The Washington herald., 1914-08-16

he was IN prison, he still was the Keep
er OF the Keys"
The Emperor took his harsh measures
against Plus because the Pope was un-
willing to become a militant ally AGAINST
England and Napoleon did not spare the
Holy See any more than Prussia, Portu-
gal, Austria or any power that refused
to join the continental alliance. Tradi-
tionally and instinctively he was a Cath
ole. For instance, in the presence Of
danger or upon the discovery Of some
important fact, 1t was his habit to make
the sign of the cross; but his imperious
will refused to submit itself to the au-
thority Of the church and he persistently
declined to go to communion. When
Marie Louise came to Paris. she asked
the archbishop II II would be proper for
her. to receive that sacrament. and the
prelate excused her since her presence
at communion might only emphasize her
husbands absence and occasion unpleas-
ant remarks.
Neither woman nor religion was respon-
sible for that bitter struggle between the
Emperor and the Pope but cotton and
calicoes. coffee and sugar. rice, tobacco
and indigo were its underlying causes.
Even Napoleon's own brother. the King
Of Holland, rebelled against the blockade
Rejecting the interests Of a trading peo-
pie over whom he had been placed, Louis
denounced the Emperor's policy as afro
cious and barbarous, and warned him
that it would ruin France and all the
commercial nations in the empire before
II COulQ rum England.
Again II was the ubiquitous Yankee
sailor and his presence in Dutch, ports
that occasioned the trouble. When the
King OF Holland failed to satisfy his ex-
acting brother, the Emperor wrote him.
Louis, you are fncorrigible - You
don't want to reign long" Later he
warned him, This Is the last letter I
shall ever write you in my life"
When, at last, 1900 troops were march
ing on Amsterdam for the purpose of
more effectuaIly closing the ports Of the
country. Louis flung away his crown and
fed to Bohemia. The Emperor thereupon
annexed Holland to France and. with
Oldenburg and Bremen, Hamburg and
the shore beyond. the empire now
stretched to the boundary Of Denmark
Another brother. the uncrovned Lucien.
who, with second wife that offended
Napoleon, had taken refuge from the i'm
perial displeasure in the Papal States. set
out for safer retreat in the United
States. His ship was captured by the
British, however. and he went TO Eng
land, where he dwelt in the land of the
enemy.
BernRdotte Crown Prince.
II brother was the first. a marshal
OF Napoleon's was the second ally to de-
sert him. The King of Sweden being
without an heir, some Swedes, who had
met Bernadotte when he was command
ing French forces on their frontier, pro-
posed that the marshal should be adopt
ed as the successor to their throne. Ber-
nadotte was q brother-in-law Of Joseph
Bonaparte. his son Oscar was the god
son Of Napoleon h imself. and the Swed-
ish authorities innocently supposed that
the selection would be highly pleasing 10
the Emperor.
That proposal placed Napoleon in
predicament y II he refused his consent
the Swedes might elect the .Archduchess
Elizabeth's husband, the Duke OF Olden-
burg who had also been suggested. On
the other hand he had every reason to
II he consented to his elevation. the mar
shal's wife, Desiree Clary. would get a
crown at least, and he said TO the candi- |
date. Go. and let our destinies be ac- |
rines went forth. therefore, with the |
Emperor's blessing and a large gift Of
money besides, to found = royal house