the side OF
his grandfather. Emperor Francis II,
II would rather see my son ilaycd
alive than see him brought up as an
Austrian prince" were the scathing
words uttered by the banishcd
Napoleon. Nevertheless tho l:aglct"
was not only brought up as an
Austrian prince but he died as one
Mcttcrnich who negotiated the
Marriage between Marie Louise and
Napoleon, supervised his education.
His instructors were made to dislort
history in order to keep from the child
all knowledge of his fathers great
ness. Everything tina, would remind
him Of his own land was taken from
him. Even his native tongue was for
hidden him. His title was changed to
the duke of Reichs,adt AS the
chroniclers Of the times have told us,
these were the conditions that en-
clrclcd the short life OF the fated
Napoleon II,
In the words OF 'l.'Aiglon:"
Alas, how near my cradle to my death
Ana all my life lics in that narrow
space,
In that gap, too narrow ana
too dark.
Fate n"'cr lo, fall single pin OF
glory"
The sacred love of the French people
for their Little Corporal who attained
such power cannot be over estimated.
Consequently. II is not to be wondered
at that they are agitatins the removal
Of the ashes of their hero's son from
his unwilingly adopted country TO that
in which he was born. During the pres
cnt session OF the chamber Il bin Will
be introduced proposing that overtWcs
be made to tho Austrian government
to allow the remains Of Nnpoleon's son
TO be brought to Paris, This bin will
be supported By all parties except tho
extreme left.
TO LIE BY HIS ANCESTORS
or course the remains Of the duke
of Rcichstadt will be placed in the llo-
tel dcs invalidcs where are the surcoph-
agi Of the other members of Ma
polcon's family, The lnvalidcs is one
Of the most celebrated monuments In
France, II was founded under the re-
gency OF Louis XIV. So well proper
toned Is this vast building that one
does not realize that 1t covers about
30 ucrcs Of ground and Is large enough
10 accommodates 1000 persons 1t Is
here tina, soldiers who have been IN
cnpacitated for service are cared tor
at the expense OF the state. The remote
ness Of the last war has reduced the
number who are actually housed under
It's roof To about 10. Parts Of the
building have been devoted to other