The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-08-01

During = War With Italy and
Austria France Gained VAL
liable Territory
WAS RooN For ExPNRSIsq]

WAS Roon FeR ExPNHSlslQ
France Had to Fight Switzerland and
Neariy Every Other Country on
That sids-Franee Established .
| Republic In Italy and I<<i the Pope
! Home a. a rri~on~r-Napoieon
Again Before the Fooslight>-itaiy
! Made = Republic Against Her WIZ
! -sfore Actual war-How Napoi-
/ cen Carried an Army Across the
/ Alps.
BiIkinsviIie. y. c. July 2s. 1914
/ Correspondence Of The Caucasian
Enterprise,
In 1896 France was at war with
Italy an with Austria. bein victor
! ious. When peace wuZ concluded
/ France had Avignon. Italian terri
tory. few months later she got
Belgium az the price ov peace with
Austria. But. ov course. France
never could manage TO hold new ter
ritory. Many years ago France had
a pretty good claim upon practically
awl OF that portion ov the United
States lyin' West ov the Mississippi
River an France had headquarters
at nr1n a
city up to what wuz even then con-
sidered a prosperous town. But We
Yankees bought awl ov that territory
in what wuz known az the Louisiana
purchase" for a song. an most ov the
French stayed with US an helped TO
sing the song. That portion ov the
=. United States, includin' Louisiana,
Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Arizona
Colorado, Nebraska. North and South
Dakota, an other now valuable
States. wuz really worth more than
the whole ov France, but the French
didn't think much ov hit at the time
Perhaps they had the foresight tc
know that William J. Bryan would
appear at some future time, an hs
, did. In this connexion hit liz not ou'
, ov place to say that the seven islands
: belongin' to Venice were ceded u
France in 1897. What she did viii
them iz another matter. Spain wui
another country which got valuable
territory in America some two hun
dred years ago. includin' Mexico
what IL now Florida, etc. Your
Uncle Samuel swiped that in a trade
r an he recently got hold ov the Phil
, ipines in the Pacific, Cuba an othel
= territory in the Atlantic ocean; an Il
the Mevicans continue TO fite eact
other a little more, your Uncl'
> Samuel will surprise those fellows
|. some day by hoistin' the stars anc
! stripes at awl the principal towns In
Mexico. That country will make sew
eral large States, good ones. too
Then there IL still much room for ex
: pansion by takin' in South America
But | will be called an imperialist Il
l don't be careful, an will arouse the
enmity ov William J. Bryan, who, OF
course, liz on the other side, / am glad
TO say, an awlways gets beaten, / an
truly thankful to say, though / did
vote for him one time. when l wui
young an tender.
In the period between the peace
ov Campo Formio an the renewal on
the war, a directorial government
; wuz formed in Batavia on January
p, 1893, under French influence
The ancient constitutions ov SwitZer
land were exchanged after a bloody
, struggle. for the new constitution oS
:. the Helvetian republic in March
1898; an Berthier. on the 10th oy
February, 1913. founded q repub.
|, fic with a consular constitution al
Rome, an led Pope Plus VI a pris
oner TO France, where he died the fol-
; lowinsyear. Bonaparte began TO gel
notice again about this time. he
embarked with an armed expedition
to Egypt on the 22nd ov May. IN
|, after havin' subdued the ms nelukes
he went az for az Syria, but OWN to
the distance from hiZ base ov sup
plies. he wuZ compelled TO abandon
the siege ov Acre an TO retrace hi7
steps into Egypt. But he didn't get a
long rest. At Aboukir he tackled
the Turkish army. defeatin' hit, leav-
| in Gen. Kleber in charge ov affairs
| Bonaparte returned to France an
found that hiz country had exhaust
| ed itself in a war with Austria an
? Russia, the Austrians havin' joined
forces with Russia TO fite France
: doutless KNOWN that Bonaparte wuz
in Egypt an Syria with The flower ov
/ the French army. We can thus sec
that things moved very slowly in
| those days, there bein' no telegraph
/ lines, no fast mall communication.
| To transport an effective army from
} any distant country TO another wu1
I practically impossible. unless the In
1 yadfur army wuz far suUQri0r Eng.