The Washington herald., 1912-02-12

deal Of noise and talk and singing OF
''Schleswig Holstein, MeerumSchiun-
gen." Denmark managed to hang on 20
its prize until In 1854 Bismarck, then
premier OF Prussia. engineered the Ia
nous partnership expedition Of Austria
and Prussia into the territory which
ended with the great victory at the
"Dueppeler Schanzen" intrenchments, pro-
tected by sharp, iron spikes stuck at
stated intervals into the ground and from
behind which a terrific cannonade was
poured into the advancing Prussian in
fantry.
But nothing daunted. the sharpshoot-
ers-after drawing lots to decide who
were to go TO their certain death-each
carrying a sack filled with sand on his
shoulder, bravely went to the attack
dropping the sacks, each on top Of a
spike. thus paving the way for the on
rushing grensdiers, who soon had the big
guns at the forts silenced-
o. Daene Daene. fuercht' Dich nicht;
Schau Du dem PreusSrn in Apgesicht.
\ Und Elaube Deinem Hsuptmann NIGHT
was the refrain of the historic Dueppeler
Schanzen march, TO the inspiring tune
Of which the victorious PTusstan troops
re-entered their capital
Bismarck's next move, the Wrestling OF
the supreme power in Germany from Aus
tria in the famous six weeks war Of 1855
ending with Moltke's terrible battles and
victories of GitSchin and koenlgsgraetz;
the formation Of the North German fed
Grafton and the establishing of Prussia's
supremacy and the new German empire
after the defeat Of Napoleon, all that is
history.
When Napoleon III, tired Of being
President OF France, successfully exc
cuted his coup d'etat in 1851. making him.
self Emperor OF the French, he decided
that all the members OF the secret police
chosen to protect his person should be
corsicans. for the Corsicans could aIons
be relied on TO be absolutely faithful
watchdogs in the palace of a Bonaparte.
Xavier Paoli who has lust published
his memoirs OF twenty-five years serv-
Ice as head OF the special detective de-
partment in Paris which was organized
for the protection Of royal visitors to
France, Is a relic of the Corsican epoch.
His subordInates were all Corsicsns-'my
faithful Corsicans." he calls them-and 50
well did he and they do their work that
only one of Paoli's collection OF crowned
heads" has 50 far fallen a victim to the
sssassin's knife-namely. the Empress OF
Austria.
NJ PaoH has many charming traits OF
character to relate concerning his illus
| trious proteges. The raven that circled
round the head OF the Empress Of Aus
tria, tapping its wings-an omen OF COM
| ing disaster: the more material warning
| In the shape of an anonymous letter
which preceded the bomb explosion be-
meath King AlphOnso's carriage as he
drove home from the Paris opera, and
the many odd adventures that befell his
Persian majesty the late Shah Muzaffer-
| ed-Din, during his stay at gay Paris,
are for the most part, but wittily re-
/ lated anecdotes. Incidentally, the noted
secret service man Of the Rue Jerusalem
may be forgiven for not telling in his
memoirs what everybody knows now1
! that the explosion beneath the carriage
OF the King Of Spain In the Rue de
RivolI. at Paris, was nothing but finely
conceived. and effectuaIly executed gall
1 lery play engineered by police spy