The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-30
PART ".

The absent royalists now began 20
plot for n return to power. Overtures
we're made To Louis NNIlI. but his
Bourbonlsm led him TO declare that he
hated tho constitutionalists worse than
he did Robespierre himself Tic royal
lists In England made a futile attempt
at invasion. 1t came TO nothing
The constitutional committee was
making SLOW progress IN framing the
now instrument. when X had finished
1t was found that democracy had RI.
ccived n crushing blow. Universal su
frage was abolished. n property quail
Hcation for members OF the Legislature
was established. and TO vote residence
and payment OF taxes were necessary.
Also the bicamcral Legislature was re-
Vivcd, consisting OF the council OF 500
and the ancicnts. The declaration of
the rights OF man remained. Neither
rank nor state religion was recognized
Freedom Of the press. security Of prop
crty and freedom to labor were guar
lanteed. EmiSrcs were forbidden to re-
turn and their connscated property was
settled upon It's buyers.
On tho final acceptance OF the Consti-
tuition the property qualification for
Legislators was Knocked out and few
minor changes were made. Primary
assemblies however. were denied a free
voice In tho coming elections. and this
fact, together with other 1surpa tons
caused the revolt OF forty-four out Of
forty eight sections, backed by 10000
national guards. To these the conven-
tion opposed 800 patriots and 1000
regulars under Barras. Here Bona
partc appears. lie had lost his job In
tho war office. Neither side had ar
tillcry. To oblige Barras. Napoleon
sent Murat to seize forty pieces belong
ing TO tho National Guard at Les Sab
Ions By T. NJ. they were at The
-, p. nd ba dcfa d.
The HcXi day the clash came. One
hundred Insurgents were killed and tho
crisis over.
This incident made Bonaparte second
in command Of the army OF the Interior,
and when Comma nder-in chief Harras
retired he succeeded to the place
Directory Estnblished.
The struggle between moderates and
convcntionals now waXed hot. There
was bad faith on both sides. and usur-
patton was met with high handed
reprisal. The struggle became a hope
lessly petty fight. which did tho coun-
try no good. and put the contestants
nowhere. In October. however. the
muddle cleared somewhat. and the
ca ndidates for the directory were nom
mated November the new govern
mcnt was established.
The idealists, however, had by no
means disappeared. but now they united
their idealism to practical methods.
The republic, which was an ideal in
itself now determined to spread de-
mocracy 10 the surrounding countries.
il was believed that the whole world
could be made TO forsake the monarchi-
cal idea and to adopt repuhlcanism.
AN invasion of armies" Hugo said,
"can be resisted. nothing can resist
an invasion of ideas"
France was to propagate her repub-
lican ideas on all Europe. 1t took care.
however to plant those ideas with the
sword. Meanwhile, two armies under
Moreau and Jourdan were sent against
Germany. third. much smaller, un-
der Napoleon. was intrusted with the
task of clearing Italy of the Austrians.
With his small and poorly accourtered
army. disconnected and i'll paid. he
crossed the Maritime Alps while the
snow still remained. and after n series
of brilliant victories, established the
Cisalpine republic in North Italy and
the Ligurlan republic at Genoa.
Less successful, the other armies had
been forced back TO the Rhine, but to
Offset this Napoleon crossed the east
ern Alps md appeared before Vienna,
forcing Emperor Francis Joseph to
conclude peace. BY this treaty France
gained Austria's Belgian provinces and
also the provinces on the west bank
of the Rhine
occasion of so much enthusiasm that
the directory in alarm sought an OPP
portunity to get him out of the way.
An invasion OF England was proposed,
but he sugG ested instead that he at
tack England's Eastern colonies. For
this purpose he set out with an army
for Egypt to take and colonize that
country. In order to control Eastern
trade. He defeated the Mameluke
army near Cairo. took the town, and
assumed possession of the country
He lost his fleet at Aboukir to Mel
son. but early In 1899 he entered Syria,
took GAIA and Jaffa and laid siege
TO Acre. Here he met with n decided
reverse the English assisting the
Turkish garrison. Tho French went
back to Egypt and defeated the Turk
ish army again.
Meanwhile the republican propa.
garda had set up the Tiberine republic
Mt Rome. the Pope having first been
imprisoned: the Helvetic republic I'm
Switzerland. and the Parthenopean re-
public at Naples. These acts aid the