The Washington herald., 1914-07-05

soldiers so far as to consent to the exclu-
sion of British trade from his dominlons,
he refused to declare war against Eng
land and become a militant any Oh
suddenly entered Rome. arrestlng ana
deportIng the papal secretary OF STATE
and various members of the cardlnaiate;
until only twenty-one cardinals remained
in the city. which now lay pehsaIH 'he
sword of Napoleon.
The little kingdom Of Portugal. torn be-
tween the master of the land ana the
sea, also failed to meet the emperor
demands in full, and he hurled upon 1t
French army of invasion, under the com
mand of Junot Sir Sidney Smith, the
ubiquitous rover of the sea, who nad
baffied Napoleon at Acre, was In Lisoon
Harbor as the invaders approached the
city. and he indL ced the poor mao Queen I
and her prince regent to board one on ms
ships. When, therefore. Junot arrived
at the palace he found that Smith had
removed the Portuguese crown oeyond
his reach and that the royal family nad
flown to their Brazilian colony, Where tne @
fugitive BraganZas set up throne IoE
the first time in the Western Hemisphere
and ultimately founded the empire OF
Brazil.
Turning Upon Spain.
While France bore with patience and
even appeared to flourish in the midst OF
the great trade war. there were supect
and allied states which groaned oeneath
Z
tidal rivers of Europe, once throngeo
with a rich commerce, flowed idly to the
hostile sea, and the minions OF the en-
pire hunting down trade as crime grew
peoples As Napoleon felt his throne
rock on the rising waves OF discomfort ne
announced to his council, Il must De the
master of all the capitals Of EUROPE
With Paris. Lisbon, Rome. Naples, Turin.
Berne, Munich, Berlin. and The Hague
under his control he determined that
Madrid should next be added to his
group OF captive capitals.
Although the King of Spain belonged
| to the Bourbon family he had purchased
peace by becoming Pn ally OF the French
| Revolution the year after 1t had cut on
| the head Of his cousin, Louis XVI. and
| he had remained an ally Of Napoleon.
| But while Prussia was marching ton
| France in the ingiorious campaign of 1906
the Spanish court resolved TO break the
| French alliance. and It made ready to
| strike Napoleon in the back When,
| however. he crushed the Prussians at
Jena he crushed at the same blow the
cowardly crowd that loafed about the
The incident served to alarm him. THE
| Bourbons will never let me alone" he
said. He had removed one branch from
the throne OF Naples and now he deter
I-rnined 10 remove the only other reigning
| branch from the throne of Spain. His
| own family he determined should take
i the place Of the Bourbons in the mon
! archical world and, like them, the Bona
parties should possess all the crowns of
! Latin Europe.
! Taking advantage of the Portuguese
situation. he contrived to gain a firm
| foothold on Spanish soil. Claiming and
receiving the consent of Spain to dis
! patch his Portuguese expedition across
| her territory, he returned the favor by
| conferring on the King of Spain the
empty title OF Emperor of the Two Amer
| icas. while he held before the royal FAM
| iIy at Madrid alluring promises Of more
| substantial rewards in partition of
! Portugal Under cover Of that arrange
l ment. French troops were gradually in
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