The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-01

perhaps one more racicaf IL yd,tl place." SOW.
The eonvspsstiO s'N then tdl e she army and
the position and views o. the sera in that re
a Win tell you an asels tnsl, ! began the Gen.
srs sSS nas
on Paris and msking . coop at On an evening
when we were AZ yssss,IIei. "a the Commune va
me % take the comand n 10 men aud siAs %
march on Paris. lie had prepared plan OF attack
and protested to have secured, by means Of money,
reason that it would expose nv troops TO the IRE
s sS Besides sss there We're were IN
something like twenty thousand desperate HEADS
who would fight earnestly. Consequently, an
70 my up nina mS6 6S a''Y the 2pooo men
ought to have been divided In simultaneous attacks
have been only isinss but two 1t least would
N. Tnisrs, but he Declined it, insisting upon my
BILE to comply with his wish, and resigned alto
gcther, quietly remaining ia my seat IA the ASSEM-
pENn iSl 'n nSdaSrs CohMA e
III had after that no sort OF Intercourse with the
President until the law on recruitment came up
universal peace, well az the radicals who wanted
to lessen the strength OF the government, insisted
ago n the two Y. years SbgaSy ssyee by winch
subject advocated seven years: but !
knew that would BIO found too long In practice,
and therefore i had quite made up my min0 TO &C.
cept hve years. even before the matter came up or
discussion In that sense laccorainEly s delivered
aspeech during the debate, and rs Timers was
advocate or his views. This brought upon me the
whanI descended from the tribune, aud shortly
afterwards M. Theirs asked me to re-enter active
service aud to accept the grand co1n'aa1saene,u at
BOurgeS. answered that had never refused to
serve my country, and on the 2Sth OF November
last took up my command. The position OF a
is the same as the position Of the marshais under
tio1sSarsns = Paris Gsn
a. e. Tours 0 and myself mere; sn only Sarshs
MacMahon has I'VE army corps under him
one corps. But his position Is much more comfort
able In respect OF politics than ours is. We have
great responsibility, and are constantly attacked
stance 4 the time Or he GrenoSie ' Speech the
government apprehended some disturbances in
tain oraers TO General La Cadie. COMMANDING the
dvsion quartered at Bourges, AZ it sent orders to
other generals. Among these orders was one d.
ready per man. This order was Issued in due
course by General La Cade throughout his division
On the 10Th a.. Of Noysnber while arrived only on
order was my personal order, and that the cart
ridges were to be used In movement on Paris;
speech OF December IA. The fact is that am
very much disliked by the radical portion OF the
population OF the region under my command. AS
soon as the rum0r was spread here that l WAS
about to be appointed they even got up . little
deputatien to ask NJ. Theirs to send them some
for instance, gentleman OF very radical turn OF
mind, cannot stand me at ALI He Is harrister by
profession, and undertook enc day the defence OF
q Journalist whom caused TO be brought before
the tribunal, and who was condemned to 1000
francs fne and six months Imprisonment. Now,
the barrtster, having become . Mayor, wants to
retaliate upon me for his having los: the case he
defended. Under such and similar circumstances
is there any wonder that most absurd rumors are
tending to march on Paris ~
The General spoke with such bitterness Of the
ne sh hs ne sne prov
srabe to reassure him at least little on the point.
mentioned, therefore, the respect for hlm heard
sna Ss
inspired IN the neighbafnpod. several persons
e nSw sns aS az he AND %a n q %
ing her physical unftness, her having lost her
brother and her mother, and her husband being be-
his wife's patriotic exertions seemed to give some
comfort to the General, and he went on, speaking
less bitterly Of the past events.
THE WARNING BEFORE SEDAN.
'Wen, know 1t is very dinicult to please every
body, but must say have had all through very
bad luck. Whatever do now Is always attributed
to my personal ambition, while during the
war I had to endure OdIum for other
peoples faults and incapacity; For nearly two
y
the Emperor and to the generals In power at the
Tuileries, warning them OF the dangers that were
pending and proposing the means lor averting
them. The Emperor did not take any notice OF
what wrote, while his Cabinet Noir opened all
my letters to 1rochu and other generals COM
handing then at Strasbourg. l made IL my duty
to study Alsace, Lorraine and the vos-
ges. l knew every path OF the country where war
my superior, and had, therefore, advice or In.
TO give but had to receive them, and
some were such as to show me plainly enough tue
nk~xao h.rrr uan tnf co m
the same, thing occurred at Sedan. When
the Marshal Sa was wounded had nrsrt to
sns aeass It wss the
only means OF saving the army. The heights in
front OF that town offered US a strong position.
We could fairly fight tnere the Germans, or, at all
events, prevent by means OF a comparatively small
body OF troops their advance, and thus secure the
retreat 81 the main army. But mail an hour after
word that he was the senior officer; that "a VIC
tory was wanted at any price, and that lie there
fore revoked my orders. And so we got the vic.
tory.
At Paris, again. was constantly ordered to do
things which could not approve, and the respon-
1t would be impossible now to recapituate all that
went through then, and 1t VIII be enough to say
that as much .Ss as we're re deceived Sca
assurances that had come out of Paris
and was but q days march from you,
that the Army OF the Loire was steadily advancing
and would meet me as soon as had come out OF
the f0rttfcationS OF ParS. And the worst Is, per-
haps, that may some day be again In the same
position of being compelled to do what consider
to be foolish and to have to answer for the results
as II they were my ewn faults.
NJ. THEIRS AS A STRATEGIST.
M. Theirs, for instance, Is constantly mixing
himself up In military matters and giving orders
which make him perfectly ridiculous. nave told
you already how he insisted upon my throwing
*, 600 men under the guns OF the fort d'lssy. He
would not give in, and, happily enough, was not
compelled to obey him. But the same thing might
have happened under less favorable circumstances,
and, had the troops been massacred, 1t
would again have been my fault. And
the best point is that the obstinate little
President was ultimately compelled to accept
my view, for the Fort d'lssy was taken possession
Of before any attack on Paris had begun. The
same thing Is now going on with reference to army
management. III. Theirs thinks he knows every.
thing better than military men do aud wants to
have the upper.hand III every department OF gov
ernment to regulate every littlest detail of mill
tary organization. No one appreciates the mar
veilous capacity and vast knowledge OF the Pres
dent more than do but, precisely because know
how vast and thorough is his knowledge in many
branches OF craftsmanship, cannot admit that he
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