The New York herald., 1870-09-07

and thus rendered Incapable or taking any further
part IN the engagements he was iaid BY some SOL
Turco, who had laid m0tloness, covered with
blood, and therefore unnotfced, at q distance OF
aimed at the ofcer. The latter had no means OF de-
fences the Tnrco replied 70 his threats by grim,
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his head pierced fusiler or the Ninety lfth regi-
ment had noticed the Incident and inter fercd by
wellamed shot; he now hastenei up to put an end
to the barbarOus Cabye with his bayonet After 10
battle the officer was brought TO Gunstett with other
wounded soldiers. Tho Inhabitants offered the sur
ferers milk, but the doctor who accompanied them
forbade them 70 drink any TIL he Ind examined II.
He discovered that It had al been poisoned with
brought before court martial and shot. When the
offfcer was being carried 10 his quarters at the VII
lage clergyman's he met his host under military
escort. Il proved that he had, from the pulpit,
advised his parshioners 80 poison the wols wnen
the Germans arrived.
In the Wurtembers Stats Anzeiger Robert von
Mohl treats the employment OF barbarous races In
European wars as folows:--
such troops and their employment in their own
r.y cSnntsy may have been necessary Or ct least de-
OF lighting with savages Is to oppose other savagss
to them But this does not Justify the nation in
national law s based civilization and it is there
IoTe. continually modified By the progress Of
sSens q Sss s' %oas g ss
nghUng differs from ours. It may be- ana
ln00oO opposed 70 the usage OF European armies:
out no one argues that 1t should therefore be for
hidden, a. certain implements OF war have been.
The objections raised are Of o different and far
mere weighty Kind. From their very character un-
civilized troops cannot be restrained from two great
abuses. Firstly, their treatment OF the wounded and
prisoners Is cruel and even the strctest orders can.
not prevent this. Such actions exercise no influence
on the military results Of the campaign; they only
increase the number OF its unnecessary evils. Nor
must 1t be forgotten that barbarities Of this kind
lead to reprisals, and thus the war becomes more
anu more ilhuman. Secondly. such saynges are an
lntolerabe burden to tho Inhabitants Of se districts
where they are quartered, whether they come as
friends or enemies Acts OF the most lainentable
kind cannot be hindered. In the neighborhood Of
such h0rdcs neither life nor properly Is secure
The writer admits that 1t is diicult IN some cases
to determine whether the employment OF such troops
can be justified or not, and that in former
sort has occasionally been had to them: "But," he
continues. "there can be no doubt that IL Is un-
worthy OF the civilization or France to bring Afrl
can savages to fight out the differences OF European
States and that by doing so the country places her
sell on footing fur lover than that to which her
culture entities her. These means certainly not
necessary for the support OF her power and the ma
tions OF Europe would be perfectly JUSTIFIED In de-
claring repetition OF the employment OF Turcos and
similar Algerian troops as contrary to the laws Of
war;