CAPE MAY

HERALD.

THURSDAY, TUNE 13, 1907.

♦ * | Friedland and Napoleon.! : l • STRIKING RESULTS OF A BATTLE FOUGHT ONE $ HUNDRED YEARS AGO. ?

I Very Ordinary Combat, but Decisive In a Political Sente. I ♦ Drama ot the World's Events Not Essentially Varied by ♦ ? French Emperor's Victory—Significance of the t • Famous Treaty of Tilsit. $

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ibe Uunxlan liattcrie*. *1111 In paaltlon on the cant bank of tbe Alle, asalnat Oudlnot'i. line. 8ui>im«Iiis that be could rnirb tlie Freueh under lamnea. General IleunlKo-n rr.waed nearly tbe »bole of his army to the west bank, uslns tbe alncle bride and two pontoon brtdirc* which lie bad In his outrti.

Sweeping French Victory.

Launes bad but 10.000 men and. like | tbe vigorous Heynalda at t.ettyaburs. 1 put Up tbe laait Bj--bt he could and sent .'•urler nfier .-ourler to summon Napo-

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jot. of Lannes' atuff ha» y of tbe whole affair. Marw met Napoleon some mller

fousbt for hla own fortunes In all of | a way. and "he was b.-amiti'!." As h«

these battles- And really the pollt-j rM j e a Ion-: tin- co leu I bssnes Involved In tbe Friedland j cheered, and he ropeule-lly

rk-tory were fousbt over asaln In 1813. I them. To.b.y Is :i Imky day: It la thand tbe victory of 1907 reversed at anniversary »f Maren-o" When Xa Felpslc. the "tiattle of the Nations.” pji.,,., t „i up with tbe reserves. It I. Tbe nations which fousbt Napoleon at g,|,i that be bad 7'MSW on the O.-ld Leliadc In 1813 were prayluc for bis a.-aln-l Kusslaua. Tbe ball]' defeat la 1807. but only Uussla bad T . ,„ coin: a~r.*n*t tbe French when an army In tbe field at that date to > .ipnbs i.'s . hlef of anlllerj'. Genera French. Tlie czar and bis political 1 T,.p and the hero of tbe day. masse.'

BATTLE OF FRIEDLAND.

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use Napoleon as be scow in 1812. smash

J drive him back eastward

Happiest Moment of His Life. Tlie author of "Decisive Battles of tbe World” defines as decisive "those few of which a contrary event would have varied tbe drama of tbe world In all its subsequent scenes.'' Apply!u* this definition to Friedland we | most limit the view to the Immediate field of Napoleon's adventures. It marked the culmination of his career as n isditUal adventurer. lie said himself that that was one of the happiest moment* of hi* life, "perhaps tbe happlert.” It made him the create*! Brure In all Europe for tbe time- But a contrary event, tbe defeat of Napoleon at Friedland. would not -have varied Ibe drsyna of the world In alt lt» sobsequent scenes.” It would have accelerated the dowufoll which came at J.elp*lc to be clinched at Waterloo. Had Napoleon lost Friedland there would probably have been no war of the 8panlsb peninsula, 19ti8-1813; no divorce of tbe Empress Josephine, at least as It was brouRbt about two year* later; no Austrian empress on the throne of France In 1810; no Moscow disaster In 1812; no "Rreal coalition” of the powers aealnst tbe Corsican in 1813; hence no Ella, no Waterloo. no Bt Helena, possibly England. freed of tbe menace of Napoleon tbe mighty hanging on her flanks, won Id have sent an army to America In 1812 to n-rerae the verdicts of Saratoga and Torictown in some battle on the < anadlan larder or tbe middle Atlantic coast- Feasibly too Napoleon, If defeated at Friedland. would have tried to take revenge out of England by direct attack, and thus compelled her to let America alone In 1812.

Very Ordinary Battle.

No. tbe drama of tbe world «* we look at It a.bundred years from Friedland was not essentially varied by Napoleon's victory of June 14. 1807. He used his new power to turn Europe upald? down for a few years, hastening hi* own end. after which things resnm.-d their normal course a* though Friedland had never happened. The battle, as before stated, was very ordinary . At tbe oboe of 180(1 Napoleon had oremn the kingdom of missis, seizing Berlin, and passed the winter In Poland- The Prussian king bad no army and bis ally, Alexander I. of Russia. sent a force of lOU.UhO men Into Poland .agehist IN- French Invader. An ludedaive buttle was fought at Eylan In April. 1807. and In June Napoloon took tbe Held for the purpose of attacking the RmaUu base of snpplles at Kornlgshcni on tbe Baltic roost. Tbe Russian'. lad by General Bennlgsrn. were encumpad east of tbe liver Alle. an<l Napoleon was on tbs west side of that stream. A race was begun for Koenig*! erg. and Napoleon

thirty guns :u play upon tbe Russlac guos across tbe liver. At tbe same Un:c the French Infantry charged to ward the bridees and piled the bayonet cp»n tbe dona- ranks gathered around the bridge heads. Bcnarmont next turned hi* runs upon the bridges, and tbe long June day dosed with 20.000 to 2T-.000 Russian* hors du combat while the French, so Marhot declares.

lost b

7.000.

A Meeting of Monarchs. Meanwhile A e .oiuler had remained witli ii a fev Tillies ..f tbe battlefield but with the river Xleraen flowing between him ami the French. When be saw hi* own defeated soldiers hurry Ing across the Xlemen with Marshal Murat's cavalry at their heels, be asked for an armistice. Napoleon marched the victors of Friedland to the Nlent 171*11 and encamped on tbe of the river opimslte tbe Russian >*. On n raft in tbe middle of the , In full view of both armies, and Napoleon me* on tbe 27ith of June, and iwo days later tbe haplei King Frederick of ITusala. who was Alexander’* guest and protege, present at an Interview on the scene. Napoleon and the ciar ha braced after the manner of monarchs at the first meeting, but Mnrbot say* that Napoleon received Frederick “politely. but coldly." Frederick through the chances of war had lost all tbe vast domain of Frederick tbe Great except a few villages, and Marhot obaerves that Napoleon's coldness at the first meeting was doe to the fact be was planning to permanently fiscale a large part of the Prussian

realm.

Tbe Interviews between tl.e monarch* were prolonged over twenty Says and ended In tbe famon* treaty »f TUsIt At Napoleon's invitation Queen Louisa of Prussia come to TUsIt. Baron Marhot says: Invited her to dinner, which she accepted. doubtless much against the grain. Napoleon and the queen of Prussia hated each other cordially, fine had Insulted him In many proclamation*, and he had glean It back In hla bulbil no. Yet their Interview ohowed no traces ot thotr mutual hatred. Napoleon was reap art fid attentive, the queen gracious and dlspi to captivate her former enemy. Tbe figure cut by Louisa's royal spouse at Ibis time was most pitiful. In the "Memoirs of XopoUati," by the Dudjcas D'Abrante*. we read: Tbe ktag of PrueeU

king, following Me conqueror with eye of apprehension, fearing to walking always behind the other ti . . eratgns. and thus by ble own act placing hlmfl^ln^ a subordinate rank, must ak Ttac duchess was tbe wife of Juuot, •oe of Napoleon's generals, and recount* tbe story of Tltslt aa gli

Long before Friedland and Tllalt Nt■oleou bad declared that be would deFrederick of Prussia. At 8L

nipbetg la «• tba mast aMe of tk* Where I esred most fatally *rma ai Di-

I ought to have dethroned I he king sure Aleaander would not hare op pored It providing I bed not lekrn the king’s dominions for myself. I might have declared that the house of Hohcnsollarn had leased to reign. He added that be would have done so bud I hero been a scion of the branch of Frederick tbe Great at band. Apropo« of tbe despoilslloS of Prussia, sanctioned by tbe treaty ot Ttlslt the Duclios* D'Abrnute* quotes an Interg morsel from tbe Ups of Alexander. whom she met In Paris In 1814. Bald the rear: our meetlns at Tilsit I stepped upon -aft quite determined to sustain tnr dignity In my deportment toward the man whose treatment of the king of Prussia was. In my opinion, violently onjost1 Inunded to do much for my unfortunate friend (Frederick) and much ala* for, my own people. Put scarcely had 1 seen Napoleon before I was overcome. A bis. neither tbe oxer's sympathy nor Ibe brentlfbi queen's graelousnes* availed to aave the Frusslnu realm from the grewl of Napoleon. But what the sword took from Ixmlsa and Frederick In 1HU7 tbe sword gave back In 1814. when the alllee deposed Xa|>o!fou from his throne In Parts. Among the troops that marched Into Paris at that time was a soa of King Frederick and Queen Louloa. a youth of seventeen, who won the Iron Cross for valor. Again In 1870 that boy. grown to be a gray haired king, entered Faria at the bi-nd of a conquering army, dethroning Napoleon's nephew. Napoleon lit., and was crowned William I., emperor of Germany, at Versailles. So the humiliation at Tllalt A Frank Reminiscence. It ha* been raid that at Ttlslt the czar and Napoleon divided tbe mastery of Europe between themselves. Napoleon seems to have been overjoyed at the friendly alliance he made With tbe czar. He wrote at the time to Us brother Joseph. “We lived aa Intimate friends.” This la not the language of boaster, but of a mao promoted nnd tends to show that Napoleon felt that be had reached bis goal by an alliance with the Kusslau autocrat. ”! found myself dictating laws, having emperors and king* pay me court" be afterward raid. On the other hand this versatile Corsican sometime* laughed In bis sleeve at tbe "emperor* and king*" be bad hobnobbed wllb at Ttlslt In talk* with Napoleou at St Helena one of tbe chroniclers records this frank rami

' Prussia. 1 was Ihe moat Ignoron i military affaire. These It

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Three treaties resulted from Friedland—one between France and Russia, published st tbe time; one between France and Prussia, also mad# public, and a third, long kept secret, between Russia and France. This laat was practically an offensive and defensive alliance of tbe two powers against England. Austria nnd Turkey. A remnant of his realm was left to tbe Pruaklng out of regard for tbe wishes .lexnnder. Napoleon was blamed by the liberals of Europa for not rolonstl luting tbe kingdom of Poland. Instead of that be created tbe grand duchy of Warsaw In favor of bis old ally, (be king of Saxony, whose predecessors had reigned In Poland- At home be was blamed for not crossing the Xlemen after Friedland and pushing bis conquest farther east; also for putting too much trust In Alexander, who later turned upon him. He was also blamed for leaving Prussia either strong or too weak. Prussia strong and allied with France wonld hare tieeu a buffer between France and Uussla: weak. Prussia would never have troubled France again for a century. Echoing tbe trend of criticism In European capitals at tbs time of Napoleon's fall. Baron Meneval, long close to Napoleon, rays In hla memoirs. "U peeded tbe disaster st Moscow (18121 pod Lelpslc (18131 to overthrow the beautiful monument to N'apoleon’i glory." created by tbe victory at Frlrl land In 1907.

TRICKS IN ARITHMETIC.

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If yon were asked to subtract 45 from 45 tnd have 45 aa a remainder, you would be likely to ray that the proiKMltlon la either a “catch" or ImiKiulblllty. But here It Is. set down In plain figures, and you will find that It Is neither one nor tbe other: IS76S4SZ1 lSS4*ftS(

digits from left to right and you will see that each Hue makes 45. and you will find that the remainder—tbs third

Another little exercise is to set down the following fifteen figures and then see If yon can use six of them In such a way aa to make a total of 21:

One way of doing It Is to take tbe two 7’a. one 5 and one L which four figures, footing up 20. and than to use two other figures as a fraction to

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merty of tbe Ninth United Btati airy, height six (set five toctn

got a job on tbe New Tost Ore (hpart-

meut force. The ladder trust as* to It fkat tbe army of fire

NEW IDEAS ABOUND

Many novelties seen in the • EASON'S MOOES. Ona-Place Frock In Black and Whits Striped Silk as an Example— Changeable Effect* Shown In Pong***. Even though the season Is well advanced there Is a multitude of Ideas be found In the mode* as they are studied from day to day. Nothing Is l fashionable than tbe princess or one-piece (rock: one sees many novelties along this line. A delicious modal In black and white striped silk Is a worthy example of this atyle. It It simply arranged on the bodice with fichu of white chiffon, baring a vest of fine white lace and short pretty sleeves, while on ihe hem of the skirt Is a Greek key carried out In a plait le striped silk. Owing to the reentry ot tbe small waist, tight-fitting princess gown*, calculated to set off to advantage all the curves of the figure In the region of tbe waist, are features of reception frocka for both afternoon and evening wear. Tbe striped silks which fulfill so many fashionable demands do Ibelr share of service In tbe field of dressy as well as of practical toilettes, look Ing quite aa charming swathed In furbelows and frills as with simple trim nlngs of aelf-sUtchlng« or applications jf fancy silk braids. Among the new pongees the change ible effects are strikingly beautlfu' The surface of the goods Is high!' nercerised and tbe Interwoven Univorked In so skilfully that they seer, ilmost like veilings of chiffon. Ont f the pongees In apple green, mlxe vlth golden brown. Is made »ltfa : aaclnaling little coat cut low an ■quare In tbe neck and delicately ctr ■roldered on tbe fronts and bsc >1th fine gold braid, with green sj irown silk. The sleeves are flnlsbr try smart!) at the elbows wlti and* of pale green moire, and abnv be neck of tbe coat peeps a band i Imllar moire that vanishes, apparen y. beneath the coat fronts and the eappeara. a# If threaded throuc hem, the mitered end* having frtng f green and brown. The skirt Is pla* (bout the hips and finished at tu< bottom with folds of brown. FROCK FOR LITTLE GIRL-

Little girl's frock of navy blue atBoth blouse sod skirt are plaited isd trimmed with edges of white aliaca strapped with the blue. Tbe blouse Is trimmed around the neck with filet lace, which also forms Gie cuffs. The gimp and under cuffs ire of the white alpaca, trimmed with bands of the blue. The belt la of white patent leather.

Th* Fashionable Apron. Every woman who wishes to do quite the up-to-date thing must be very particular nowadays to put on her apron whan the *it# down t9 WW Of helps with tbe church fair or has a chafing-dish supper. Tbe apron la vary fashionable again, and nearly every woman received at least one for Christmas gift If she didn't she should set out forthwith to make herJf on*. A very attractive apron for sewing, made of fine white lawn, had a pocket 1 along tha bottom of th* front, with central piece extending up the front i the belt The central piece kept the pocket from sagging, which It would have done when work was put Inside oML U it were not for this support. Another moat attractive apron aotieod at a French shop was In prin--era effect, the apron being tucked lows the front from below tho bust line to the hips. This apron was. of course, In one piece. It was mad* «ult* long, and bad suspenders over the shoulders. It was n i the figure.

•nlrt Waist Hint

In-making a simple shirt waist, with a kimono sleeve attached, try making tbe silk underneath take the place ot a lining. The silk of a waist that la buttoned behind, for Instance, la made aa usual, unfitted except on the shoulders, and the usual sleeve put In. Tbe kimono sleeve la then set around on the silk, attaching It under the arm and using the waist itself for It* foundation. This la easier and simpler than cutting the goods out under here and using a separate lining. or half lining to attach the sleeve to. Tbe strip which lonn* tho kimono should be held In narrower at

itom to ease the arm.

-Earth ef Egypt" the Newest Color. Without question, th* leading color at tha toot Is earth of Kgypt. a sort of delicate hearthstone tint, which is really lovely In marquisette voile and flhalong, says tha Bystander. For the two first-named fabrics severe] aotahta modiste* are providing wlda '•**- of a*ltable harmony.

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