The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-08-04

In 1906 Napoleon Honaparte passed
In triumph into the i'ruSsian city of
Berlin. visiting he masoieun Of Fred
crick the Great. who died in 1870 Ma
pOleOn exclaimed. IF Ii" were alive
would moi be here today" This WAS
was the hour OF GcrmaDy's humiliat-
ion. following . battle OF Jena. The
beautiful queen Louise soon died witt.
Il broken heart, for her consort. King
Frederick William III was Obliged To
give up one half OF his kingdom. to
pay Il war indemnity OF $200ODU. .000.
and 10 recognize the new king
dOms which Napoleon set up. The
king and queen gave UP their private
fortune TO pay the nations debt.
At Jena and at Aucrsiadt. the same
day the Prussians lost 10000 killed.
wounded and prisoners, while NulIO-
leon gave his losses at 1000. I'redrr-
i"k William Ill did no, care for war.
fic was commcrcialist and engaged
In war only when forced 10 do SO by
NapolcOon's repeated insults.
In 1913 Napoleon's army was dec
imatcd by the rigors Of the campaign
against Moscow and defeated at I.cip-
sic In "the battle OF the nations" in
which was opposed by SclIwarzen-
burg Of Austria, Bernadotte Of Swc-
den and Bluclicr OF Prussia. To the
latter belonged the credit OF victory.
And at Waterloo l,ulow wiped ont
the insults and the shame OF Lcipsic
and Ligny aud the French were driven
back into France. The sting of this
defeat has lasted. The proud nation
OF France was torn with internal dis
sensions. After Napoleon had been
sent to St. Helena. the Bourbon FAM
lily endeavored again to reign, but
made such confusion III 1t that Louis
Napole ,n. after being elected head Of
the new republic proclaimed himself
emperor in 1852. He had n success
sul reign. building up the wasted re-
public which had been war worn for
20 years. But in 1870 he saw his po-
and In order to strengthen himself at
home started war with Prussia.
His pretext for war was fllmsy. and
he played right into the hands of
William. the King of Prussia and son
of the beautiful Queen Louisa. who
had died of broken heart when he
was lad. The Franco-Prussian war
revealed the solidity of the German
Empire and the hollowness Of France.
Within two weeks of the declaration
of war, the flower Of the army Of
France was crumpled. Alsace and
Lorraine were occupied by the Ger
mans and In few days more the
Prussian King hui taken up his mil
itary quarters'in the splendid French
royal palace ut Versailles" r,
And that explains the hostility OF
France and Germany. Napoleon was
too brutal III his conQuests. France
has mover rsiisbed giving ZIP Alsace-
which is rich fertile pro-
vince 125 miles long and averaging so
miles wide-with population of
nearly 100000.
That is one reason of the hatred be-
tween the two countries. These pro-
vinces were originally German. from
the 10th century up to 164S when
Louis XIV seized Strausburg in time
of peace. and thesei states remained
French tarritOrv nufil 1871
It was Blsmark, the iron chancellor,
who took Prussia and made the Ger
man Empire. William wus the emper-
or. Won Moltke. the field marshal. but
Bismark was the warrior and states
man of this great triumvtrate which
took the vanQulshed German states
and welded them into the great and
sturdy German Empire. Bismark was
cunning and cruel, relentless and re.
vengeful. ambitious and warlike. But
he made Germany what 1t has been for
the last two generations. The present
Kaiser Is the grandson of the great
emperor whom Bismark aerved. He
too Is ambitious and aggressive and
his building OF an immense navy is
what has annoyed and worried Eng
land and has caused the nation to put
forth every effort to strengthen her
own navy In order to protect the EN-
glish Lake" as the Mediterranean is
known.
nIyDnt, MUM WATTS