. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . of peace, was receiycd byNa])oleon with a flood of complaints and threats; peremfjtorily, the em-peror demanded the prompt payment of the contribution. Wherefore,said he, 40,000 men? A guard of 6000 would be sufficient. Incase Prussia should not be able to i)ay in money, he hinted at a cessionof territory in Silesia, although knowing right well that this \vas a burn-ing coal, which he would not yenture to take firmly in his liand. lbdesired only to see how nnieli could be obtained by menace, Avithout adi
. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . of peace, was receiycd byNa])oleon with a flood of complaints and threats; peremfjtorily, the em-peror demanded the prompt payment of the contribution. Wherefore,said he, 40,000 men? A guard of 6000 would be sufficient. Incase Prussia should not be able to i)ay in money, he hinted at a cessionof territory in Silesia, although knowing right well that this \vas a burn-ing coal, which he would not yenture to take firmly in his liand. lbdesired only to see how nnieli could be obtained by menace, Avithout adirect deniand, whicli would have violated the Peace of Tilsit, andbrought on a war with Russia sooner than he wished. All was done toappease the angry man : resumption of the payments, the re|)lacing of theunacceptable ambassador Irockliausen by Krusemark, the withdrawalof Scharnhorst from the war ministry, the dissolution of tiic Tugend-bund (]). 9;^>) on December 31, even the transfer of the royal residenceto Berlin on December 23 (Plate VIL). Still, nothing seemed left PLATE The return of Frederick William III. lo Berlin oa December 23, 160y, eiuiancf tiiAfter au eugmviug (Ifillj liy K- W [Jollingtr; original drawing L. Wull U7J-1832),Biaivryo/ Alt .\aliinw, Vol. ;44. HARliESBERG. 145
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