River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-10-23

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at whose bidding he
had gone to Europe to
sacrifice his millions for an impractical
BILE ideal.
OF the gigantic scope of the new
secret movement he had, however,
formed toIerably clear idea. Work
ing in different countries and under
various guises, it aimed always at the
various end: the revival Of the mon
archical idea in Europe, and, in par
ocular, the restoration of the ancient
lines of kings. In England its object
was to discredit the monarchy by
stirring up social disquietude, with
the ultimate end OF replacing the
Hanoverian dynasty by representa-
tive of the Stuarts In France, ignor-
ing the Bonapartes, it aimed to revive
the glories Of the Orleans family. In
Sweden 1t supported the heirs OF the
Vasa dynasty against the plebeian de
scendants of Napoleon's marshal
Bernadotte, of peasant birth, who oc-
cupied the throne. 1t was for Manoel
In Portugal, for the Sobieski dynasty
in Poland, for the heirs to the old
Tuscan and Sicilian kingdoms in
Italy. And everywhere it was sup
ported by men of the highest rank
and position, who had turned against
democracy and looked back with low.
ing reverence upon the traditions OF
the past.
At the head of this formidable con
federacy was believed to be Alfonso
Of Spain, that irresponsible, boyish
ruler whose adventurous, chatting
spirit typified the revolt of the old
against the new. Himself a Bourbon
and close friend OF the deposed
Manoel of Portugal, he led the lesser
pOtentates who were allied with him
Against this league Of the Reds" as
they were contemptuously termed by
their opponents, the kings and states
men of the more powerful countries
had allied themselves in a union
which, supposed to have it's headquar
ters in Paris, was called the BLACK
cabinet The struggle was none the
less profound because knowledge OF
it was confined almost entirely to the
chancelleries of Europe.
On the fifteenth morning after his
arrival in Paris Jean Rosny called
upon Paul Lane at his hotel. After
an informal chat the Frenchman sud
denly became very serious.
You were saying to me only yes.
terday, my friend, that you feared
we cared more for your millions than
for yourself" he said you have
begged that you be permitted to dis
play your worth in our movement, tC
make yourself invaluable to oul
cause. The league is in urgent need
OF one who shall go on delicate mis-
sion. You speak Spanish as well as
you do French, | believer"
Yes" answered Paul II spent two
years in BuenOs Aires as representa-
tiVe of my fathers firm"
Excellent, my dear Paul Then LEI
me describe the situation to you. YoV
are aware that events of moment are
impending In Morocco? You have
read of them in the newspapers, O
course. and have made no sense ou
of them, as with us all. England
France, Spain, and Germany seem
to be striving each to obtain posses
sion Of that unhappy country The
real situation is this:
England and France are united IL
their opposition to Germany. Eacl
side is desperately endeav0ring t.
checkmate the other there Mean
while Spain-our poor Spain, whC
alone of all nations is entitled to tn,
reversion of the Moorish empire-i
powerless in the face OF her might.
antagonists. Her claims are put for
ward by Alfonso for a purpose as We
unsupported: to set Europe by tn,
ears. In others words, if Spain cal
induce the Sultan to assign to her tn,
protectorate of the country, Englant
and France will be at the throat o
Germany, whose puppet they believ,
Spain to be- And so it is necessar.
to induce the Sultan to sign a pro
tectorate over his country to Spain
You understand, Paul?"
"A difficult problem" answered
Paul thoughtfully. Even the Moor
ish Sultan is not gong to barte
away his empire"
'On the contrary answeret
Rosny, ''the Sultan breads and fear
France. whose ENJOYS are even nov
approaching Fee. the capital. with
treaty in their hands The Sultan
and the Moors still hold more eX
aggerated idea of the power of Spain
than she is entitled, fear, to expect
If you can forestall the Frenchmen
you will accomplish all that tn,
league asks of you. Of course Spail
will gain nothing by it, but at leas
there will be the chance of a Euro
pean war and the consequent weak
ening of the power of England ant
Germany, our strongest enemies, no
to speak of the possibility of restoI
alton of the Orleans house in France.
Paul Lane was astounded at tn
scheme. Kingdoms and empire
seemed but as checker pieces to tn
daring minds behind the conspiracy
He faltered as he asked:
"One moment, Rosny. Is-doe
Mademoiselle know of my projected
rnission?''
1T is at her own suggestion,
Rosny answered. And by your sue
cessful accomplishment Of 1t, m.
friend, you will undoubtedly win favo
with her and hasten the day whel
her identity will be revealed to yol
and you will acquire high rank in on
councils"
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