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Maximilian in Mexico

EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN

Life Stories for Young People

Maximilian in Mexico

Translated from the German of
J. Kemper

BY
GEORGE P. UPTON
Translator of “Memories,” “Immensee,” etc.

WITH THREE ILLUSTRATIONS

A. C. McCLURG & CO.

CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1911

Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co.

1911
Published September, 1911

THE · PLIMPTON · PRESS
[W·D·O]
NORWOOD · MASS · U·S·A

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Translator’s Preface

The life story of Maximilian First in Mexicois one of the saddest of tragedies. Admittingthat he was in some respects a weaksovereign and incompetent for the task he undertook,the tragedy is none the less sad. The dreadfulfate which overtook the Empress Carlotta only addsto the gloom of the situation, and, if all reports aretrue, serves to emphasize Mexican cruelty andtreachery, for in official circles it is generally believedshe was made insane by a poisonous herb secretlymixed with her drink. Maximilian himself was agentleman in the best sense of the term, gentle,courteous, refined, and scholarly; unfitted for theposition he held, inexperienced in political matters,and ignorant how to contend with guile and treacheryof the basest kind. He was virtually forced toascend the Mexican throne, and consented only whenhe was assured that the Mexican people had enthusiasticallyelected him. Once there, he found himselfthe victim of treacherous plots and deadly hatred.He had but few friends upon whom he could rely,and they were unable to aid him in the hour ofgreatest danger. Louis Napoleon, who was chieflyinstrumental in sending him there, violated hisagreements, withdrew the French troops fromMexico, and abandoned him as a prey to his vindictiveenemies, at whose hands he died like a gentlemanand a hero, leaving the Empress to sufferthe tortures of living death in a European asylum.History recalls few sadder tragedies than the onecontained in the story of Maximilian’s three yearsin Mexico.

G. P. U.

Chicago, May, 1911

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Contents

Chapter Page
I Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian 11
II The Mexican Empire 15
III Arrival of the Emperor in Mexico 24
IV Maximilian’s First Measures 28
V ...

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