The Washington herald., 1914-10-25

war. Otherwise she was stripped bare oi
| the fruits Of her hundred victories. Bel
| gium was handed over TO Holland. Savoy
! Nice, and Genoa were given 10 the King
| toned, Austria taking back Lombary and
! gaining Venice, while Hapsburg dances
were set over the duchies OF Modena,
| Florence and Parma.
The congress had only Just finished re-
casting the map Of Europe when Napo-
| leon burst in upon the scene. The con-
| sternation caused by his apparition was
succeeded by a united determination to
beat him down. The armed coalition OF
| 1S13-lS14 was renewed and plans adopted
for reopening the campaign with 1000
| world. her ships being seized the moment
| they ventured out OF port, and her trade
and her mails blockaded on every road
| that crossed the frontier. The foreign
embassies in Paris demanded and re-
ceived their passports. until soon the
American Minister. William II. Crawford,
Of Georgia, was almost alone in the dip
lomatic colony.
Battle of New Orleans.
Crawford found the Emperor deeply
interested in the Anglo-American War
of lSl2-lS13. When he heard of the terri
Bile slaughter which Jackson's backwoods
militia inflicted on the veterans of Well
ingtons peninsular campaign in the Bat
tie OF New Orleans he was astounded
and incredulous. There must be some
mistake" he said. But James Monroe
sent him a translation of Gen. Jackson's S
official account Of the engagement. in
which the general declared that the Brit
ish loss in one hour was 2,ll1 and the
American loss only thirteen
Still further TO satisfy the Emperors s.
curiosity, four rifles, such as the militia
men employed in their deadly work, were
Philadelphia. AS he examined the long
barrels of the rude weapons, much too
heavy, il seemed TO him. for his troops,
he marveled at the manner of men who
could WELD them and is said to have eX-
claimed: If had a battalion that could
shoot like those Americans at New
Orleans, l could promenade across Eu-
rope with it."
A Portrait.
Aside from that episode, there is hard
ly another tale to tell OF any enthusiasm
displayed by the Emperor in the course Of
crowded with prodigious activities under
his direction, but he himself seemed to
dwell apart from the stirring scenes ne
inspired
The quiet Of EIba had aggravated his
tendency toward corpulence. His jowls
overhung more than ever. His watstcoat
and breeches now failed to meet over
his protruding paunch and left his linen
in view. His lips seemed to be engaged
in a nervous struggle to keep the saliva
flowing and he drew his eyebrows closer
together in an increasing near-sighted-
ness.
When the brothers returned to him,
each from his own place of exile, even
lucien came with them and made peace
with the Emperor. But Lucien was sur
prised to find his brother so sleepy, and
he wondered how he had thrown on his
drowsiness sufficiently to return from
Elba. His minister of the treasury re-
marked his unusual calmness ana pen
siveness, his lack of the old audacity,
and the strange lassitude that overcame
hlm after few hours at work. -,
When Baron de Meneval arrived with
reports from Marie Louise and the mes
sage from the King Of Rome, he found
him at the Elysee Palace, whittier he
had moved from the Tuileries because IL
was more quiet and had garden. The
Emperor was sitting in idle meditation,
with his head leaning on his hand, as
mis- faithful secretary entered, and the
baron seems to have perceived in him
Day after day for hours he sat alone |
with MenevAl Once after he had spoken |
OF the future, he said, with grave mel |
God is great and merciful "
He went out to Malmaison with Queen |
Hortense, who had been the first woman |
to welcome him on his return to the |
Tuileries There he shut himself in
room to commune with her |
memory in solitude. He tread once more |
den. Her flower beds were blooming /
again. Poor Josephine" he sighed. II
feel as II I should meet her at every /
turn"
France Divided.
Not only was Europe united against
him as never before, but France for the