Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-14
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are still unable to see over the rim Of
their eminence They cannot fathom
the thought of the people, nor apr
ciate the fact that royal prerogatiye
is not bolstered by divine sanction.
In plain, old-fashioned English, easily
understood by every one, they are still
tkick-headed
Gamin, the locksmith, who in secret
workshop taught Louis XVI his hum
bic trade, wrote that "the king was
good, indulgent, timid, curious, fond
c. Sleep Louis recorded a peculiar
ly interesting estimate of himself in
his diary, which was found during the
stormy days of the Terror.
/ On the day of the attack on the
.2ast;le-the day when the long smold-
ering fire of the revolution burst into
+ fame day that was epochal in the
j. history of France and Europe-on
that day, July IA, 1889, Louis wrote
j in his diary: Nothing The day
before he had set down: Nothing;
took medicine" Entries of the pre-
vous week showed that he regarded
the killing of two stag of more i'm
portance than significant and ominous
political developments.
The remarkable diary of the un-
fortunate, and stupid, French mon
arch is called to mind by the publ
cation, in the Hearst papers, of the
memoirs of the ex-Czar of Russia,
written in his Siberian prison and CIV
on to a fraternity of monks for is
suance to the world. The Car frank
~ confesses that he had no idea his
/ bSCPAS Ntie III SUN uIAe SlIdlIbJ anu
were so intensely dissatisfied with
his government. 1t was an astound-
4 ing surprise to him to discover that
/ he had been living above volcano,
(and when the explosion came he was
dumbfounded and helpless
This brings to mind the fate of the
young King Manuel, of Portugal. who
was also driven from his throne by
a revolution. Manuel escaped death
but only to live in another country
in exile. The Portuguese revolution
broke out on October 4, 1910-two and
half years after Manuel's father and
elder brother had been assassinatad,
and in his diary-it seems to be the
custom of kings to keep diaries-he
wrote hurriedly, we are told
don't believe it is a real revo-
luton. Why should they revolt?
What do the veople want? Where
is Valencia (his lady friend)? /
have the army, and what can the
yelling mob do without arms?
When one OF his mobiles rushed in
to Louis XVI and told about the de-
molition Of the Bastile, Louis placidly
observed: Why, that is a revolt"
mo, sire, replied the witty and per
spicuous courtier, 1T is revolutioni"
Manuel seems to have had the same
difficulty that beset Louis in appre-
ciating the significance of the upris-
ing of his subjects His diary. re-
plete with references to Gaby Deslys,
Valencia and other efavorites, and
with whitening comment on the fact
that the King Of England employs his
OWN Valetsi shows clearly ManueIs
mental CALDER. No wonder that he is
throneless and wanderer ON the face
OF the earthly
The diary of Manuel and the
memoirs of the ex-Czar are interest
! ing-interesting, if for no other reason
in that they prove that little progress
/ has been made in the production of
kings and emperors The medieval
mold is still in fashion.
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