The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-13

threatened because Of his Napoleonic
sympathies and he assured him that he
was ready to die for the Austro-French
alliance II Napoleon would only help his
allies by displaying a new spirit Of mod
Grafton and generosity. But the Lord
hardened the heart OF Pharaoh. Napoleon
could not or would not recognize his ex-
tremity and his opportunity and disgorge
any Of the spoiis Of his victories. III
l begin to give back villages they will
next demand whole kingdoms" he said.
Frederick William. while boasting that
he punished even those who dared Jest
at Napoleon. and while limiting at a mat
rimonial alliance between the Hohen-
zollerns and the Bonapartes, humbly
begged that his long overdue feed bill for
the grand army be paid. But Napoleon
refused to give him a sou. He was no
more alarmed by the threats which his
agents reported, OF the docile Prussians
preparing TO cast of his thralldom than
a shepherd would be II told that his sheep
is contented," he said. IF he has his cab
bage crop in his cellar"
The Coalition of 1919.
When. however. the patriot politicians
had induced Frederick William to leave
Berlin, which was only French garri-
son, the King was quickly swept away
on the tide of patriotism and, arrived at
Breslau, he was readily drawn into ne
gotiations with Russia. But the two pow
the spoils yet to be won. In the yearn-
ing of the prowling bear to follow the
sun in its westward course, he demanded
that he be permitted to plant his paw on
the Polish lands that Napoleon had tax
en- from Prussia at Tilsit and erected
into the grand duchy of Warsaw. After
much pickering. however, a bargain was
struck. The Gar and the King swore,
beside the tomb Of Frederick the Great
in 1906, and as again when they Joined
hands at Bartenstein in 1907, to drive Ma
poleon beyond the Rhine, and they threat
ened to dispossess all German princes
who refused to enter the alliance.
Austria Immediately took to the mid
die Of the road and declared an armed
neutrality between Napoleon and the
allies. But one Of her ablest statesmen.
Count Stadion. only foretold the truth
when he said, We are no longer master
OF our own affairs; the tide OF events will
carry US along"
Meanwhile. however, Austria attempted
the role of peacemaker and held out the
hope France could have peace IL Ma
poleon would give up the Confederation
Of the Rhine and retire from Germany,
the Tyrol and Dalmatia- This, indeed,
would have left him far wider domain
than France possessed even in the reign
Of Louis XIV. But he disdained to COM
promise and chose to try his luck in an
other game with destiny. He would gam
Bile once more on the green cloth OF the
German plains and stand to win or lose
all on a single throw. But now the dice
of the gods were loaded against him.
Napoleon and the Pope.
In the midst Of his negotiations with
Austria and Prussia, Napoleon had also
treated with the captive Pope. The En-
peror Francis having appealed to him to
deal more gently with the venerable pom
tiff, he had ordered Plus VII to be
brought from Savona to Fontainbleau in
1872. There, in the great palace, the pris-
oner was installed in spacious apart
ments, and carriages and servants were
provided for him. But Plus declined the
favors. OF bis captor and dwelt like
hermit in the sumptuous chateau.
Napoleon never was so futile against
any other antagonist as against the gen.
tie shepherd of the flock Of Rome, whose
empire, unarmed and invisible, calmly
withstood the assaults OF the great cap
tain. Alexander declared himself the
son of Jupiter, and in my time" he ex-
claimed. Il find a priest more powerful
than I ami
Shortly after the Emperor's return from
Russia. he wrote to the Pope in a spirit
of reconciliation, and he followed the let
ter in person, when. one day in January
he suddenly burst in upon Plus. For five
vfsional agreement between them was
drawn up and signed. ..
The Emperor yielded many or the
points in dispute to gain what to him
was the main thing, the Pope's confirma-
ton of the bishops whom the government
had appointed in the course of the es-
arrangement from the papacy. But when
Plus saw that preliminary paper publish
he regretted his signature to ii and after
much counsel and reflection he announced
his retraction. The church, Therefore re-
manned - war with the empire.
Marvellous Weeks.
All tbe time he was ,,usin.r hi,,,.oIs