The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13

a moment' he said, "did I have to com plain of single one of iie princess"
 But prince of his own house was playing him false. For Murat, King of Naples, ever since he abandoned the grand army and raced back to his, throne, had been intriguing with the en- em1es of his brother-in-law in an effort to save the crown that Napoleon gave him Even the Emperor's warning to him that he was mistaken in assuming that the lion was dead, did not deter the King from secret conferences with the representatives of England, Austria and Russia.
 For once, therefore. Napoleon began I campaign without the assistance of his old cavalry leader But thanks to the loyalty of France and the German princes and to his own titanic labors he was enabled to cross the hlne with neariy twice as many men as the Rus sians and the Prussians had been able 10 assemble against him. Few, however. rad ever smelled powder and most os mem had to be taught to load a musket Ihe majority of their corporals ser seants, lieutenants and captains also were strangers. to war. for the veteran officers Of the lower grades as we'll as the vet erans in the ranks lay beneath the wheat 1lelds Of the Danube. in the valleys and on the sierras of Spain, or on the Rus sian steppes. Moreover, the veSy soul of the army was dead and it's commander no longer wore the aureole of victory
 Siav and Teuton
 The Toe. on the other hand not only had stolen away the spirit of the grand army, but many of the officers of the rrusslan contingent also had borrowed leaves rom the masters book of recipes for making war and now under stood the Napoleonic method as we'll as ms own marshals They had not served Tor nothing seven years apprentice ship since Jena.
 Although Napoleon had sternlv linn lted the army of conquered Prussia to 42,000 men, its staff had been smart enough to give vacations by the whole- sale and call up new men to substi- tute, thus making the little organiza- tion training school for many more than the stipulated number At the outbreak of the war, the King had recalled General Butcher from a ban ishment which he had incurred by his fiery rebellion against the French domination, and had placed hip in command. Butcher like most of the sia, was not a Prussian. but a na- patriot leaders who had reused Prus- tive of minor German state AL though an old man of 72, his flaming hatred of Napoleon filled him with the ardor of youth and, although an H. lfterate, hard drinking, loud swearing, tumultuous character, his natural fight ing qualities made up for the lack of technical knowledge.
 The allies. however, suffered from divided command. The Slavs would not tolerate a Teuton over them and the Russians never have developed high order of generalship among themselves Kutusof had died just as he finished his long chase of Napoleon and had driven the last invader from Russian soil, and then Russia's Czar was the real commander of his contingent in the allied army in Germany. While Alexander had no special military training, he was served by a fairly sound common sense.
 Two Battles Won
 The Russians and Prussians under took first of all to wrest Saxony from Napoleon's control. and that kingdom bore the brunt of the entire war of 1913. For six months the Saxon plains were trampled by the armies Of all the nations of Europe, humble homes were laid waste, and the sickle of death reaped in the fields where the toiling .<.S rxtf fr Eo1