The Washington herald., 1914-11-08

Aug L klS-sailed On TIE British Warship Nor1h
umberilnd.
Aug g. isl5-His last view Of the French shore.
Oct. Is El5-AniVed At St Helcna-
Oct II. lsl5-Went ashore.
Napoleon arrived in Paris the thirt
morning after Waterloo and alighted be.
fore the Elysee Palace. The pallor o
a great calamity was in his face and 8
was stiH covered with the dust OF tht
battle and the rout His stan were
excited and red eyed, their clothes blood
Cen. Drouot, as he emerged from the
coach behind his chief. cried out AL
is lostr' but the emperor hastened tc
While Napoleon waited for bath to
be prepared, he threw himself upon 3
bed, where, gasping and writhing, he
sentences. MY head burns" he walled.
Il baye received my death wound! The
blow is mortal"
No Appeal froRa Waterloo.
There was no appeal from the verdict
Of Waterloo. Napoleon complained that
If he had been the King of England in.
stead OF emperor of the French, he could
have lost the battle without losing a
> vote in Parliament But Waterloo was
trophe, debacle-
The emperor never felt more fit than
on the morning Of the battle. and never
ly drew his sword. His army, as he him
self enthusiastically testified, surpassed
Itself in yaior And oh he h, had the S heayisst Ss
Of daylight, with more men. more can
non and more horses than wellington
he who had laughed at the Pyrenees and
the Alps, at rivers and deserts, idled
away nine hours because of little mud
that would not have been suffered to
II he had to fight three battles at once,
II was only because he had neglected his
az - eNWlal
From sunrise until 4:3O in the afternoon,
Wellington alone stood before him. Bu-
lows Prussians did not come up until
4:30 and il was TO and later before
Biuchers army appeared on the field.
II Ney was mad in his cavalry charges,
he was no more so than in the years of
himself. it was what all the marshsls
were trained not to do, and some one
of them had acted as sturidly as Grouchy
the emperor could have rescued his army
J from the field when beset by two foes,
he had no place to go. for he had cut
pathy and confidence of the French peo-
pie
Now, when. for the fourth time in four
years. he returned to Paris in defeat
away from him desparingiy and time
servers Stunned the victim OF i'll luck.
ster @ ny can't even even vim play any morei''
The one-time master Of Europe had re-
ceived the blunt notice that the legis-
lative bodies gave him an hour TO e. Iay h
second day in Paris, he took up his pen
to write once more an act Of abdication-
In il he said:
'T offer myself as a sacrifice to the
hatred of the enemies Of France. May
they be sincere in their protestatio and
feel no enmity but against me alone!
S.My political life is terminated. and
I proclaim my son, under the title
Napoleon II, emperor Of the French"
But he did not deceive himself He
knew that the allies would bring back
the Bourbons. A provisional government
Of five was established by the legisla-
tors with Carnot and Caulincourt among
its members and the feline Fouche as
its president. While that body sat in
state at the Tuileries, the dethroned mon
4 stranger at the seat Of his empire.
Deserted as the palace halls were, |
crowd pressed about is gates day and
night and never failed to cheer Napo-
leon when he appeared in the garden |
Like his guard at Fontainebleau in 1914
these unrewarded friends alone continued
TO honor him. What do these people |
owe me?' he sadly remarked. 81 found |
them poor. I leave them poor. Yet they |
alone remain faithful.
But. aristoc-at as he was by nature, |
having always stood in dread of the |
multitude, he was too true TO his in
stincts now to think Of arousing the
-sbble. as he called them, even to save |
his crown. While that little throng in |
the street of course did not represent |
t19 FTnca and tbs smpe inE dsTotion tS
lim in misfortune might have been EMU |
lated by all France had he built his /
power upon the democracy rather than /
based il on an aristocracy.
Driven From Paris.
Fouche could not sit easy in the chair /
n state while the master whom he had
50 often betrayed remained only few /
hundred feet away; He must exercise
manner of the policeman that he was,
Did the emperor move on" 1t was
Marshal Davout who accepted the dell
cste task Of ordering away from Paris
The man who had made him the prince
The captor of the capitals OF Europe
lay after the battle Of waterloo. And /
Triumph. the arch Si99o Of his star, which
ooked down. upon him only to deride
The late lord Of the Tuileries. Of Fon-
sainenleau. Of Compiegne. Of Rambouil:
caIl his own. In that plight he thought
IF only one refuge. No doubt there
were stin friends who would welcome
that their hospitality to him probabl-'
would mean their ruin under the re-
But II he went to Malmaison. which
he had given to Josephine, surely no one
would punish Hortense for opening its I
lOOTS 70 MN. W men ne left Paris, there 4
fore. he drove to that chateau Of the )
brilliant DAYS OF his consulate, when 4
al the world was young.
He was no more than gone when |
FOuche sent Gen. Beker to watch him |
This military officer, who had lost favor +,
and suffered disgrace in the empire, was
chosen to be the keeper Of the throne I
ess emperor and TO take care that he I
lid not return to the army or interfere I
m public affairs But as soon an the E
general presented himself at Malmaison, G
ne himself was taken captive by the /
fascination Of his illustrious ward who n
-ecetved him as a friend and confidant In
Marshal Blucher thirsted for his Mood | =
and wished to shoot him at the head of c
1is Prussian columns. But the duke Of | q
Wellington objected to any such sum /
nary action. Napoleon does not belong
. you nor to me-" the duke argued, | A
hut 10 our sovereigns. who viii decide | z
1ts fate IN the name OF Europe SholIid | 3
hey require an executioner. shan re- | Z
auest them to seek some other than me- =
md advise you. for the sake Of yo,ir I
iame- to follow nv example 4
Captivity or flight were the aiterna- {
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