THE EMPEROR FREDERICKS DIARY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1816, 15 November 1888, Page 4

THE EMPEROR FREDERICKS DIARY.

We continue our extracts from the Emperor Frederick's diary : - TH.K INTERVIEW WITH THE FRENCH EMPEROR. This is how tho Grown Prince describes the interview between the King and the French Emperor afier the surrender of the latter :—“ The King began by saying that he had come to ask the Emperor his inteslioos now that the chances of war had turned against him, and that he had given up Lis (the Emperor’s) sword. Napoleon put his future entirely into the King's hands, who replied that he was sincerely sorry to see bis opponent in 1 such a predicament, especially as he knew that the Emperor had not lightly resolved to commence the, war. Napoleon was evidently pleased with the remark, aud assured the King with warmth that be had only given in to public opinion whan he had resolved on going to war, whereupon the King replied, ‘ But the fad that pubfle opinion went in that direction is due to those whom you have made your councillors.’ Referring to the immediate object of tho visit, the King asked Napoleon whether he was thinking of proposing any treaties, the Emperor answering that as a prisoner he could exert no influence in the Government. To the question where the Government was, he answered l at Paris,’ * * * The conversation lasted some quarter of an hour, and when the two came oat of the room the King’s high, noble figure stood out in wonderful contrast to the Emperor’s short, thickset frame. As the latter caught sight of me he stretched out one hind, while with the other ho dried the heavy tears which rolled down hia cheeks.” THE IRONY OF THE APPEALS TO HEAVEN. On Dec. 25th the following is the only entry;—“lt is really an irony on the message of goodwill that each party calls to God to aid its righteous cause, and that at every success we are inclined to prove that. Heaven was against our opponent.” The first entry in 1871 begins thus:— “ Jan, 1. The Kang received rue seriously and kindly, with the wish that I might bo spared to see the peaceful fruit of the present work. He could not imagine that German unity would be constant, since few of the princes were determined to act as would be desirable, I asked Delbriick how he would name the N avy, the Customs, the Postal and Telegraph Departments. ‘lmperial.’ And the Army? ‘ Weil, that is a ticklish tiling.' Whereupon I congratulated him on the artistically finished chaos.” “Jan-18.—The work for myself and my wife has now become doubly difficult ; but I welcome it doubly, for I do not recoil from any difficulty, and I feel that I do not lack courage to undertake the work fearlessly and perseveringly ; and, finally, I am convinced it has not been in vain that between the age of thirty and forty I have been repeatedly called upon to form cbe most important resolutions, and to carry them out, looking into the face of dangers connected with them.”

NAPOLEON PROPOSES ’VAR AGAINSP ENGLAND. The last entry before his return to Germany is dated from Ferridres, “Mutch B.—Calm. I walk about with Stoscb, Rothschild has accumulated objects of art without any system. Granville, Triquetti, and Hyacinths do justice to my character in their letter, apart from military things, in which the moment must decide. With regard to moral earnestness and political conviction, they can only be the result of inward maturity and inward struggles, which must be continned daily, and for which oneself is only responsible. And when I see that my endeavors to help the oppressed are acknowledged by Germany and by her neighbors, and that people are gaining confidence in my fnture, I am quite happy. Napoleon quietly seeking a mpprochement with us; moderations bt the peace conditions on promise of a common war against England.”