The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-02-08

When France Mas Fulsd by
a Trio OF kinks


fuT Nar-A simple Monarch Ma
Charie~. The sasnri~-wh~n ss~si-
ing Territory was mn Crins-Th~
French King Refused to Serve
Germany and Italy In . Lake
Capacity.
Cor OF The Caucasian Enterprises.
Bilkinxville. y. c. Feb S. lsi2
In she year s42 the dominion OF
France vas divided I.othaiFe aus
allowed awl ov what liz no9 Italy.
incindln vast tract ov country be-
tween the river Rhone and Rhyme
and also between the Meuse and the
/ Schedldt- Charles had AequartaIne
and awl the territory between the
1 Loire and Meuse. Louise had BA-
varia and the rest oy what IL nov
+ the German Empire. BY this par,i-
/ ton France and Germany became
completely separated The portion
allowed LothaIre wuE purchased al a
/ terrible cost in blood and 1t Ia said
az kaE n&AEA %8lAOsEsl tAAN tAA&&
He retreated from the throne 20 a
monastery In S55. dividing hiz coun-
try among hiZ heirs The Normans
gave the joint rulers much trouble
and they finally purchased peace at
cost probably greater than that ov
war. though not so many lives were
sacrificed The people ov Brittany
revolted a little later. Charles de-
feated them. But when the Normans
. caused Charles to get busy again
they threw of the yoke and placed
themselves under Louis the German.
In the absence ov Charles Louis
seized the French throne. Feeling
j sure that he had things hiz way he
dismissed the German army and
stood alone. Charles soon returned
and overpowered the weak would-be
ruler and regained the throne. But
Charles wuZ not very strong. The
Sormans troubled him On one side
and the King OF Brittany on the
other. In $50 Charles marched
against Brittany and engaged in a
battle which lasted two days. ending
in the defeat ov the French forces.
Charles managed to purchase the
: help ov one ov hiz strong opponents,
however, and this kept him from
losin out entirely at the time
BY the death ov the King of Lo-
rain Charles got some additional ter
ritory. But larger territory AMI
larger armies really proved a bur-
den in those days. France and
Brittany finally joined forces to put
down the Normans and succeeded,
the principal leaders bein' beseiged
at Anglers an they were compelled
to depart hastily, leavin' awl the
spoils taken. spoils bein' a prime
motive for war in those days. But
the pollytishuns hev learned a
shorter an more pleasant road to
the spoils counter in our day
King Charles died after rulin'
France for 3S years. much longer
period than kings generally lasted In
those days. Hit hez been claimed
that hiz doctor poisoned him Hiz
son Louis succeeded him. Louis
suffered and If he accomplished
much dnrin' hiz term history liz ST.
lent. He died in S79 and WIZ suc-
ceeded BY Charles the Gross. En-
peror or Germany. He didn't hold
long, bein' kicked out. and Eudes
Count OF Paris. wuz chosen King by
the nobility 20 hold till Charles. af-
terward named Charles the Sim
pie" reached hiz majority. He
went TO var with the Normans. de-
feated them. then tried TO repTess
the mobility or France. but failed
This brought on a factionaI fight.
Charles. the heir to the throne. WIZ
with his mother IN England He wuz
sent for and Eudes resigned the
srea er part ov the Kingdom Eudes
died little later. in S9s-
Durin' the reign ov Charles The
Simple" France went backward. The
mobiles took large slices OF the coun-
try and bein' responsible 10 nobody
they let things swing ar an easy gait
The French people, the common peo-
pie, became virtually slaves so far az
I voice in pubic affairs went The
small way The NOrmans recuDer-
ated and ravaged the finest districts
or France. some or them becomln'
practically desoIate for a time For
some time Louis tne 4th ruled.
Lothafre followed and finally Louis
5th- Hugh Copet finally got In az
ruler. He proved 10 be a man oT
sense and put on the brakes. He
ruled for ten years, dyin' In 997.
He left the country 10 hiz son Robert.
He refused 10 look after Germany
and Italy and devoted awl ov hiz
time TO pulIin' France out or a very
deep hole. Hiz term liz highly
spoken ov. He held the Kingdom 33
years. dyin' in 1000. HE son Henry
81 the First succeeded him. He started