The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-11
AF0recaSt
Views, I'm the Time of Ma
poleon, Of the Future
of War
BY F.. A. mitchell

Napoleon. the great Napoleon, was
fond Of going about incOgnito among
the people he governed and getting
from them their views concerning him
self and his acts. One day. dressed
in ordinary civilian costume. he left
the palace by il side door and. walking
along the Rue de RivOli. entered the
more than a hundred years ago. The
space between the palace and the
Place de- la COncOrde was not then
the barren looking area it is now. but
Il veritable garden filled with flowers.
Napoleon had but recently BUNDLED
Prussia. aud the French people were
celebrating the anniversary of one of
his victories. Seeing Il Young army OF
ticer sitting Oh Il bench al"ne. the ell
peror took Il seat beside him and be-
gan a conversation with him.
DO you think this man ~Bonnparte."
asked Napoleon. lis IL great general"
II think the Emperor Napoleon to be
the greatest general who ever lived"
was NHS ICpIt.
What! Greater than julius CaeSar:'
Il AN not familiar with the cam
paigns Of Caesar"
We'll young man. if you were yoa
would know that Napoleon is but an
imitation Of the great Roman"
That may be: but. If it is. Napoleon
is the only imitation we have had in
eighteen centuries"
This pleased the emperor very much
He Inquired the regiment to which the
young mar belonged and his name
Then he arose from his seat and stroll
ed away. Presently seeing an aged
man, the emperor took Il seat beside
him with a view to drawing his views
of experience as be had drawn those
of youth.
"Our people," said Napoleon. seen,
to be going mad over this Corsican.
monsieur. What do you think Of him.
He is the center of one of those
storms that periodically sweep owe
large tracts. They grow 6ercer till
they reach a climax. then instead OF
dying slowly. as they started. end sud
denly"
Napoleon started. but inwardly: hi
control Of himself. except when he
wished to impress some one with the
awfulness of his wrath. vas perfect
The speaker did not see how deeply
his companion had been touched by
his words.
After Napoleon WHAT" asked the
emperor.
"There should be the republic. but
France is among a number of nations
which this B%Onaparte is ~antagonizing
There is in the Place du Carrousel. ~
ear Of the Tuileries. a bronze group
Of horses dra wing a chariot. This Na
poleOn took from the Prussians. The!
will not rest till they get it back. Be
sides. they will make our children o r
grandchildren pay a pretty price for
its loan to France
why do you think that?" asked thu
emperor.
'Bonaparte will not stop till he has
arrayed every nation in Europe againS,
him. Even his alliance with AuStrta
by his marriage with a daughter of til,
house Of Hupsburg will not keep thar
people from turning against him whe,'
the final united effort to kill hin
comes"
Napoleon made no reply to this. HI.
sat with folded arms. his chin buried
In the rutiips Of his shirt front. his
beaver bat drawn down over his eyes
Presently be Strengthened up ann
asked:
What has been your occupation
your sphere in life. MONSIEUR"
II have been everything notary. jour
nalist. historian. Now that my body Il
not 6t for ex-rtiOn ! simply think"
will the antagUnism excited b..
B%onaparte live beyond the present cen
tury:"
Il think it will"
And these people be has conquere,
will revenge themselves on Francey'
They will. These wars of Napoleon,
will leave France exhausted. The peu
pie our descendants have to fear are"
The Russians:"
wv ~ -" ~ ~" AoA NVNbS.
The Russians have a large territory
and enough to do to take care Ut thei,
Own internal affairs"
1.-THE Prussians:'
Not the PruSSians alone. But SOM.
future i'ruSsian king will realize tina;
II he can unite the German people III
may hurl them against our descendant.
and crush them. Prussia will never b.
content till she has recovered all the
prestige that has been wrested from
her by l%s"naparte. question If she
will be strong enough for that withOu,
the help Ut all the German people"
Wei suppose some king ut Prussia
unites the Germans and RECEIVERS the
high position that has been taken from
her What them"
What then: Why. France will nev
or he content till she has got II back
AGAIN"
How will she do that:"
"Now you art. getting beyond the
vision If the keenpst thinker. OF
what shall happen within another rem.