The Washington herald., 1914-07-05
By JAMES MORGAN

vantages OF mode. institutions and
laws. AboliShing the outrageous feudsl
rights and monopolies that had limited
the benefits of industry 20 the privileged
classes and fettered the masses, he pro-
claimed that all persons may now es-
tablish inns. mills. ovens, weirs, and
fisheries and give free play to their en-
terprises." Sweeping away the vexa-
tious and burdensome taxes on trade be-
tween the provinces, he left II to flow
freely all over Spain.
But when he undertook to deal with
the church. with its orders and Its rev.
enues and with its 2at body Of ecclesi-
astics, he found himself on treacheroJs
ground. Although he fC bore to estab-
lish freedom Of worship: as elsewhere in
his empire, and to repeal the old law pro-
hibiting any other than the rites of the
state religion, his abolition OF the In
QUESTION. his suppression OF tvo-thirds
much Of the church property dtcpened
the enmity Of priests and psrishioners
against his entire revolutionary pr, gram
The Spanish people would accept moth
ing from his hand. He opened the thea
ters in order to reawaken the gayety os
Madrid, but the SpaniaIds would not en-
ter them. For days hardly a woman ap-
peared in the streets, and the gallant in
of a pair Of black eyes behind the s-filed
gates OF the houses Although Napoleon
heralded abroad his appearance al grand
reviews, pride overcame curiosity and the
most extraordinary parsonage Of modern
times.
The Emperor threatened the obdurats
race that II they persisted in their hos
tility toward the King he had given
them he would put the crown on mis- own
head. They were commanded. therefore,
to assemble in their churcnes and swear
on their affairs fealty to King joseph.
Retreat Of Sir John Moore.
Napoleon was organizing at Madrid al
expedition tc drive the English out Of
Portugal. when 5000 British, under Sir
John Moore, crossed the Portuguese from
tier to drive him out of Spain. and they
moved straight toward hiS communica-
tons This threat diverted him from his
Lisbon campaign. and, leaving Madrid
in midwinters after a stay OF three weeks
in that capital. he began the pursuit of
Moore. Afoot In a storm OF hail and slect
he led his army over the Sierra de
Castillo from New. But in spite Of his
swift marches the English had escaped
him and already were well along in their
and ragged Britons made their last stand
at the very waters edge and fought their
way to the ships waiting to carry them
home. But they left Sir John Moore ly@
ing in his narrow bed on the rampartA
Of Corunna
-. NE q WARRIOR tLking his reS
WITH hS martial COAX around him.
Where
Slowly and sadly laid him down.
From the field Of his fame fresh and cory;
We carved not q line. aiSed not q Stoos.
But We left him alone In his Eiory.
A fresh alarm had already recalled Ma
poleon from Spain and he had turned
from his dreams o, planting his eagles
on. the towers Of Lisbon" to hurl himself
against the walls Of Vienna. 1.SoO milea
away. Abandoning the war on the pcninI
suIa to his marshals. he covered on
horseback the first stage Of his night be-
tween ValIadolid and Burgos. a distance
Of eighty miles, in i've and one-halt
hours Gen. Savary with difnculty KEPT
ahead of his master, but Duroc and
Roustam Jagged in the dust. while the
Emperor. lashing and squirting with I
solitary aid de camp at his tide. new on
from relay to relay Of horses In his race
to Paris.
CcOp.risht, IslSslI. By James MOrgaAl