THE LEOPARD'S SPOTS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 428, 6 August 1915, Page 2

THE LEOPARD'S SPOTS.

SIR ROBERT PEET, ON THE GERMANS. London. Jttiie 22. The leopard does not chamre his spots, nor the Ethmpean his skin, ami. according Io a recently discovered letter of the great Sir Robert Peel, the German w;tr methods of to-day are merely an accentuated form of the Huiiiiism common I<> the l mops I hat fought umlcr Blm-he,'. Mr. Uharles J. Phillips, who is coinpiling a certain iamily history, round among tm' documents submitted to him an unpublished letter of Sir Robert Peel, when Secretary of the Irish Office, to Lord AVliitvvoftli. at that time Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Some three weeks after the battle of AYaterloo. Sir Robert- Peel with two other - members of Parlianiriif. went over to Paris to see the. .Allies march in. and the following extract is from a, letter dated Paris. July 15th, l«) 5: - ‘ Dear Eord W hit worth, As 1 owe mv trip to Paris in great measure to the kindness and readiness with which you dispensed with mv services in Ireland, it is but just that 1 should give vtni some account of my proceedings. Croker, I'itzgerahl and mys< If left town <>tt Saturday morning List, the .sth inst. Paris is surrounded by the troops ot the Allies, ami nothing could be more interesting than Ihe present situation of it. The streets tire crowded with officers and soldiers of all nations. The Emtlish are great favourites, the Prussians held in the greatest, detestation : if they had entered Paris alone, or if the crowned heads had delayed their entry, they (the Prussians) would probably 'nave pillaged Paris: they haie taken some pictures from the Louvre. . . . Tiny have demanded the payment of liMt.txxi.ooo of francs front the ®'itv. and at this mometii there are Prussian Guards in the house of Peugaux and some of Ihe other principal hankers, who are held as a sort of hostage for tne jiayment of (lie contribution. ”\A’e drove to-day to the Depot d’ Artillerie. We were told by the sentry that we were welcome to see the Salon but. that the Prussians had. removed everything that it contained - the sword of Joan of Arc. the knife of R.av aiilae. Tureiute’s sword. I mn sorry for this, not on account of tin- inertiffi at ion which it will inflict on the French vanity’, bill because I fear (lie return of the. King will bo less popular than it would have been, if lie could have pi carved entire, at hast these national monuments and relies, which ate exclusivelv French.

'We paid a visit to Denoti tie other day. He bad some .Prussians quartered upon him. and was very loud in exclamations against co bete fcroce, as lie called Blucher

- And believe me to remain, dear Lord Whitworth, yours most truly.— Robert Peel."