Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-07


dreds Of mouidy documents In the &c
cret archives of Austria. all of them tell
ing of "A worlds history there is still iy-
ing n letter sent by Napoleon TO Emperor
Franz III. who WAS emperor of Austria
and King of Hungary and Eoheinla
when Il was written in Marengo, juno
fs00.' In IL the First Consul says, 1T
is our sacred duty to secure for our re-
spective peoples a peaceful and pros
porous future. If the generations to
come will be foolish enough TO resort
To the madness of war. why. just let
them do 30. We shall not be respon-
sble for their deeds" and also adds.
II should think we have had enough
experience 10 know the futiiity of any
war;
Napoleon admitted that he was
child of war and becauac of that
was generally credited with making
war for ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
He hoped. he explained. tn show such
n charge was nonsense and In MS
argument with Franz II WAS to secure
an international peace tn show how
grossly he had been miarepresented.
This letter was copied by me through
permission granted by the late I'm
peror Franz Joseph. n courtesy otiy
granted cabinet ministers as n tuie'
some years ago. Following the court
procedure at stated interval was
taken TO the inner room of the secret
archives by the Imperial Councillor ana
left to my work with two members OF
the emperora life guard In attendance
So much Ia there I'm the letter which ~
prophetic that / am giving the fun
text Of tho letter II reads as follows.
"BoNAPARTE
First Consul
90 His Majesty Franz II.
Emperor of Austria. King Of Hungary
and Bohemin. Etc.
Military Headquarters, Marengo
"a Of Prairlal. Will
fIune 10. 1s00l.
Il am taking the liberty of notify
ing Your Ma iesty through this letter
that the French nation IL willing 70
end the war.
Il tried TO win your ma iesty'a heart
for peace before the outbreak Of hos
tiiitias and England alone should be
blamed for tho failure Of my endaavor
Many thousands If our respective peo-
Piles have lost their lives on tho field
tti HDIHf anu II - H4NfRhftsA4 AtaAt - -
not entirely impossible. 20 find RENE
dies for the pact sad events, Thousands
of widows and orphans are mourning
the iosa Of their loved ones. aud with "a
sincere emotion OF my very soul ! inn
plore you 70 stop the dangers men
acing the whole of Europe.
Right upon the very site Of the glori-
Qua triumphH of my troops and sur
rounded by fifteen thousand corpses
beg your majesty 60 iisten tn the scream
If humanity. imploring you not TO allow
that stlll more corpEes Of the brave Sons
of two nations. the Austrian and the
French. ehould he piled UP for tho
bcncnt Of "a third party.
Here, in the very midrt Of the bloody
evonta. deeply touched by the rad sight
within arms length 70 Thousands Of
dead heroes. my feelings aro more IN
tense than yours who are far away from
this dreary place.
Your soldiers. even though defeated
arc already overloaded with laurels of
their valor and you have gained more
than YOU ever could have dreamed and
therefore, ] am at = loss TO understand
why those about you Will not come 70
their senses. | dare say boldly they are
misleading you with their foolish ad-
vices.
OR are your advisers perhaps led by
the idea that this war Is being waged
ia defence of the Church, Well then
why do they not advise you TO night
England. Russia or even Prussia who
are much more 'faithless than France
Perhaps your councillors do not be-
lieve IN an electoral government not
knowing of anything outside of an
hereditary monarchy. Why. you ought
TO tell them that your very empire grew
upon the foundations of an electoral
government and you surely realize and
feel how sad a place this world would
be if the peoples minds were TO be
oppressed. As for the French nation
she no doubt has full right to choose
such form of government as she deems
the most appropriate and best. If our
Republic is Il thorn in your advisers
eyes why do they not try TO suggest 10
the United States Of North America to
disband their congress and install a
monarch?
cor are you obsessed with the dream
Of the union of all German peoples2 Il
so, why did you then surrender Mainz.
which could have been great service to
you. Your Majesty should bear in mind
and to secure the integrity of your pres
ent empire is to restore peace. and this
at once and by all means.