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they had at last overcome his dread 0
the popular party and had won from
; him an assent to this treason. There
is a suggestion of Catherine De Medi
els and the Guise party wheedling ano
bullying Charles TX. into his reluctan
assent to the Massacre of st. Barthol-
omew. But if Nicholas is really guilty
his parallel is not hard to find In that
case he has trodden. step by step, the
identical road that led Louis XVI. to
the guillotine.
Louis XVI, too, was in correspond
ence with the enemy against the inter.
, ests of his nation, and in time of war.
He, too, was ruled by masterful pro-
German wife. who led him to his ruin
with the aid of an anti-natfonal Court
party. The Austro-Prussian invasion
of France was planned with the assist
ance of Marie Antoinette. She and the
Court party, and Louis himself, arrang-
ed the details with Austrian agents.
lNominally they gave full support to the
French natoin's plans for defense; but
IL. - - oh &C
were secretly reported to the German
court and made known to the German
generals Meanwhile, at home. Louis
by his veto power strangled every
measure passed to strengthen the ma
tional defense. His brothers, both of
whom were afterward his successors,
aided in planning the German invasion,
and the atrocious proclamation in
which the Prussian General threaten =
ed to give Paris over to military de-,
struction was issued by him at their
demand.
Not because these things were
known, but only because they were
everywhere suspected, the Marseillaise
and the Parisians overthrow the mon
archy and established the Republic,
another striking resemblance to theI
Russian revolution Five months later
discriminating documents" were found
as now they are said to have been in
three months, and Louis was brought to
trial for his treason, sentenced, and
beheaded. The real traitor the dom
mating Queen, did not suffer until lat
er, but she suffered. Louis, like Mich |
olas, was stupid man, not capable of
conceiving a mighty treason, but per
fectly capable of being led or driven
into one Both were men of good do |
nestle traits, who in private life would
nave been estimable if not ornamental
citizens. But it will be far better for
Russia if Nicholas is not doomed to
share the fate of Louis XVI There
has already been a, sufficiency of par
allels to the French Revolution.
The other overthrow despot whom
this war has produced up to this writ
ing-haS a historical parallel, too.
One of the most despicable characters
in history is James H., ruling as al
constitutional King, but trying toI
make himself despot in spite of the
Constitution, and by suspending the
constitutional guarantees; working
constantly against the interests of his
subjects and for his own; taking his
orders from foreign despot, even
when they we're fatally inimical to-
England's welfare; finally overthrow
and taking refuge in the Court which
had secretly ruled him, and from that
Court still plotting to make his own
country its appanage and slave. There
has been nobody exactly like him from
that day until the time of Constantine
OF Greece, who has duplicated his ca
reer in every detail.-New York
Times.
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