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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-06-11

Sa6emOs que las condolences pOr-
que atraviesan actualmente las
classes p~roletarias de los puntos
c0RqustadoS pOr los carrancistas,
son de 10 mas deplorable debidc
a la cast absolute ta!ta de traba-
10, a 10 ~irrisOriO de los salaries '
Y a los miles de atropellos y We,
jacionesa que estan a menudo ez
puestos ellos y sus famiIias.
Donde actualmente hay mas
trabajo es en- la Comarca Lagu-
nera, pues Villa ma Ordenado que
a toda prisa Sc despepite y en-
paque ell algod6n de que estaban
repletas las galeras de todas las
haciendas ranches algodoneros,
pertenecieHtes a las municipali-
dades de Torre6n, Lerdo y Co
mez Palacio. Pero Ell trabajo re-
sulta ALI una yerdadera esclavi-
tud para los pObres peOnes, a
quienes solo Sc les pagan cincuen-
Ia centaros diarios, Y de grade o
por fuerza son obiigados a traba-
lar. recibiendO 81 a clio Sc ME
gan una tanda de machetazos de
los soldados villistas encargados
de organizar esas cuadri!las de
peOnes.
A 10 duro de los trabajos Y 10
exiguo de los salaries, hay que
agregar Ia carestia de los alimen-
tos Y demas articulos para Ia vi
da, que han llegado a alcanzar
precios fabulosOs, 10 que hace que
la situaci6n Sc haga insoportable
para los pobres, Y en- Ia primera
opOrtunidad que Sc les presenta
emigran con sus familias a este
pals, con esperanto de ganar me-
jores salaries Y yivir con mas
tranquifidad Y garantias que en-
su propia terra, recien coRquiS-
tudn por los carrancistas.
En- tiempoS de la dictadura por-
friana, los peones en- la region
de la Laguna CANADIAN cuando
menos I'm peso diario y cuando
habia mucha demanda de traba-
jadores, su saIariO aumentaba
hasta tres pesos, 10 que los ponia
en- aptitud de hacer economics
para los malos tiempos.
Estes son los primerOs frutos
de Ia guerra que tantas vidas ha
costado a Ia patria Y tantos ma
les ha trajdo sobre los mexicanos.
Cosas peores yeremos mas tarde
Y muy amarga "a a ser Ia decep- !
ci6n De nuaStros cOmpatriotas
cuando Sc convenzan de que nan
dercamado su sangre en- aras de
idea!es imposibIes y solo para en-
cumbrar a unos cuantos, que de
la noche a la mahana han impro-
visado verdaderas fortunas.
En- IN periodico rebelde de fe-
cha reciente, que Sc publica en-
Monterrey, hemos visto IN lu-
acuerdo de Ia comisi6n
agraria, dirigido al gobernador
conStimciOnalista de dicha ciu-
dad, pidiendole entire otras cosas
que apoye con Su autoridad Ia
primera parte del problema agris
cola, que Segun ellos conSiste en-
Ell ALA de los salaries para las cla-
ses trabajadoras, senalando des-
de luego nueve horas diarias de
V I'm salario de setepta ri
csatGr0s por dta para los
trcinta y ocho ceutaros
pdrC los Ri5oS.
~ ha sido necesaria una lucha
de mas de tres amos, que ha costa
do miles de vidas Y arruinado
al pals para llegar a estOs result
tados? !
La respuesta a esa pregunta
empieza W a aparecer en- los la
bios y IN las Obras de los nuevos
redeEtcreS Y no es mas que IN
esbozo, IN Prelude de 10 que ven.
.ra de8pues.
Nuestras classes proletarias,
que han dado Y estan dando toda
su sangre en- la actual contienda
para conQuistarse un bienestar
impossible, seran muy pronto ex-
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Conouerinp the Danube

Napoleon, however, was moving with no less decision and vigor to repair a de- feat than if he were taking measures to complete victory. He at once set his army to the task of conquerlng the Dam ube, while he summoned endorsements from every quarter. At the end of six ardous wonder working weeks he had 100000 soldiers at Vienna and was ready to make good his boast that the Dam ube exists no more"
 A bridge of GO arches and wide enough for three carriages to pass abreast had been completed to Lobau; another bridge eight feet wide had been constructed on piles and third bridge. formed of boats, was in readiness The army thus on July 1 could advance in three columns, and on that day the Emperor himself pitched his tent on the great island. He and Marshal Massena. dressed as ser geants. personally accommodated the northern bank of the river. under the eyes of the Austrian sentries. who, seeing them take off their coats. were not un- kind enough to molest two common sol- diers out for bath.
 The next deception perpetrated upon the enemy was more serious one A bridge was thrown across from L.obau on the site of the old bridge in the Aspern- Essling fight and the Archduke Charles prepared for renewal of the struggle on the same lines us before. But in two hours of the dark and stormy night of July 4, six pontoon bridges We're thrown across from the farther end of the island without attract ing the fire or even the attention of the foe. By noon of July Napoleon steod on the Marchfeld again, but this time with 1S0.o00 men behind him and only 14e coo Aussrians in front of him.
 Sweeping around Charles' well con
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Aspern church. and the statue of a Hon which now stands in the churehyard even more fittingly expresses his defense than the Austrian victory which 1t was erect ed to commemorate. Meanwhile Lannes faced the Austrian center and paried It's blows until he had only 300 grenadiers His horses were dead and his cartridges gone. But in a message to the Emperor he gave his pledge. "I will hold out to the last" and he left the field only when borne off dying. cannon ball rolling along the ground had given him his thir- teenth battle wound and carried away both legs.
 Napoleon was on the bridge when he saw a melancholy procession of soldiers, themselves wounded taking the stricken marshal to the hospital on I.obau The sight filled him with anguish, Lannes had been his comrade In every campaign hav- ing won his admiration and his favor in the opening battle in Italy, and was the first of the marshals to fall. The Elm peror, in his simple, unaffected grief knelt by the litta,, and with his arm under the head of his almost unconscious friend, begged for a word or a look of recognition.
 When the sun had sone down at last on day of frishtful sacrifices the re- treat to Lobeau wa.a made in the shadow of night In 30 hosrs of fighting the Aus trians had lost more than 10000 men and the French quite as many from their smaller force.
 Soon secret messages were speeding throughout the empire and whispering the news that the child of destiny had received a parental chastisement, that the favorte of fortune was not invncible, Two of hls armies had surrendered with in a year. and now even he himself had been defeated. Great, if silent was the tat., f., .,,,d ttbnt imperial eagle perched above subjugated people.
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Napoleon at the Front

Prince Berthier, to whom the Emper or had entrusted the command of the a rmy and given the most explicit in- Gtructions as to every move that should be made. was not at headquarters to greet his master, but was wandering about the country in despair over the tangle into which he had raveled the forces. As Napoleon sat at the desk of his absent and bewildered chief of staff end read the confusing orders and amazing reports that filtered 1t. he quickly took in the wretched situation of his troops. which were scattered m bands over a territory so miles wide, without sufficient strength to make 8 stand at any point.
 By the blind luck of war the Arch duke Charles brother of the Austrian Emperor and commander-in-c -chief had rot taken advantage of his helpless ad : eersary, but had come toward him like a cat the poor cat f the adage. Charles had been across the Inn almost week without firing shot and had taken nix days to march 50 miles. Had Ma poleon stood in his shoes there would not have been shred left of the French army.
 The emperor instantly grasped the Aaneling reins and in an hour his cour- iers were spurring their horses in every direction with orders to unite the army. "Activity" Activiiyv "Rapidity.' he scrawled in a postscript to Massena The hills and valleys everywhere rang with salvos anouncing to the soldiers that the great captain mad come
 There followed one Of the most brll- liant weeke in Napoleons military liie At the end of 24 hours he had re1orn'eo ! his disrupted army in the presence or inc enemy, and he continued to draw his dispersed legions together until theT were massed in a front only le or lt miles wide Already he was on the or ! fensive.
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The Emperor Wounded

After fighting four or five patues m as many years. Napoleon stood al the brink of the moat around the meole- val walls of Ratisbon. when he was struck in the right heel by long range Tyrolean rifle. It was painful stlhs, and he leaned on Marshal Lannes, pu. the surgeon quickly dressed the wound while the imperial patient sat on drum. Napoleon assured Josephine in letter that 1t was trivial accident ana that the ball scarcely razed the tendon Achilles"
 But it was the first time within the knowledge of his soldiers that their Elm peror had recevedf even a scratch. and the troops forgot the fire of the foe when they saw him wounded. Thousands broke ranks and surrounded him. indif- ,ferent to the Austrian guns. which were fbelting the excited assemblage.
 N To disperse the group and reassure the tsrmy, he mounted his horse ana rode piown the lines on waves of cheers. Paus- ing before each command. he called upon the commanders to name the men under them deserving of special honors. and there on the field he transformed pri- yates and corporals and sergeants into Knights of the Empire and chevaliers of the Legion oe Honor. That extraor-
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dnary review under fire having been fin- ished. he ordered the scaling ladders against the old town wall and returned to his hillock where as Wadsworth portarys him:
 A mile or so away on a little mound,
 Napoleon stood on our stormng day, With neck outthrust, you fancy how;
 Legs wide, arms locked behind
 As if to balance the prone brow
 Oppressive with his mind.
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Ia Path Of Napoleon 100 Years After His DoaOrfan

The Wagram campaign of 1909 is as big with prophecy as the Italian campaign of 1796; one as plainly fore told Napoleon's glory as the other his downfall.
 Mir, Morgan's story today shows Napoleon at the turning of the tide that had led him on to his marvellous fortunes, shows him losing a battle for the first time since he retired from Caldiero in 1796 with handful of ragged republicans; shows him con- tent for the first time to leave hos tile army in the field ,and shows him returning to Paris in triumph for the last time.
 How Marie Louise viewed her fu- ture husband as she fled before him on his approach to Vienna.
 The arrest of Pope Plus VII.
 DATES AND EvENTs-AGE ss-4o January 22, 1Sos-Returned from Spain April 10. lSO9-Austria opened the war, April 13, lS09-Napoleon left Paris April F, 1909-Arrived at the front April 19. 1S09-French victory at Thanh. April 20, 1S0o 0o-French victory at Abens-
 berg,
 April H, 1sos-Trench victory at Lands
 hut.
 April 21-22. lsos-French victory at Eek
 muhl
 April 23, 1so9-French victory at Ratis- bon. 1 May 1. 1So9-Entered Austria, 1 May 8. 1S09-Victory at Ebelsberg. May 10, 1S09-Napoleon at gate of Vienna : May 12, 1s09-Entered Vienna. May 2o JS09-Crossed the Danube. May 2o-21, 1S09-Defeated at Aspern and
 Essling
 July B. 1S09-Crossed the Danube again. ] July 6-7, 1s09-Victory at Wagram. i July 6, 1So9-Pope Plus arrested. July IS. S09-Franco-Austri armistice. October 14 1sO9-Treaty of peace. November 15. 1S09-Napoleon in Paris
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Napoleon in Defeat

While Napoleon was exerting him self to steady his lines as they fell back, he received the appalling news that the Danube had risen In his rear and cut his communications. The mighty river was booming with spring freshet, which, sweeping trees and boats from it's banks. hurled them against the milan pontoon of the French, between Lobau and the Vienna shore. At the same time Austrians sta toned upstream sent down huge fire boats, whose cracking flames drove off the defenders of the bridge and threatened to start conflagration among the hundreds of craft forming the pontoon.
 Thus fire and water had been united in an alliance against Napoleon, and his great bridge had been smashed and swept away in the thunderous torrent Davout with his army stood by the shore helpless spectator of his Elm peror desperate plight, and even the ammunition supplies were cut off, for nothing could be ferried over the swoi- len waters. -
 It was Napoeon's first retreat since he was turned back from the walls of Acre, and now a flood threatened him with greater perils than he met in the desert. Even if the frail, creeking bridge from the Aspern shore to I,obau with stood the buffets of the angry river, he still must beat off the victorious foe the remainder of the morning and throughout the afternoon, in order to get his tens of thousands of men over to the island under cover of darkness
 Massena, afoot and sword in hand, held back the Austrians all day at the
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The Curtain Raiser

Metternich, who was eager for the strife, was the Austrian ambassador at Paris, and Napoleon said of him that he was almost a statesman he lies very we'll" It was Metternich's congen- 1al part to put forth his utmost skill in deception to divert Napoleon with as- surances of peace until the time came to fall upon him In force and take him unawares. The Emperor made the crafty ambassadors task light by receiving with the simplest credulity his protestations and reiterations of Friendship. But behind the scenes of little farce, Napoleon was busily nov ing the variacolored pins on his maps until he assembled in Germany and Italy not far from 300, ,000 men of many nations, ready to meet an equal force which Austria had been quietly bring ing to her oolors. In order that the de- ceivers might not be undeceived, he went about his business of Empire in when his semaphore telegraph brought him the expected news that the Aus trian army had stolen across the placid River Inn, the dead line in all the Fran co-Austrian wars in the valley of the Danube.
 With Josephine beside him in his coach he started for the front at O clock the next morning. After leav- ing the Empress at Strasburg and mak ling calls on two kings along the way he arrived at the headquarters of his army in 97 hours. The distance by rail is about 500 miles and the time by ex- pres train today Is 20 hours.
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Marie Louise's Prophecy

One week after the Emperor S arrival at headquarters he was in Ratisbon, and the Archduke Charles was running off into the wilds of Bohemia. While the victorious invaders were pouring down the valley in a torrent that overwhelmed all the strongholds on the road to Vien- na Napoleon was riding with Berthier and Lannes, when one day he saw the towers of the old castle of Dirnstein lift ing skyward from it's rock beside the Danube. As he pointed to the towers he told his companions the story of HapsbErg monarch, who had treacher- ously imprisoned within those cas- tie walls, Richard Occur de Leon, who like themselves, had fought at the gate of Acre
 How far removed are we now from those barbarous times" he exclaimed. T have had Princes, Kings and Elm perors in my power. and. far from talk ing away their liberty, l have not exact ed single sacrifice of their honor would they do as much for me- The party rode on in silence. the Emperor gaze still fixed upon the castled rum But in his revery he probably did not dream how much less kind fate could be. even in later time. than 1t was to Richard, the captive of Dernsteln.
 At the opening of the campaign, the Emperor Francis with his court had journeyed to the front to enjoy the con fidently epected triumph of his arms over the conqueror of Austerlitz. Even as the army fell back in the first days, misleading reports of victories had stim- ulated the spirits of the Viennese and the imperial family at the capital.
 When she heard the false news or victory the young Archduchess Marie driven from her home by Napoleon, wrote this pathetic and childish letter to her father, the Emperor. We have heard with delight that Napoleon was present at the great battle which the French lost. May he lose his head as we'll There are a great many propne- ces about his speedy end, and people say that the Apocalypse applies to him They saw he is going to die this year at Cologne in an inn called the Red Crawfish. I do not attach much irn- portance to these prophecies. but how glad I should be to see them come truev
 As the relentless victor drew near Vii enna, however. the imperial family were awakened from their fond deusion, and in the midst of roaring thunderstorm, they were driven over the frightful road to Hungary. the Empress. who had urged on the war, grooming in misery of spirit. Tt was horrible to see her suffer so." her stepdaughter, Marie Louise. wrote fo friend ||N
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Crossing the Danube

 Napoleon had announced to his army at Ratisbon that he would be in Vienna in a month. In less than three weeks he was dating his orders from Schon- brunn, the palace of the Hapsburgs. strolling in the leafy lanes. for which Marie Louise was signing in her banish- ment, and sleeping in the very room where in the yet yelled future her son and his was to languinsh and die in ex- ile.
 He was once more master of the Aus trian capital, as in 1895, but no sooner had he entered the city than he opened a campaign that remains unique Tn the history of warfare. He was still con fronted by the army of the Archduke Charles, but between them flowed the Danube. the bridges over which, had been destroyed hy the Austrians s they evacuated the city.
 Although the enemy outnurbered him, 1t was not in Napoleon's temper
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luton, bursting forth with new fury, lit up the southern sky behind him. while the campfires of the Austriens blazed be- fore him in the northern sky. He was caught between two great wars, and must now take up arms against that sea Of troubles whereon he was to battle for six years with the ever rising waves of disaster which at last were to dash him upon tho rock of St. Helena.
 Austria had no new points of quarrel. no fresh provocation to war. She fought simply because she thought she was ready, after four years of diligent prep aratlon, to renew the fight she had lost at Austerlitz, and because she flattered herself that. with 250 900 soldiers hotly engaged in Spain her adversary was un- ready. The hour had struck so the Aulic corncil of Vienna calculated, to regain some of the many lands sacrificed in 17 years of disastrous warfare.
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the Austrains were clinched in the churchyard square and only broke away to bivouac, while at opposite ends of the village, they left their outposts to glare at one another around the street corners.
 Napoleon himself lay through the night in the grass by the bridge, urg- on the endorsements from the other side of the river. once the bridge broke under the pressure of the swiftening current, but the ricketv structure was fastened together agsa.,. When, how ever at 2 o'clock in the morning, Charles batteries suddenly belched fire In the darkness and poured their lava streams upon Massenas command in Aspern, there were in all only 55,000 French to face him.
 But Napoleon, having received word that Davout. the lion of Auerstadt and Eckmuhl was crossing to his assist ance. ordered Lannes and Bessieres to throw themselves upon the Austrian center. When, however, Charles stw his line between the villages breaking under the blow, he seied sn Austrian flag and with reckless daring, dash ing fosth beneath its waving folds, he rallied and led his troops forward As so often happens, the tide of great battle was turned by one man, and the archduke's gallantry at that moment is celebrated in a spirited statue that stands in the center of Vienna.
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Napoleon raced back from Spain on lathered horses in the opening month of the year 1909.
 the flames of the Spanish revo-
The bee., 1914-09-25
Es.ad Pasha,s Revenae.

A number of years ago GEM Bey, Es-
sad Pashas brother and. like himself.
AN Albanian nationalist. was shot by
order of Abdul Hamid For this rea-
son. when the Turkish parliament de-
posed the sultan, Essad Pasha begged
to be sent to Ylldiz kiosk TO tell Abdul
of his fate. Accompanied by three 9TH
ers, he presented himself before his
brothers murderer and pronounced the
formula: I'm accordance with Fetva,
the representatives Of the nation have
decreed your deposition. Follow U.S."
Essad subsequently declared that April
q. 1900. when he thus tasted the
sweets OF revenge, was the happiest
day he had ever known.-London Spec
tat0r.
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Tremendous Opportunity Now For the
United States.

In the current issue Of Farm and
FiresIde appears an interesting In
terview with Edwin F. Sweet, as
sistant secretary Of Commerce at
Washington, In which Mr.. Sweet
points out specifically the opportun-
tiles that now abonnd for American
business as q result of the present
war. In the following extract from
the interview with him, appear his
reasons for believing that one OPP
portunity lies along the line OF in
creased manufacture of cloths in
this country to take the place of i'm
ported goods:
"When the tariff was taken off
wool most people believed it would
be serious blow to the production
of sheep and wool of this country.
But the expected failed utterly
to happen. Wool began rising in
stead of falling in price as soon as
the tariff act passed. The real ex-
PLANTATION was that the whole world
was short of wool; it was univer-
sal condition. and in the face OF a
worldwide shortage of such a sta
pie, tariffs and bounties and the
like are swept into insignlficance.
Wool has been going mp and up,
and the sheep and wool industry is
coming back as fast as it can. 1t
will keep on coming.
"And wool is another illustration
of the great opportunity now open to
Americans of capturing their own
home markets from the foreigners.
Did you ever stop to think how al
most ridiculous It lie for an Ameri-
can to go into q shop, buying q suit,
and to have the tailor drag out, right
at the beginning, something partic-
ularly good and just the fashionable
in imported wear?' That's the In
variable experience: the imported
woolens are always pushed at us.
Why shouldn't we be making as
good woolens as anybody else?
Cant we make themf' OF course
we can: and now that we are IN the
way Of having to do IL We will, see
IL we don't"
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twelve years ago. At that time 1
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plants. One dose OF this remedy
checked the trouble" writes Mrs.
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Her Choice.


They were sisters-in-law and reason
ably we'll disposed toward each other
One was the mother Of George, aged
six months, and the other was the
mother of Marian. aged six months
and four days.
marian does not seem to grow very
fast" said the mother OF George. with
a suggestion Of commiseration In hel
tones. 'George is much taller
(height being measured In inchesl.
Perhaps be U.s." replied the mother
Of Marian coldly. but Marian weighs
more"
"Oh. well.r responded the sister-in
law. with a smile OF high bred superi
GRITTY. "of course l should not wish
George'to be gross."-Excbange.