Evening star., 1919-02-09

n hsis ss0 at al" rars Pasa similsr in .os
respects to that now in ses-
sion in that city. 1t resulted from
the downfall of Napoleon, whose at
tempt to conquer all Europe had
brought into alliance against him
powers previously at odds with one
another. even as the attempt of Ger
many to vanquish her neighbors re
suited in great coalition just cen-
tury after Napoleons defeat The
meeting at Paris in the spring of 1914
was not in the nature exactly Of
peace conference, but was for the
purpose of placing a monarch on the
throne-Louis XVIII The real peace
conference was held at Vienna later
in the year, running on into 1915.
There has come to hand through a
resident of this city. INTO which pos
session it recently fell. a little book
printed in Boston by John Eliot in
1914, evidently a reprint of 4 London
publication. under the title "A Few
Weeks in Paris, During the Residence
of the Allied Sovereigns IN That
Metropolis" No name appears 10
script" printed as a preface indicates
that his Journal was written for the
amusement Of a friend. The writer
is evidently an Englishman, for The
postscript is dated London, 1914
Amusing View of Assemblage.
His journal gives an amusing view
of the assemblage in Paris and the
attitude of the French people toward
the allied sovereigns and troops. and
shrewdly analyses the feelings of the
country toward the new monarch and
the depoSed emperor, then in Islba.
few extracts will make interesting
reading now with reference TO the
III mediate international situation.
In our route" says the author, de-
scribing his journey toward Paris,
I'VE scarcely met anything but bands
of Cossacks, detachments of Prus
slams and Russians, little parties of
wounded or prisoners. lmping and
hobbling along, ragged and wretched
enough: these with files of ammuni-
tion Wagons, cannon, returned post
horses going back for more loads of
impatient Angiais. One or two of the
most awkward Wagons, very long
and slim and ridiculously balanced
upon two wheels, are really and
truly the only things one meets from
post to post on the road to Paris"
In Paris on the I'd Of May the
author notes that the king was ex-
pected on the morrow, and that prep
arations were meager, with apparent
ly little eagerness on the part of the
people for the arrival of Louis,
brother of the unfortunate Capet,
guillotined more than twenty years
before. An entry of May says:
Coming of the King.
The king came today; the weather
was very suspicious. The most
publick and certainly the most bril-
liant way of entering Paris from ST.
Denis is by one of the streets through
which Louis XVIII was led to the
guillotine. The Parisians perceived
the impoliteness of this arrangement
and therefore the king was Obliged
to pass some of the worst parts of
Paris Among other places what
they call rather ridiculously 1e
! marche des innooents' (market of
the innocents); this must have been
one of the dirtiest. vilest spots in
Paris; indeed, 1t, is here that those
celebrated poissa rdes (ffsh women),
probably the most infamous and vul-
gar women in Europe, have chosen
| to put up their penates. These wom-
en- nave custom, whenever the king
passes their sacred territory. of pre-
senting bouquet and saluting .Sa
majestic. Today they made the great
est preparation; all the fat women in
the market were goddesses and the
naxen-haired children cupids. But
the royal carriage did not stop. This
was a cruel but very proper disap-
pointment. If one may fudge by their
Ieelings, to these poissardes."
The next day. May 4, there was "a
cortege of all the great men who lived
beyond the Rhine, along the Quai des
Tuiliieries" These included Bar
clay de Toily, Metternich. Bulow.
S-chen and Blucher The author
tnus describes the scene:
stars, cordons. mustaches, medals,
crosses. ribbons without number: there
We're also all the am ba ssadors with
their suites. There were 200 or more:
al .he nrst men IN the allied armies.
Here also among these conouerors
from the north there appears one
from the south, a great general who
aIter nYe or six years of marches.
ADVANCES, retreats. encampments as
saults, battles and sieges is now in
the Salon des Tuilleries, receiving
the thanks and the admiration of the
French king and of his splendid
group. his brothers in arms. for his
exertions in its extraordinary con-
fedora ton.
Picture of Russian Emperor.
The three sovereigns rode on he
first time, the King of Prussia on the
right and the Emperour of Russia on
the left. This is the courtesy the en-
perour always adopts The Emperour
of Russia is about feet or 10
inches high, with a good person; he
has light, sandy hair. a good natured
expression Of face. but by no means
handsome or intelligent. The King of
te 81
and looks very solemn and melan-
choly, which they say he has always
done since the death of his wife, a
charming high-spirited woman. He
and the Emperour of Russia were
dressed in a simple coloners uniform
of their army. The least captivating
is the Emperour of Austria. He has
the most Insignificant appearance, a
bad person. mean, stupid. obstinate
real Austrian face. He was dressed
in a white coat with red breeches
and waistcoat. like half tho livery
servants one sees in London"
Several days later. May II. the
author makes the following entry in
his journal:
There has always been violent
prejudice in France against the Aus
trians. And the last two queens taken
from that family have increased in the
first instance the hatred and in Ma
poleon's choice the disgust of the
French. They used to call during the
revolution Marie Antoinette lie 'Au-
trichienne.' and this word excited
every furious feeling which the
Frenchman had. Marie Louise was a
real mauvaise allemande; she was
cold graceless, excessively ugly and
silly and had that sort of manner
and appearance which made all
France hausser les epaules (shrug
their shoulders). At this moment the
French feel still more enraged by
the boasting and contributions i'm.