The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-12
GERMAN DEFEAT .
WNDIGATION Of
LOUIS NAPOLEON
This Is Opinion of Widow of
Second BOnaparte Ruler
Who Was Overthrow in
1871 by Huns.

LONDON, June IL. (Spll-Amoni
the leaders Of the old order who ar,
momehtarllv drawn into the light BY IN
dawning Of the new there Is PERTAINS n,
isgurs more interesting that that o
Eugenie. the last empress Of the French
who Is past her SOD year.
The former empress herself. brood
ing over the mementoes Of the Napola.
ontc family which she has collected IN
the home granted her by Queen Vic
toria among the Hampshire hills mus
be reused for a moment even from IN,
apathy Of her % years and her memo.
Ties OF her misfortune by the news o
the peace terms which Germany is to.
DAY receiving at the hands OF this
French.
Eugene is now in the 4sth year or
her exile, II II is true that we count
time by heart throbs and not by figure,
en- a dial" then in the past few years
she must have come close 10 the dav
IN 1870 when, eXulting. 1T is my warl.
she watched the French troops headed
by Napoleon III march off toward Ger
many, confident that they would return
in a fortnight, the arrogance Of PRUSSIA
crushed and the French throne made
safe for her son.
Mob at Tuileries.
But the Germans reached Paris be-
fore Its own troops came back. aud
six weeks after the start of the war.
a Partisan mob was clamoring al the
gates Of the Tuileries for the Span
ISL woman whom they held responsible
for the disaster. The empress ESCAPED
by a back door in the palace, In the
company Of Prince M%atternich Of Aus
tria and Signor Nigra, the Italian am
nassador, to the home Of her American
dentist, Dr.. Evans. with his aid she
g4lrpppHsd In u1ukfpu h.p ne, =. F~.-
land, where, after six months in a Ger
man prison camp, Napoleon Joined her.
The bitter blame Of the French for tho
loss OF Alsacc-LOrraine followed her.
1t was her great misfortune which
transferred the name Of the empress
Engenie from the pages Of romance,
where, ornamented by W~interhaltsr q
manned, TO tho pages Of history. To
tthe lover OF romance, the portrait, with
the bright complexion. the shining hair
and beautiful shoulders will call nm
the memory Of a day when "A lovely
Spanish woman not Of royal blood could
be raised to a throne by the within OF
Napoleon, Perhaps IL queens did not
nave TO be judged on so severe IA scale,
me woman who was accused OF de-
morallzlng two generations Of woman
mood by the fashion she set for wild
extravaganza In dress, who worked for
such a great political and religious
part. the part OF %patroness and protect.
ress Of the papacy, and who ended her
years in pathetic dignity deeply devoted
to the memory Of her husband and her
son, might attain her highest interest,
Fear OF her sons crown drew Eu-
genie into politics. But as a politician
she was a failure, She had an oppor-
tunity TO WELD a strong influence, the
failing health Of Napoleon gave her
more and more power-but she inyar-
iahly found herself on the wrong side,
The Mexican expedition OF Macmillan
was recommended by her. In 1870 II
was. sEuinst the advice OF her hug
hand that she fen into the tran set
by Bismarck and sent u~nprcpared
French troops to a certain defeat. Yet
despite errors and faults. which cost
France floods OF blood she showed her
sell worthy OF the rank to which the
caprice or Napoleon raised her" is the
verdict OF one Of her generals, And
Bismarck adds, Truly an extraordinary
woman, and not only ou%twardly"
In the thru year of her exile Eu-
genie buried her husband nnd four
years later her son was killed in tho
Zulu war In South Africa, The bodies