Evening star., 1919-02-09


/ noruhcatlon and rage constantly ex.
cited by the presence of those troopS
have associated themselves with the1r-
feelings against the government ana
| they have thus transferred the whole
| force OF their snimosity to the Bour-
bons. When the troops leave France
one would think that much OF this
spirit would suhside The French
military have many of them unques-
| tionabiy great attachment to the
emperour. and many OF them greaL-
hatred OF their present King; but Z,
| have no idea that this last is all ow-
| ing to the mere circumstance that a
sovereign styled Louis XVIII has
ascended the throne and another
styled Napoleon Bonaparte left IL. To
] the BourbonS simply, ] satisfied,
| they would be quite Indifferent. but
| they have connected the cause of the
Bourbons 9th the cause Of the allies.
I The French army is defeated and dis
| graced--Parts is taken--a Russian
! appointed governor Of it-their mill
| iary trophies burnt-the country of
France ravaged by Cossacks-the
French guards all removed; and in
1 every town on a line with Paris an
| allied soldier at every gate, at every
/ theater, at all the musees and every
public building, except the single
| palace of the king at Paris--in com
plete military possession Of the coun
| try everywhere 10 the eastward OF.
that line and levying contributions
| wherever they choose. All this is
! done for the Bourbons: and they cer-.a
| tainly are rather inauspicious omen>
! for any family to ascend the throne
] under even were there no former
prejudiees or fears to overcome. This
spirit is honorable 10 the troops. but
! IL would be better for them. and
: France too. IL il was excinguished."
Cheers for Gouty King. a..
| On the 18th of May the diarist sOIa
! a chance to observe Louis XVIII at
the Theater Francaise. he says:
| The king came into the box with
| some difficulty, when the whole audi
| ence rose instantly and a vivs Ia roi.
/ the shaking Of handkerchiefs anor
various other rhetorical fourishes..
lasted ten or fifteen minutes with great
fervor. 5. NJ. bowed often and with
! as much politeness as any one could.
demand of old gentleman hardly
| able to stand and nearly dead with
| the gout. He is fifty-five or perhapS.,
| sixty years old, rather below the mid
die size, very corpulen5 and owing
to his swelled legs walks with cons.
siderable difficulty. The real. perma-
| nent. genuine Bourbon face, un-1
changed by revolutions and adversities .
| or prosperities-such a one as we may
| see figuring upon Spanish doublooR--
| or a French Louis the last two cen
turies-the nose projecting TO form
a semi-circle with the forehead.
| which falls back to the ominous an
| boundary. He is a bon enfant, they
say-a very fair scholar, and no doubt
he is quite as good as Louis XVI.
with considerable more sense and
firmness. In England he read a good
deal and was pretty popular. IL az
| respectable country gentleman wished
to recommend himself to an amiable
widow of thirty-five. such qualities
| would be important points in his rent,
| roll-but for French king at this
| moment-what do the women de-s
mand?-a fine young gallant monarch
| full of spirit and inconsistency who
(! will change from La Nalliere to the
Montespan every week in the year.
| with splendid court, where all the
pretty women in the country may ax-c
| semble to govern France and all Eu5s
think them perfectly entitled But,
with peaceable. sober-minded. re-
firing. equity old gentleman.
Tarried for His Cook.
Louis has. moreover. the reputation,
| of being both a gourmand and
gourmee to excess: and I recoiiecf1
not go to France instantly upon the
change because his French cook. whSs
happened to be violent Gordon bleu,
did not choose to trust himself back
! SO soon.' .,a~
| The allied troops did not stay IN.
Paris very long. though their sojourp
there was long enough TO test the
temper of the Parisians. In his jour
nal. under date OF May 81. the author
writes: .iSss
Yesterday there was review, as
they call il. de partir; and they are
now taking their flight as fast as
possible AS much as the French may
/ feel obliged 20 the 'peuple du Nord
! lit is explained that by this term the,,
French referred to all living beyond
the Rhine whom they regarded as
barbarians) for the Offering of Louis.
XVIII they certainly address very
fervent prayers for theif speedy pas
sage of the Rhine. The review was
principally of those superb and per-
fectly disciplined troops-the Russian
infantry and cavalry and artillery oha
| the guards. The state of the Russian
army though probably very much ifffc'
proved, is comparatively as il was as
described by Sir Robert Wilson in his
Polish campaign. The artillery and
cavalry are still very superior; though
/ il is difficult to imagine a body OF
troops in a more complete cenditioh
than the Russian infantry of the.
guard. Most of these men. perhaps
Moscow campaign, from which one
would infer that they have not had
much fighting since; and have been
! frequently told that the emperor used.
/ to reserve them as much as possible
The Russian have gbeen principally
auartered in Paris and its neighbor-
I hood; and though they have been en-
tirely supported by the Inhabitants.
they have behaved as il they had been
| in the territory of friend-of one
/ who had never caused Moscow. to be
burned and laid in ashes every vii
| lage. without one solitary exception
! on the road from that city to the
frontiers of Germany. This is a fact
mentioned by many travellers whom-f'
have seen.
Austrians Most Unbearable.
The Prusssians garrisoned the
towns from Paris to Boulogne; there
was a Gordon of troops the whole
line. They have not been quite so
merciful as the Russians. But the
Austrians who maintained the com
munication between Paris and Lyons.
have caused most Yexations and
raised most contributions. Upon the
whole, the conduct of the allies in
France, very particularly the Prus-
! slams and Russians, cannot too long
serve as an example TO other con
querors."
1t would be interesting il the writer
of these words in 1914 could have WITT
messed the conduct of the Prussiars"
on the soil of France 100 years LATER
On the 5th Of June the author, un-
able to shake of his gloon over the
situation. writes thus: ,f.-.
THE peace is decidedly not popular
in Paris; but who would expect to-
make a peace which the French would
like? Three or four pages in assign