Napoleon and King Murat, a biography compiled from hitherto unknown and unpublished documents . ^ guarantee his future as asovereign. While, therefore, he appreciated to the fullthe offer of the Allies to guarantee him in the possessionof Naples, he was bound to insist that their guarantee ^ Napoleon to Cambac^res, Gotha, October 25, 1813. * Minister of War to the Emperor, Paris, November 5. * Conversation between Murat and ( EKK>/?roll/ a fxiiiitiiig; hy Bailly after a hiist taken from life l>y Koland MURATS DEMANDS 269 should be extended to Sicily or to some equivalent to
Napoleon and King Murat, a biography compiled from hitherto unknown and unpublished documents . ^ guarantee his future as asovereign. While, therefore, he appreciated to the fullthe offer of the Allies to guarantee him in the possessionof Naples, he was bound to insist that their guarantee ^ Napoleon to Cambac^res, Gotha, October 25, 1813. * Minister of War to the Emperor, Paris, November 5. * Conversation between Murat and ( EKK>/?roll/ a fxiiiitiiig; hy Bailly after a hiist taken from life l>y Koland MURATS DEMANDS 269 should be extended to Sicily or to some equivalent tothat island, which equivalent in his view w(juld suitablybe found in the Papal States. As soon as this matterhad been cleared up and put in order, the Allied Powerswould find him ready to give them his most active assist-ance, but it was an indispensable preliminary that heshould make sure of the Papal States. There we havea clear statement of the price of his co-operation. Theclaim was formally submitted to Austria and the Alliesimmediately after the 24th October 1813. Having puthis dispatch into cipher, Joachim gave it to Pescara,whose instructions were to seek out Cariati at the h<ad-quarters of the AlHed armies, and to hand it over to himin order that the Neapolitan Ambassador might person-ally place it in the hands of Metternich. As there wassome risk of the document falling into the enemys hands,it was given to
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