The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-11 00:00:00

GENERAL CHANGARNIEB.

The intelligence that General Changarnier has
had an interview with the Emperor at Metz, and
that after the interview the veteran soldier appeared
satisfied with the result, may be taken as an
indication that at an early period he will appear on

the battle-field to oppose the Prussians. General
Changarnier was born at Autun in 1793, and is con-
sequently in his 77th year. In 1815 he left St. Cyr
as a sub-lieutenant, and entered one of the compa-
nies of the privileged body-guards of Louis XVIII.
Soon after he joined the 60th Regiment of- the line
in the capacity of lieutenant, and in 1823 won some
distinction in the Spanish campaign. It was in
Africa, however, that he achieved his greatest suc-
cesses, and in 1847 he was made the commander of
a division, the Governor of Algeria at that
time being the Due d'Aumale. After the
flight of Louis Phillippe, and when Cavaignac was
appointed Governor of the Colonies by the Provi-
sional Government, Changarnier was named by M.
de Lamartine as Ambassador to the Court of Berlin,
but he preferred to remain in Paris, and during the
stormy days of April, May, and June, he did good
service to the cause of order. When Cavaignac be-
came chief of the executive he appointed Changarnier
to the chief command of the National Guard. But
his Orleanist tendencies were avowed, and he was
looked upon with suspicion by the Republicans. He
opposed the election of Louis Napoleon as Presi-
dent, and in consequence lost his position as Com-
mander of the Guard. On the morning of the 2nd
of December he was arrested and sent to the prison
of Mazas, and the decree which banished him from
France was passed a few days after. On the pro-
mulgation of the last general amnesty he returned to
his birthplace, and when the present war was de-
clared heat once offered his services to the Emperor.
They were then refused, but the recent defeats of
the French army have brought him to the front

again.

CHARACTER OF COUNT BISMARCK.

The writer of a letter to the Times says that no
Lan in Europe is more misunderstood in England
_ _

than the Prussian Prime Minister. He is supposed
to be deep and designing, and these preconceived
ideas prevent us from taking an impartial view of his
conduct as regards the political complications of the
last few years. Our dislike to Count Bismarck is
due, in a great measure, to the course pur-
sued by Germany, under his direction, with
respect to the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein.
We were animated with zeal for Denmark on
account of the Princess of Wales, whom we had just
welcomed to our shores. If we look at the other
side of the question we shall understand in what

light Count Bismarck, as a patriotic German, viewed
the affair. His policy was to keep Germany for the
Germans, as in the days of Alfred the policy of
England was to keep the country for the English. As
for the so-called duplicity of Bismarck in not dis-
closing the famous projet de Traite it must be
remembered that, had he done so, he would have
plunged Germany in au unprepared state into a war
with France, whose army was in good condition.
The adoption of such a course would have been most
inimical to the interests of his country. Those
who know Count Bismarck intimately know that he
desires to preserve the balance of power in Europe.

THE NEW YORK PRESS ON THE SECRET TREATY.

The American papers are greatly excited at the
appearance of the Secret Treaty between France and
Prussia. The Herald does not regard it as new to
the world of -diplomacy, for the famous Biarritz
meeting between-Napoleon and Bismarck cannot be
forgotten. The intending spoliators are not to be
held less guilty because the compact was a failure.
The question to be considered is how can Europe
trust either of these men ? Bismarck got the better
of Napoleon, but is he the less to be blamed
because he was the more successful? The ex-
citement which has been manifested in the British
Isles reveals a sentiment which is European in its
range. Tile Times thinks that the discovery of a
secret treaty between the European Powers against
the integrity of other Powers -would always be pain-..