The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-24 00:00:00

MAESHAL DAZAINE AND TnE minium

ills said that Marshal &nine and the &taperer Napokon,
ever since the Mexican catastrophe, were on bad terms
Napole entlowoorsl to them the blame of the failure of
his scheme in ite Ns w World cit II • z "na, who, when he
egorid that to wsdi to he ma le the Et:, pegoat ci Imperial
blunders, sat alooit to jostify himself ty gtvin,g pubtkey to
his correspondence with the French Ennwror
and certain members ot the Imperial° A-creme:lt A Socialist
Repuillean, who Oar& lath In the estiuint!on of all dodges
of Frenchmen, said to roe [the Paris correspondent of the
Daily h' to, trim whom we aro quoting:l at the (fete! de
Ville on the 4th of September: "Trectu tea flue fellow, but
lam Weald that he hes a weakners for his csnseseor and so
Orlesnist twist. We must therefore, cart what it may, get
&melee cut of Metz." " said another Republican
who was present, " COUIrI we tenet him? lie was made
a marshal by the Empire." " And do yen know why?
The Emperor wanted to cons him into bolding his tongue
about the Me:leen campaign. He si„:.c:cded In doing so,
but he never tucceedest In disarming his opposition. So far
from %Sane being a Ronaf artist, it lea fact well known in
tho army that his independent attitude had a very consi-
derable 17 fluetel to emiStr p more than 50,000 soldiers to
vote agalmt the rtbimlte." So far as I can understand,
the Emperor reluctantly appointed !Cantina to command at
Me, z, and then be placad him under the erdets of Ist bee at,
au tuella:o4 which Bazoine melds. If he should succeed.
in bringing up an army to the rescue of Paris ho nosy (and I
think he will) (Relate openly for the Republic. if his
success ebonite ha very great—greater than from ell present
'pre dunces Is to be hoped for—he may slat 'on his own
hook," but I venitire to say Ise will never be a party to a
Bonstyarttst restoratlos.

MUTATE INTEREST AND PERSONAL AUDITION, 0.

"it is pitiable to see how, to these latter oleos private In- I
tants on,' personal ao.litti os have worked for the rota of ,
Poetics 'semolina the Paris I.7•rrennondent of The Tinter). At
the crisis of the lioheugoltern dintsuhy the maj..rity of the
Cabinet wore in favour of peace. Orly tbs. Ministers—
Let ceuf, &igen% and Gramont—formed the war party. Had
the others shown Sires front ant brought tho question to
Ito point of reeiguatlon It le quite possilne the Emperor
might have given way Bat Gilivier and Ids companions irelo
enamoured of office and would not risk their places. Again
alter Waal:antes disaster at WdeGin ths Chatuter of
Deputies, including Its President, had made up its mind
to declare the cbthArace of the dynasty. This was
on the Sit or 10th of August. But Wourth was not
immediateiy followed, as it 'was supposed might be the
case, by other reverses; breathlog time was given; a large
portion e I Die Deputies knew that under any other Govern-
ment there won not the slightest chance of their Wog
, elected, and to they were glad to go back from their-previous
I decision. Had the Emperor been deposed on the 10th of
August inste-al of on Use 4th cf September. how Enormous a
difference it would have made in the position of Prance and
In the probable terms of peace. The mere relief of the army
' from his Irc•mpett nt command-In -chief, and from tbe inter-
meddltog, after he had nominally resiened that command,
which maintained Its Frailly and other 14vourItos In places
, for which they were untitled would have been of Intstimatile
I value."