The Washington herald., 1914-03-01

! Paris" And they wrote proclamations
and orders until o'clock, when they
drove into the city. AS Napoleon alight-
ed at his gate, he turned TO say. Good
night, Bourrienne-by the way, we will
sleep in the Palace Of the Luxembourg
tomorrow"
The Cradle and the Grave.
is today the favorite playground of the
| Partisan multitude. The great fountain
i which was the special pleasure OF Louis
! NV is now turned on for the children
| of the people. Thither NJ. and Nine.
Paree. with their family of one or two
| and their lunch box, delight to make a
| voyage" from the city nearly ten miles
away. ST. Cloud also is to Paris what
Niagara Falls is to America, the rem
| devious of the newly we'd. where the
bridal pairs come from the marie in the
| company of their parents and grand
parents, their sisters their cousins. and
| heir aInts. along with troops of friends.
! The terrace OF st. Cloud looks down
upon the Seine. shining like silver in the
sun. A big gray fortress still crowns
the towering height Of Mount Valerien.
That was the last stronghold of France
in the Franco-Prussian war. The Ger
mans were al ST. Cloud, and the French
guns on Mount Valericn shot the chateau
to pieces. After the war its ruined walls
were torn down, not one stone being
left upon another, and now the grass
is green and the flowers bloom where
the palace OF the Bourbons and the Bona
parties stood.
Over back of height. which the hori-
zon touches, lies Versailles. where the
Great Revolution was born in the tennis
| is its grave. And off against the heights
4 of Montmarte glistens the dome Of the
| Invalides,
Tic Advance Agent of Prosperity.
II am the Revolution Napoleon an
nounced to France and the world. In
| truth. he was its son and heir. the sole
legateei Out of all that forest. OF pixies
came his sword alone. out of that babel
! OF sound and fury one clear. command
ing voice. out OF that multitude Of
thoughts and purposes and plans one
powerful will, out of that era of dreams
there issued this reality.
In the eyes of France, the Revolution
had not been overthrown: il was en-
bodied in Napoleon With a sense of
peace and justice. the exhausted Ma
| tion reposed in his strong arms.
Mathien Dumas tells us that Napoleon
did not injure liberty, as it did not ex-
ist- He strangled the monster OF an
archy and saved France"
Chaos vanished before his frown. TIE
hateful law of hostages was repealed
and he went in person to throw open the
Prison doors of the Temple. Imprisoned
or banished priests, who had taken the
the country. The National securities rose
from twelve to twenty in five days.
The masses and the classes welcomed
the advance agent of prosperity. The
banks trustingly opened their strong
boxes to him. and an individual citizen
came forward with a loan of 100000 to
government that had lacked the money
to pay the expenses Of a courier TO its
army in Italy.
4 Crowded Three Months.
In a month there was a new constitu-
ton. which provided that Napoleon
should be first consul for ten years, with
full executive power and a salary of
100000 a year, the second and third con-
suls being almost as powerless as the
Vice President OF the United States, and
retained only to disguise the one-n,an
despotism. The people were left in pos
session of manhood suffrage. but removed
as far as possible from the control of
the government. The 5.0OO.OOO men of vot-
ing age In the country were to choose
10000 persons. who. IN turn. were to
choose 1000, and finally they were 10
choose 5000 From these 5000 notables
all the Offices were 10 be filled.
There were to be a council, n senate a
tribunate. and a legislature. The consuIs
were to appoint the council and a MAJOR