The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-08-09
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mand to the police: You must have {
great fuss made, especially in the papers
of Brittany and the Vendee and Belgium.
over the persecution OF the Irish Cath
9lics by the Anglican Church -.
bishops so that when the articles have
produced an impression, prayers may be
offered. You must always say
for we have Protestants in France, but
no Anglicans"
The Penalty.
Great power is never unbridIed- It nnds
its check somewhere. The fear Of thu
ballot in free government Is replaced
with the fear of the bullet in . despotisnn.
The apparent absolutism OF the "autocras
Of all the Russias" ever has been tenn
pered by assassination. The Gar Alex
ander. hemmed in by a nobility Of assas-
sins. naively expressed his establishment
that Napoleon should have been so foolish
as to create and surround himself with An
aristocracy.
As the Emperor repressed the freedom
of speech and printing he took increas-
ing precautions against explosions. He
shut in his palace grounds more and
more and burrowed in subterranean pas
sages. When he set out upon an imperial
progress among the people three parties
Of trusted functionaries precede. him at
intervals to inspect and clear a safe way
for him The grand marshal of the PAL
ace always attended and guarded him;
and "a weasel could not get by Duroc."
He even carried his own supply Of can
be exposed TO a loaded candle. As q
protection against poison on the journey
the grand marshal delayed the buying Of
provisions for the imperial table until
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scattered and made their purchases in as
many places as were available.
At home and abroad Roustan, the
Mameluke, always slept on a pallet out
letter OF instructions to his brother. King
Joseph, expressed the unsasiness Of
head that wears crown: Your door
should be fastened on the inside Cat
night and you should not Upen il even
TO your aid until you have recognized
his voice. He ought not to knock at
ton OF rocking the door Of his own room,
SO that he gan be sure that no one can
follw him. These precautins are OF i'm
portance; They may save your Life
That his throat might not be cut.
Napoleon learned to shave himself. In
the consulate when Constant first came
to barber MIN, he rose and shot an
anxious searching gaze through the new
valet. Detecting no sign OF a guilty
conscience. he relaxed and permitted the
shaving y proceed. But he ever after
any other hand. and Constant taught
him to shave himself. Even then he re-
quired the assistance Of no less than
three servants. one to hold the mirror
hand, another TO bear strop and the brush
and the soap. and the third. big silver
wash basin and the indispensable eau dc
cologne.
Aging Fast.
Already the Emperor who had left home
IL, -gy
yawning, the world is very DID," and
was vetoing experiments odd practices
are worth more than new theories" he
said. Yet it was only dozen years since
he burst upon Europe and overwhelmed
her with the power OF a new idea
In an autocracy the state ages with
the autocrat. Napoleon and his mar
shals and ministers were aging fast.
and, by reason Of the pace they had
gone they were prematurely old. The
Emperor. calculating that they would
all be fifty at the same time, lamented
TO his council Of state that younger men
could never fill their shoes. They were
tempered in its waters, and they rose
from them with vtgor that will not b
repeated"
The lean and hungry Little Corporal,
dashing forth to meet victory, had now
left the stage to the stated and corpulenE
Emperor. who was only fully aroused
at the approach Of adversely. His ar
teries were the empires as well. aud
they hardened together. The luxuries
of royalty" he confessed, proved Q
heavy charge" As his paunch developed.
the body polite became obese and his
increasing sluggishness was communi-
Gated TO the extremities of his realm
His work was done or as nearly 80 a.
he could do Il. He had carried the reyo-
luton to the borders OF Russia. He had
swept aside the rubbish Of the Middle
Ages and opened the way for q new era
He had struck feudaIism dead beyond res
direction and crippled class privilege be-
yond repair. Even in setting up throne
for himself. he had disclosed, as he said.
that thrones are only few deal planks'
and thus he stripped kingcarft Of its d.
Vinity forever.
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