The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-09

CITAVcAIlNIBR INTERVIEWED.

Fub ils9Al tfl1iF''s- s4s n4'a 'aa' IN 10y
what aeTaS'to Say About Marshal
lBIZaihg aud the Surrender d
" BTetEsr11 H DHn 5l5H zJ'i4g +" li!tti
New YoRK, Nov. ~
A RsruI special from Brussels q "A the
9th relates a conversation with General
Changarnier. The General declared that
Bazaine was not guilty Of treachGry n'the
surrender at Metz. He was incompetent
to commando largo army. Numbers be-
wiIdercd him. Hecould notmove mon
could not operate forces. He had no
Judgment, no foresight; he waS also O
selfish man, all for self and personal glory,
and not his cOuntry'S honor Bazaine
thought all the time peace would betpro.
claimed soon; that Paris would never hold
ont; that the war would fall fiat, and that
his military reputation would not be i'm
paired. He hoped to march out Of Metz
at the head Of 10000 men, the cream Of
the French army, and make the public
believe him aiher0.R Alter Bazaine was
driven into Metz on the 10th Of August,
he could have escaped had heo marched
boldly out with his entire army. During
| the last thirteen, days Of that month, thirty
days of Septemberanl the first fifteen
days Of October, he could have done this
with absolute certainty Any sOund MILL
t0ry man will tell you tue u same thing.
There were tillyfaigAt days Itheyj wefp in
the stFpngest fortress, In France, iwhen this
150 1000 and over Of Tie bfaveat and most
experienced soldiers, could. have lnade
their exit, and once in u the field, there
would have beenno more sedans., y Sedan
was noted for troops who qinsultcd their
\ 0EllCQrs, and who were 'insnbordinatGrand
what sort of an arInyilis+ that r. IioOktRt
tho army in Meta! The soldiers Gwere
Obedient, Gnl every cOmmandiw0s cxGeu-
ted. You see,l there were no Red Ropuh-
lieaDs in the AIeaz army. tDlrlng the last
ten days Of The investment of Metz soEttes
wGreiiInppssible, and mo attack nor at:
tempt Mt escape could DO madeSaI We had
no artillery, no cavalry, and only sixty
thousand Infantry We could do nothing
against three. branches o. the Prusslans.
At the time Of the capitalization there
wercl 600 soldiers; il Of atheseu 26.0 900
were wounded Qr disabled, and 10, 900
sick. j. The cav0lryiand artillery were USE
less because they had no h0rsessGl Thus
reduced, the effective forCeilwas 100 600
Infantry. all our fine horses were eaten
up; our bread gone, and we had no salt
Horse, Monsieur, is not b0d eattngs with
bread and salt, when the horse Is lat; but
these. horses were mott fat, and welhAd
neither bread nor salt; the taste was hor.
riblei Gould troops thus fed stand agrcat
hattieg Do mot forget that during the
last ten days Of the investment the sol.
diers worked in mud upltO their knees.
Heavy rains and starvation made aus sur
render. But us / told you, iiluringtffty-
eight days there were times when Bazaine
could have taken this fine army TO the
field, and saved France He never made
a serious effort to escape from Metz.
Every sortie was only q, pretended lsottic,
Tor appearance, and nothing; ClSe.sp Phere
were four high officers at Metz beside
Razaine. ID heytNVcre all for IinaGtiQn!! l
saw all the military manguvres.aiGEGhgy
were all shams, Bazaine and his friends
not acting US soldiers, hut only seeking
their own fortune. ri5ii
Correspondence low wore these sOrties
cQnlucted!,a !au ! ygserr rfrW slr, u
a,Gencral-Always with u small force.
Evidently there was nopreeonceiRed plan,
and they could not be successful, although
every. sOttie was finely executed: History
must tof the French troops
fighting. u They arc. an, example of hero
ians but small sOrties were useless meas
6res,l Let me say more Of Ba7aine. He
was not, at tho battle Of the 18Th Y OfiAu-
gust; le was; far from the tield.e } So
also was King William, who sent albbm'
bastic account to the Queen, stating that
Ae,wasson the field. I was there myself
and silent underline historic tree that night,
now known as "L5Arbre les tMorts!A In
the fight ofthe 18th three hundred thou:
sand PrusSians engaged one hundred and
flllY thousand French. Let me tellot the
surrender:l Four outlets were fixed ator
tlleiexOdus of. the French. In the morn.
inc they defiled through. Metz, and lsllall
never forget that sight j Old man and sol:
der ash am, II moved me more than any
eNent,i my long lie. The soldiers kissed
and, embraced their officers, and there was
Que.untycrsal shout OF Itre EGil7f0ace. It
WINS d grand sight to sec lone hundred
thousand men in tears fer their country.'is
Correspondence Ba2aine had moved
his troops TO the field what then?
Changarnier-He could have moved to
Nancy, where the countrYis rich and the
fields covered with products, and where
it,w0nld have been easy for him 10 have
established strong opposition! zM:t,slih
Il, correspondent Then you woukEsAy Of
BaGaine, that heis selEglorious andianimi
becileSI 40 7az AtH liIemi ~ i2''IG
Gcueral--That. Is 1t. ~ % Aetlani ig91iE
Correspondence course, Genralt Paris
istnOwtle great Centera n lnlq a4a.T
Changarnier-TYcs, ID is therrepubliR!
You say TINT it is well that 1t, governs
without police, but arc not the Orlcanists
strong .Hllaautp iEla sL Il .I1in lnsl
CorrcsponleMt-Yes; | should judge
that out Of 100000 voters ht least 100000
will go for an Qrleapist Tor monarch, as
tic Orleans feeling Is strong in France.
General C.-Yes,s very strong, Tie
provinces are all for o. calm, toFlawise,
lust and liberal Orleans Government. ]
know Partisan politics, and l knoW
France, and this sad and unhappy situa:
ti6n can have no better rclicftllan the res
torati6n Of that line. You told me OF the
rcd Republicanisin Of Paris, and Of the
Republic. What must harmonic these
lihCoiiiS;ffitiious clenents?f At this hotlf The
p1eople Of Paris do not know whether
they. want % Republic or am0natChy.
They don't know what they want. Some IMlI
are Tor an Orleans dynasty; FayrC for one
| E6I{4 II Thu Marty 0f Reds MI over Ffdf1Cc