The Washington herald., 1914-05-24

Aug j, iss- -Mur.t. King Of Nspasa-
VIrHEN, on the first anniversary o.
w his coronation. Napoleon gained
w the Rreat battle with MS t~e
rival Emperors at Austerlitz. he STOOD
forth the chief magistrate OF Chfisten'
dom. The Roman empire, wnicn Ausus
tus won from Anthony ana Cieop
meath the cliffs of Actium. lay In tne muo
a. ths foot of Pratzen Hill, and when, oe'
siae the windmill. the conquered Franeis'
Emneror of the Holy Roman Empire
s,,hr,itted himself to the son OF CsIio
Ronanarte he stood in the presence Oh
h,s .nccessor on the throne OF the Cse-
sars- Francis thereupon hung away .ne
now empty Roman title ana oecame
merely the Emperor OF Aose, =
hes ever since been the desisna 49,
49,. NanoIeon put on the imperial
crown I'm Notre Dame. there never mao
baen hut one real emslre in Chrasten-
dom. the empire founded by Augustus ~
Rome twenty-seven years pefo1e ING ING
birth of Christ, and which had oeen
styled the Holy Roman Empire tnrouen-
out the thousand years since
magne knelt at the high altar OF ~.
Peters to receive from POPE Leo -. '.s ~
diadem of the Caesars In tne eyes VI
tbe medieval world there could DO only
one Emperor and one Pope. the FORMER
the supreme sovereign in temporal a. the
latter was IN spiritual affairs, ana ootn
reigning together as the viceeefents o.
God on earth. the august heutenans OF
'I ft bsS been long prophesied that IN the
day when chaos and wickedness snoulo
reign a second Charlemsgne Woula IL
to restore the empire to US sncienn srs
and Justice. That was the great task
Napoleon set for his genius when: on M tSe
eve of his coronation. he repaired 70 the
sssIne sosnT e the Roman title. He desisned to
make Paris the head OF the mooefn.
Rome had been the head OF the ancent
world; but he invited the oiessl1s o. nnits
ing the nations anew in a grand fedora
He lost no time after the victory @ o.
Austerlitz in assuming tne .sIs , nrinces,
Tpere were then only eight kings IN
Europe the kings OF England. Eue-
spain, Port1gal DenmarNE: N.:no,scn opened
wide the food gates OF roya1Ga 1Gso,,
and there was q downpour OF Ten h.nsy
crowns in half a dozen years. or moIS
than time had conferred upon princeS
brows in as many centuries
He had already made himself king OF
italy. and now on his way from the nSio
of Austerlitz he sent messsnshi ia sshi,e he
was hunting, with q message ADDRESSED
To "EIis Majesty, the King Of BavanG
Wherefore the Bavarian eovefelgns ~
Kings to this day. The kings OF wurtSm-
bnrS and Saxony also are indebted TO Ma
poleon for their present titles.
A Kindly Fault.
rb. nev Emperor's success as king.
MAKER fiattered him into the concert tnat
in the pIentitude Of his imperial power
he could do more than make over GIAes 9
and electors and could manufacture Kings
out Of the raw material of the comm2n
earth As the bright boy in a family
might generously share his success WIN
his brothers and take them into MS 9usl-
ness, s he undertook to share his glory
into the business of ruling the world.
It was a kindly fault. to be sure, ane
one to which the great have been much
given. Indeed. all royalty and the entire
hereditary principle rest upon TINS same
folly. The masterful conquerfng men
doms to their families as If they were
mere quarter sections OF farming iana;
How many inheritors Of thrones would
otherwise have risen above coooiers
hut the Bonapartes were not as plas-
tic subjects for the kinsmaker as the
Wurtenberger and Bavarian princess. The
members Of that singularly perverse race
We're far more particular and exacting.
Hereditary sovereigns might receive the
Emperor's orders with the silent docilfty
of well-trained Dutlers, Dut vos
ever a noisy rebellion against MS duthor-
ity under his own roof
Napoleon really had to push MS vain
vet unambitious brothers upon the
thrones he reared for them. Joseph at
first refused outright and positively to
accent a crown He simply could not De
coaxed into becoming King Of Italy. Al
though his elevation alton, had oeen en- tTea elevates
unless Napoleon agreed to let him main
tain fortifications against him on the
French-Italian frontier ana De KING IN
fact as well as in name
The Emperor declined to make such a
complete surrender of a land he had cap
tlIred with his sword. and was about 70
clap the crown on the infant MAN ,hs nesS s.tSi Oh
er to be the baby's. regent when Louis
raised objections and was forcfoly tnrust
from the room, Finally he was Obliged
duty. But he adopted Josephine's son,
Eugene, and appointed him his viceroy
al Milan. "I can beget children with .
scratch Of my pen ne T. remncee Sisisrst 'oseps t
had fairly warned the domineering wife
of the Bourbon King of Naples that II
she did not cease playing fast and loose
with France, her children would curse
her as they wandered over Europe beg
gine their bread, he drove the royal fam
ily from their capital to take refuge 90
the Island Of Sicily. Then with anotner
Il can no longer have relativess IN OBJ
scurity." ne said Those who VIII not
rise with me, shall no longer be OF my
family. I am making family OF kings
attached to my federative system:
But his reluctant and Indifferent elder
brother held out for his own terms again
until he received them, the Emperor only
stipuIatfng as he crowned him King OF
Naples. "1 beg but one thing Of you-oe
masterr
Joseph. who had insisted so stoutly on
being king in fact really was qualified
by nature to be king only In name. OF
O courtly and kindly bearing. he could
look the regal part very well. but he
could not act II. His minister implored
him day after day to study the budget
of his kingdom, learn how the people |
were taxed and what became Of their
money. At last Bis majesty did consent. |
Tomorrow" Joseph said to the minister, |
"you shall read IL to me In my carriage |
on my way out to shoot" But the min |
lister had gone through only two chapters |
when the King pleaded. Tor mercy's |
sake, do not go on / leave II to you"
Still, II Joseph was disinciined to work |
at kiaKcraft. he was at least willing to l
play king. But his wife. Julie Clary Of 4
Marseflles. was unwilling even to try |
to amuse herself with her new royal role \
In the somber palace at Naples thatl
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