The New York herald., 1867-04-12
THE WAR POWER OF FRANCE.

Tho Duo d'Aumalc ON French Military Insti.
tutions-Nnp0Icon's Position. Prospects and
Duties skctched by an Ex-Royni Review
from the London Times. March 20
Ls lnsitwtons Aiiitaires de Ia France A. Laugel
tho Duo d'AumaleL Erfrdn de Ia Reuue des Dess
xonde HvroisoH da 1er Mars 1851. Paris: J. Claye,
In the Princes Of the house Of Orleans the imperial
government Of France h likely 70 nd generous no
less than more vmidabk compctitors for public favor
than II that :, scion Of The elder branch who
whether he clause Of the new Aw the press which
fosbids French editors from inserting articles conribu-
hors bus TO forbid free circuation in France 70 such
writings - the pamphlet now before us would be no
% Ss S y o. - the ruler % w
OF the military institutions Of France a moment In
which bill for their reorganization s laid before tho
and Importance and the Emperor Napoleon has reason
70 thank the Prince for having condensed % vaa SUBJ
fno.sdss and sdnss sody Sa ALSO sa With $
ness and uprghtncss Of Judgment excluding any susp
sIsm al issus e sosstser Fancs e or Il not sasy
armed The Due dAumae believes that France Ii not
% utterly destitute Of military institutions as Il
All that h required preservation or 4 restoration or
their compactncss and efficiency and any change is
contemplated II should aim at giving thcm strong ma.
tonal development and grounding them truly liberal
Of Germany Is accomplished and ne waole French ma.
ton Is made 10 shars the "paag rA chich according
to Rouher, the inpeal government rceired pe ndn0s
Of nc catasraphs Of Sadosru Germany is one-so far
as France, so far all the res. or the world Is con-
cerned. Why the welfare OF neighboriug nation
should be looked upon as a calamity by the French,
we may profess ourselves at loss to perceive; but
what may be clearly Is that either France must
put up with the alleged evil as past cure that she
must set TO work for an immediate remedy or finally,
that she must prepare to grappe with It at future
opportunity. She may mako friends with Prussia, she
several years In adding 10 those forces which sho now
seems 70 consider Inadequate TO the task.
ssnsesss m as may appear to US the notion that the
stature OF France visbly gains ground n that country
contingency in which the Minister OF State thought Il
became necessity TO "draw tho swordn As, however,
Germany certainly hdrbovs no hostile designs Is eriden
taaf ts choice q gropg tne for declarason Of hrs
rcckoncd the odds Of the conflict not to bc aware OF s
magnitude or TO apprchend It's certain ISSUE The rca-
tive position OF the two great military Powers has not
materially changed since Nkosburg, or, at any rate
the change has not been to the advantage OF France
whatever the real mind OF the Emperor NAV be on
divert his peoples thoughts from a present out.
break cy M grosssd prspayaors for future Aossiitie
all his transactions is apt TO make sufficient allowances
for the work Of time Before tho year 1874 he probably
calculates the irritation Of the French against The Prus
slams win have had leisure to COOL and the sword ,phiA
4 nov beng shapened againG them may eventually b
But tho question raised by the Due dAumae,s pampb.
lot seems to be whether either the present or any other
bill for the reorganization Of the French army could TO
any considerable extent increase the actual forces OF the
empire The imperial measure. according 70 him. runs
counter 70 all national prccedent threatens TO undo
in France the work OF several generations The Land
wehr system brings Europe back TO the practices OF med
@va service. II Identifies tho soldier with the citizen
while all the efforts OF modern science long tended to
make the ART Of trade apart and 10 concentrate
nations strength In standing nrmy, altogether alb
stracied from the society from which springs and
welded equally at is leaders discretion for s defensive
or offensive purposes In the middle ages Europe had
no armies but simply EARNED nationsn Every man
VINO nad horse was bound 10 mount him and attend his
chie summons with many reaincrs as he could
uve 70 muster Every man born soldier, trained
70 such use Of the rude nature OF primitive war.
are rendered necessary. An 'armed nation,n however
nen as now possessed no real strength for offensive
poses-ss Toast not any permanent strength IL came
togs'her AZ moments notice. but u also went asunder
without aEy notice whatever. Even all the genius OF
Henry w. faleo 70 give the OF the French army
anything like stability A. Nay lelo, taat king had a..