The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-03-06

one after the other saw his brows
contract and the corners of his mouth
drawn down. He read every docu-
ment, some of them twice or thrice
over. and when he had finished sat
thinking
Presently he summoned an attend
ant, to whom he gave an order that he
desired the presence of the French am
bassador. AS soon as the attendant
had withdrawn the car said to me:
Since you are diplomat you un-
derstand the necessity at times Of non.
eommittals | am obliged to the Amer
lean minister to France for trans
hitting this information to me-" Here
he handed me the documents. "On
this account owe him reply. But
it win be neither written nor an oral
one, nor to you for him, nor to him
directly"
supposed he would tell me what
kind of reply it would be, but he did
not arose to go, but he stopped me.
Then he called an attendant and said
something to him that did not under
stand. The attendant motioned me to
follow him, and / was shown into an
adjoining room. There waited for
further orders for nearly an hour. At
the end Of this time heard door Of
the emperor's cabinet open and the
announcement In loud voice, 1.-THE
ambassador from France"
The door between the room where 1
was and the cabinet had been left open
doubtless by the cars order-and |
heard every word that passed In the
cabinet The emperor spoke In French.
He told the ambassador that he had
learned that Napoleon was about to
intervene In American affairs and
added:
Tell your master that If he inter-
feres In the struggle now going on In
the United States will strike him"
Whether the emperor turned away
from the man he addressed or other
wise indicated that he wished no an.
swer do not know. heard none, but
few moments later door was clos
ed, and / assumed that the ambassador
had departed. In few minutes an
attendant appeared and led me back
into the cabinet. The car was stand
ing alone.
Give my thanks to your chief for
the information he has sent met be
said, and with this retired.
! was happy man on my return
journey to Paris, having accomplished
without any effort that which knew
would delight my chief, the president
Of the United States, and the American
Unionists
/ prefer to write my own account of
what was attained by my GRANDPA
TIERS mission.
Il One winter morning during the war
between the states the citizens Of New
York awoke. to find the harbor. dotted
with Russian war vessels. For time
no one knew what it meant. Then
gradually it dawned on the people that
It's presence denoted the friendliness
Of the car Of Russia for those who
were struggling to perpetuate the IN !
ION Then arose cry OF welcome.
The officers Of the feet were invited
ashore and entertained royalty. Never
before nor since has New York passed
a winter of such unique gayety.
The proposed Intervention did not
take place. England withdrew. her
consent to join with France in the
venture, and France was obliged to
take its own chestnuts out of the fire.
The collapse Of Napoleon's Mexican
scheme Is well known to every school
boy who has studied American history.
When the war ended the United States
had million of men under arms with
nothing to do. Mr.. Seward, secretary
Of state, notified Napoleon that the
French occupation was obnoxious to
the United States, and the president
sent General Sheridan to the Mexican
border with competent army to en-
force the demands The French EN-
peror withdrew his support Of the man
he had placed on the Mexican throne,
and the Mexicans captured and exc
cuted Macmillan.
Thus ended the first scheme to per.
petuate the reign of Napoleon Ill, and
few years later second scheme
the Franco Prussian war-ended the
career Of the man who would have
helped to divide the United States had
not the car of Russia stepped In.