A NOTE ON NAPOLEONIC HISTORY.
' Sir Horance 'Rumbold, aji aWoclio In Patin on the evs of the outbreak of war elsewhere (writes Mr, Henry W. Luoy in the Sydney Morning Herald), adds some interesting particukra of an ep{^ iwde that' tlii'ow«,,a nw, light on ' a, gloomy page of hintory." He eaya the matter of tas form of addressing the ney Emp'eroi was ooniMeifed i» consultation between the Tsar, the King of PrusMtt, an.d the Emperor of Austria, The two lftttei? suggested that the Utter should begin and end with ' the' word "Sire." . Qwen Victoria, < befog tfrawn into the ,<3tootw»lofl, it appeared tihab> tho ' common sense predominate in Windsor Caatlft, wa* ifldteposed t6 make s, mountain out of this molehill. Sinee 1 they must accept the inevitable and recognise Napoleon's position, ratified as It w«« by, an overwhelming majority at * natiofiftl poll, it would, the Queen urged, be just as well to' follow the usual custom and adopt the consecrated formula. The Tsar accordingly abandoned the bruiqufl "Sire," but could not bring him*-wlf-to call the usurper hit brother. 'Your- Majesty my friend," he wrote. Within the space of two years he paid deariyj for the imperious prejudice,
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Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 47, 24 February 1906, Page 15
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196A NOTE ON NAPOLEONIC HISTORY. Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 47, 24 February 1906, Page 15
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