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is titles prince of Erivan and Prince oil war
saw are grossly deceptive. The fall OF warsaw
was consequent on political occurrences, ana the
military part of the business could have been easily
performed by any man with talent sumelent 10
make decent corporal As TO the affair OF Erivan,
il was of about as much importance as would be the
capture of hiIl-fort in India by the British An
EnsIishman would blush at being rewarded for such
services as confer titles of honor % and great emo
luments on Russian feld-marshals. Paskevltch IS
upwards Of seventy years old Should the com
mand of the Austro-Russian army be conferred
upon him, we shall probably see great dissenslons
break out between the soldiers of the two powers.
As general rule, the Austrian officers are adler
men than those of Russia, and are not likely to
submit to the arrogance of the latter The cam
pagn Of 1893, though marked by astonishing VIC
tories on the part of the allies, more fruitful oil
iealouses than of any thing else. Suvaroh won
great victories, of which he could make no use
The insults of Korsakoff to the Archduke Charles,
the best general in Europe, after Napoleon were OF
the foulest character, and show how hue depehu-
ence can be placed on the consideration OF arrogant
allies.
Of the other Russian superior officers, there is
not one of abilities greater than those OF Paskevltch
There vet survive several of the men VINO had pro-
mnent places in the Russian armies from 1917 10
1916, but they are very DID, and the best OF their
work has been long finished. II may be remarked
effecting the downfall Of Napoleon, she never con-
trbued so much us one really able officer to the
cause of the alliance and the best Of her ofhcers
| none of whom ever rose above medocrlty were OF
| foreign birth. Even Kuusoff formed no exception
| to this remark, as he was not only the production
of previous period, but he never showed any SCI
enti6c ability. With the exception OF Suvaroff,
| Russia has never produced great commander.
| Many of her officers are foreigners-a fact which
causes great deal of jealousy among the native
born officers and soldiers. The consideration of
the character of the Russian officers is point by
no means devoid of importance. The Russian
soldier is the most unreliable of all animals, and
more dependant upon his leader than the soldier of
any other country. He viii fight hard, and ma
neuvre respectfully, if his commander be brave
man and scientific officer; but he is good for
| nothing if left even for moment to his own re-
! sources He has Of that intelligence which
abounds in the armies of France and which did as
much toward winning victories as was effected by
the genius of Napoleon Ignorant, bady-clothed,
and worse-fed, slaves, and actuated by all the vices
of servy, with bad physique and worse spirit,
the Russian soldii RS are little TO be feared as any
| military characters in Europe. The Hungarans
could defeat them easily were it not that, IN addi-
ton to the Russian invading force, they must en-
counter some one hundred thousand Austrans
and were it not that the conduct of France is such
as to exercise bad effect the spirit of the libe-
ralsts of every country in the world.