The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-21
REAL ANCIENT HISTORY
France Suffers Again Be
cause OF an Unwise
Ruler
TWO FAMOUS MILITARY MEN

te~nth and scseute~nth CoHsurar~
A King Also Has His Troahls,.
Marlborough Was q Great Fight
er-Erancc and England We're
Once Nearly Esesaiy Matched For
War Operation=-Tfac God of War
and Of Peace Are One and the
Samoa Movement for Perma-
nent Peace Failed of Its Purpose
Spirit Of Conquest subsides For q
Time.
Bilkinsyille. y. C.. March Is. 1919.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
In 1855 the ruler ov France began
10 act very unwisely. He revoked
the edict ov Nantes. which had serv-
ed to give q fair degree ov religious
freedom. and the protestants ov
France were forced To fee to Eng
land, Holland and parts ov Ger
many, where many ov them contin-
ued the CROWN and manufacture ov
silk and silk products. This ruler
wuz progressive and aggressive and
soon managed TO make enemies ov
many ov the European rulers. both
high and low. for there were people
then, az now, who could not see any
good In anything except 1t wuz in
evil. But havin' selected able assist
ants the King held hzz own for a long
time against everything planned by
hiz adversaries. Under Generals
Conde and Turrene, roth famous mil
itary men, the French army reached
high state ov military fitness. That
tended to hold back their selfish ma
bors az nothin' else would, and the
consequence wuZ a period ov peace
an her excellent people didn't know
anythin' except TO fight IL called upon
by their leaders, an they hev not
gotten over that yet. Finally, the
English made the latter part ov King
Lone's life az miserable az the first
part ov hiz life had been happy. That
great English fighter, the Duke ov
Marlborough and cv Austria, wuz in
charge ov the English army an he
wuZ game. From 1902 to I'LL the
French army suffered many defeats
an disasters. For a long time the
two countries had been pretty evenly
matched in war. But patriotism,
| that great war weapon, wuz CROWN
stronger in England. while the reiig-
ious differences ov the French peo-
pie an the civil wars In which the
flower ov her manhood had been KILL
ed rendered France comparatively
weak, an this wuz what the English
had been waitin' for. for the English
in that day didn't mind . tedious wait
IL hit vuz absolutely necessary. But
| at the moment when awl seemed to
be lost for the French cause. por-
tion ov the English people. incrudin'
prominent leaders. became tories an
! refused to continue the war. France
wuz saved again and England did not
succeed in adding TO the territory un-
der the English flag at that time. He
who made an rules the Kingdoms an
republics ov this earth did not viii
| that English ambition should be graf
| ifed in that case an France In still
doin' business under her own Aag an
| her people, with awi their faults. are
makil' some progress toward bet
! ter life. Peace vuz concluded be-
tween the two nations at Untrecht In
T1712, though a state ov war existed
| between them several times after
| ward
In 1713 France vsz visited By the
! plague an many died In IT'S the
| King died ov the same disease. He
willed the Kingdom to hiz great
grandson. Louis, then q minor. The
same viii provided that q council be
| appointed to rule until the young
| King should reach a responsible age.
| But the French Parliament set the
| will aside an named the Duke ov Or
| leans AZ temporary ruler or regent
/ At first hiz oficial acts were very
| popular an he won the love ov the
4
| to it's old position 50 IL could remon-
| strate against any acts ov the King
| which the parliament might think
| unwise or unjust, and compelled
those who had enriched themselves
at the expense ov the administration
TO disgorge and pay back the money
or restore the property TO the right
full owners. He avlso tried an par
TALLY succeeded In effacing the cruel
scars left by the recent great wars,
civil an otherwise He promoted
commerce an agriculture. Best ov
awl, however. he formed q peace a.
lance with England an other coun-
tries formerly at war with France
with Q view to securin' permanent
| peace