The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-26

liberty. It may be so-we do not propose TO
90 into that question at present. But Bis
marck was not always above making terms
with despotlsm. It was only TIE dNs other Gay
Suppressed in Prussia. When the war against
Austria was decided upon, it has been stated,
and never contradlcted that Bismarck prom
ised the EMPEROR Napoleon the Rhine Provin-
ces as the reward Qfhi neutrality. This bar
galn Is said to have been concluded at Blar-
ritz. The Emperor has waited for the fulfil
ment of the contract, and, Instead OF getting
his promised po ne hs hs seen Prussia en
bevond the Pyrenees. We say moth
ing OF Hanover and the Elbe Duchies,
for. after all, they we're German. But there
ia such document as the Treaty of Prague
in existence, and instead of fulfilling the stipu-
lations it involved, Bismark has treated it with
derision. These are among the causes OF the
war, which historians Will have to consider,
and which we may as well keep in sight now.
for the patriotic spirit they are displaying.
In their point ofvlew they are quite In the right
They nursue course which Is highly honora-
HE To theu-only outside observers may be
permitted to recognize the truth that some ex-
cuse NAV be made for the present feeling Of
the French people. The two great intriguers
Of the age are now snalg WIN
Ss
with which we please, but the fact remains
that both are seeking territorial conquest. The
Inst OF power Is not confined to either side.
Nothing is easier than to predict the over
throw of Napoleon. After him, however,
France will survive. And before she can be
oyerthrown, we must expect war on scale
which even this blood-stained century has
never seen surpassed.
mThe Best Soldier I'm France 80
The Army and Navy Journal of the 23d
makes the following assertion:
Az Won Moltke was hardly known to readers
out of Prussia anterior to the splendid CAM
naign which ended at Sadowa, the MAJ to
whose brain win be due whatever of success.
ful strategy shall characterize the French arms
Bin the coming war is as yet unnamed. Gene
raj Louis Jnles Tr0chu Is to-day undeniably
the best soldier OF France. he Is now fifty
five years of age. A graduate Of the staff
School of st. .Gyr, he was, made lieutenant In
His first staff service was with that fine soldier
Bupeaud in Algeria. Chef d'escadron and major
in 1876, and ]ientenant-c colonelin 1853, his first
European service was In the italian campaign
At the commencement Of the Crimean war he
was made chief Of the general staff, and
by reference to KDglakes History, it
win be seen that In all conferences
St. Arnaud or CaTrobert.. was spokesman
on the part of France. Throughout the cam
paicn, having been made general Of brigade
tn 1854, he occupied this position Of confden-
tial staff officer Of the commander-in-chlef,
an office analogous to that OF Gneisenau under
Blucher, given In just recognition Of his mill.
tary ability and skill. In 1854 he reached
his grade Of general Of division. Two years
after he was charged with the preparation Of
plan to reorganize the army. Instead of, as
hos beeR suggested, lacking the imperial con-
adence, he bas 1t in the most fattering degree.
His essays upon organization,'..,.p Armee Fran
caise, published in 1857, ran through ten edi-
tons. Trochu Is known to have anticipated
the event of war with Prussia. A recent pam
phlet from his pen, which unfortunately can
not be obtained in this country, develops an
immense deal of study OF the Rhenlsh frontier
as fighting field, and palpably indicates the
gsts mind. Should the war survive its first
battle a fortnight, and promise, as seems very
likely, to be long one, Trochu's name may
chance to appear at the head Of the French
arm1eS -r.