The evening world., 1911-02-13
Aagazine. Monday. February IS. 1911.
Enr0U That Oh m
HI II i 8 t o r y
By Albert Payson Terhune
Copyright 1911. b. Ths Prem pubnsh-s co. ths Ne" YOh World.
No. ga Fog That Altered Europe's Map.

Nc. 3<-A Fog That Altered Europe's Map.
E1wo little ships carrying on their decks a handful of passengers
and the whole future of Europe) buued their way through q bank
of seafOs one autumn night in 1893.
@ The sudden arrival Of the fog and the fact that It chung to
the two small vessels until they had moved past a certain dangerpoint Is
part OF a dramatic historical It" The time va when history was busy
in the making The next few years we're to show a state of affairs never
before dreamed of, and were to change Europes map. But for the timely
appearance of the fog that night in 1893 there would have beer another
and far less stirring tale to tell
France. rising out OF the Reign of Terror. had found itself at war with
most Of It's neghbors The government wa in the hands of a corrupt. In
competent group Of politicians known Is 1.-The Directory" Out of the gen
erl confusion sprang into sudden fame a young Corslcan officer, Napoleon
Ponaparte. He led a ragged, iiequfpped horde OF soldiers mt Italy, trans
provinces shra'hed the armies Of Austria nd returned to France a popular Ds hero no.
"1h. Pear Il M great of IA" r sS 'srAf H. a p sS" that ,a . "aa,' 'ss si S%
NN0,F.p. Ripe r ns, Ss ' %Ss .snnI to-, tn. a,, nsr for s% it "' m mot, ss%'i ,e,1 TGs and nd
as'rnsea him.. His hold on the people and on TIL army wa lot ct secure
II have tested the situation" he said to a friend. THE pear is nOt rel, rip.
I must dazzlc the crowd awhile longer"
Egypt Is sailed ior"S ne S as a May 10. is 'S STOPPING PINE D IA the vay i 10 captured
Malta. then invaded Egypt winning ne brilliant victory after another IN q
Napoieon's dreams of greatness we're innamed by the-. eiumphs Hs n
m his own account an turn the Orient orom cOnssnanOpio to Indn) int %
son shattered He invaded Syria and met me disaster at~ another. Tue
British British ma, s, N s.~ w wiped out o% III hi. .r Meet .n n . Was forced, ,s T.. to a ,rs UaTM into, '.
quickly turning into a nzAe
Then It wa hal Napoleon read in m English newspaper that had fallen
into his hands of a change in French politics The Directory as totering to
were asain threatening France, Napoleon saw a a glance that the pear was
the wV ren %. of po%sn And ad sn,~ right f mac" wa f ,hon.a i,' ot m rs%' % way GO oo o.S
Napoleon decided to desert his m and to return wihA a haste to Frsnc.
He had n more RICH. to do thst han hss a locomotive engineer to desert hi.
Turning over M hi. army army to o" N Krese ~.T 10 .%a sail sor France France witt . few
10 N" To-" IN W. small IL. ships The English Meet %a''hful formadsS'. lay right
maintain that 1t ws considered a act of madness to ,y to run" IT. But
Napoieon ever had a way o. doing what others condemned as impossible. and
OF succeeding Tist tint was 10 exception.
A Narrow itself In N 'o"F' aS IN ran w rs"'s And fF another Sep m nave er ' srosp
Escape. of men would have forced their way to he head Of the
~ government 1t Is very doubtful If Napoleon would have
As hs two little ships-the Muiron and the Carere-neared tn blocksdns
OF S" sss Enan sv n,r sy '" ~. .n n me .@ enem my s no' sa.I passn :. so p s,o.s to or some
conversation A Jingle fae move A sound me lifting M the for would haye