The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19


grateful 20 Mr. Lsggs for his minute
records II her attire. quality. color and
trimmings. whenever Il - possible IN
secure II. In the early months q her
exile while she was trying N make political
arrangements as Regent Tor the friend Of
her husbands Imprisonment. French
man named R.gnier. who wis IN business
In London, conceived the idea % making
himself conspicuous by becoming the in
tsrmei.ary IN negotiating terms Il peace.
u Is an ANA ring story u impudrnt self
Assurance and craft. Regnier actually
vas reviewed by Bismarck. who Used him
for his own PURPOSES and went To Meta.
promising the Chancellor that he would
s.- Bazaine and bring thence a General
who should 90 90 England and COME 20
an understanding with the Empress lie
srnuggIed Gen Bourlaki ont of Metz. hut
the asi0unded Empress undeoeived the
General when he reached Camden Place
and announced that hs had come az her
request bismarck threw Regnier over.
bui wrote him a high sounding empty let
ter of recommen dation after he had heen
arr1igned tried for tr'ason lin hiz alb
ssncaI and santenced - Death. a sentence
rNich was not executed The Empress had
nothing To DO with al this. but she wrote
letters to Bismarck. the Emperor II Rus
siI and others. and some - the letters arc
given.
Until tho Fmpsrur'- arrival AZ Chisle-
hurst IN" principal scenes d the resto-
ration drama. or a. Theirs. Gambetta
and 'hs other heads o. the Republican
party d~emni II the Bonapartist com
riy. were enacted az BRUSSELS. whittier
al who had the means had hed long before
Paris WAS b-sieged Mr. LeEge eH-
plains all It's In detail II appears that
there really was some foundation for
believing that Bohapnrtist plots were
on foot One fact was established. that
BDnnpartist pamphlets. saditious publi-
cations had been distributed among
the TROOPS th. reasonable tracts being
hidden between two portraits ofM Theirs
There ~ nothing like a sense ~ humor.
and 10 bscomes douhlv effective when
thus applied 90 practical ends Mr.
Lagge has utilized portions % Mgr.
Goidari's literary remains in veav-
ing his account u the futile -Conspir-
aCies' a. Chislehurst and in Brussels
for the restoration ~ the Bonapartist
dynasty A. an md 20 that means the
Emperor himself wrote a pamphlet an
titled Ire Forces MIlitlir-s De Ia France
IN 1870 This vas practically pub
lishsd IN 1872 by forcing the French Jour-
nails % review 30 fully The Emperor
" ishsi thus statement regarding bis
policy and action respecting the war
- 1901 ~ hav. tho widest possibl@
circulation IN France and a.nt thither
tho Comte 10 IA Chap-lla. - no was repu'ed
- h. ~ author N engineer The matter.
Ia which he WIS entirely Siccrssful
Mr. Iagge gives this statement in full.
AZ his material concerning the Empress
Eugene j. sctnty, and data concerning
tho Emperor and the Prince Imperial are
pressed into ~-ryice 20 no up the meas
ure. also facts and aneoi1tes connected
with the five duke created bv Napoleon
III. such as that lbort the French AM
taszldrrss 20 the Brush court tho Duch-
$50 Il Persigny. a fiery tempered and
acreutrir p-rspn She gave a great hall
and provided FOR herself q costume which
was cllcuAtel % crr1ts sensation
The ir--sUak-r Jet og' the secret a Lady
"a Queen NicfDril's suite wore the counter
part It the r,he and the -nraEed Dlchess
-macked her face in the presence 81 the
Queen. who Immediately quilted the
house in Indignation One vary inter-
esting explanation j. fuyaished by the
author ~ % the reason for the violet
beng the f1rai emblem u the house q
Blnaplrte.
Three days before Napoleon I. embarked
flr Elba. and while still undecided whether
he would quietly resign himself % his
be was waking IN the gardens
a. FIutalnsbleau The Duo de R,ssan0
was arguing that the time for withdra wal
Wa past and Napoleon was much eH-
cited lie saw = child gathering violets
and asked FOR them The BOY gave them.
and after a few minutes the Emperor. who
had not replied % the Duc hitherto. re-
mar6ed. The accident pf this occurrence
~ a secret hint 20 me % follow the example
~ these modest iowers. Nes. gentlemen.
h-ncefOrth tho violet shall ba the emblem
u my wishes Gen Bertrand expressed
the h0ps that Nlpole0n resolution nigh
last longer than the flowers which had
inspired it The next day Napoleon was
seen walking about the gardens With
bunch q volets and stopped 90 pick some
from a bed 4 gr"ngder IN guard sug
Rastsd that u would b" easier % puck them
il years time they would ~ more
plentiful IN answer tD the Empar0rs
questions the man informed him that
almost an hIs comrades ~ well ~ him
self hoped hn would return from Elha
',afDre the year was ont On returning %
the barracks This gr"naiiar told his com
rldas about the Emprrprs vIOlets and
they an began % cal BJnaparte -P@re
- Vioiett- which led % the adher-nis II
the eN-EmparDr wearing the fiower ~
memorial IN the spring
Napoleon 800 died on January o 1873
and Mr Iaggr hastanai ~ Chislnhurst
.n the hop- = obtaining first hand infor-
nation a. 10 the facts u. got very httle
~ the time. bur later he
rDIIatad an th" information published by
French phys clans ami inter, ieWed the
English doctors II H. curious chapter.
lforiing another illustration u the man
mr. m which the destiny = nations IL az
'-cted by aco,dent. personal and profes-
'iOnai j"alousI-s and other CAUSES which
-anno' b. calculated II appears that the
Emperor had been suffering ago1ias from