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and resources without blml exAggoratior, md
tlioao of lor enoluy without stupidity undertaking

t!ioao of lor o!cny without stupidity undertaking
| them,
Ivory dollar Of tho debt Of Franco, Which now
oSccods TINT Of Grcnt Dritan B hold Mt homo, Ia
| tho hnnds Of llor OWL citi2ena. Tho nortcs nrn
ditGs,Hol all ovor tho naaon. Almost ivory
farinor ownB aomo Of tllom, And honrily tho,1
| hia gold NnrolconH.
THO "AIotgan lonu +" Of e100, 900, 900, takon by
tho English to help tito Frenrla ont Of thoir
troMhca, llna''al boon bought lip, nnl Ia now
hold III Francd It is truo tho war lan itlcronHed
tnxes by 25 per uont, and diminished rovoruo
in Tho proportion tho two captured provinces Of
| Alaaco anll Lorraue boro to tho whole milton !;
but this loss can bo borne. Doforo tho war, tho
loss than slo0, 0ol, 900 per annum; tho LAKES now
mo'luco s:a7f ooo, POO, mud there is ntill Do
1icieney Of ilenrly s3G. .01D ono tn ba provided by
additional tnxcs. 0no-lialf OF tue total revenue
IL required to nny interest OIL tho enormous
tlobt; lnt, ns tho 1'ontos aro owned ana hold by
mort OF tho tnx-paycrs, 1t is much tho gamo ns
taking nol,cy ont Of ono pocket and putting 1t
into tho ot}lor
Ono would suppose tl,at, with this addition Of
| nonry 00n0, quo year to tie annuGl budget,
tho Frouch Administration
WOULD 1EAuouRArE ECONOMY;
retroncll at every point, y cnttIng oil thousands
Of ainecuro otilcea, diseI.arging surplus on-
rloycs, aud, above nll, by reducing tho army to
huon 1ono or pronoscd Ihoro aro on the pav-
mon, stationed in garrisons oil over Franco aud
Algeria. Of whom 10000 garrison Paris, a,,d
G5,Ooo nro kept III Algeria. The eunt Of Tho War;
Department for 1879 will be s9o.000.ooo. md Of
tho Nnry-l)opartment 93i, ,000. .000, ,-,nulug to-
gctI,or sl2l ZOO, 200 AZ tho cost Of the standing
ARMY and navy In t1mo Of profound poacs.
THE rRusslAS MILITARY nys1EM
ltas bceu adopted, to make ovory matl over 70
years or age Berv0 Tour yen, il tho active army
thon thoy aro sent to tho roBorve Of tho activo
army for 1vo yoars then to thq territorial army
for five years; thon Into tic reserve
| OF the torritolial army for six yoars
long:er,-n.ahiips longer: twenty yoars' =, active or or
accepted, md no bounty III pail. The object Ia
to have every mat. IN Fralco over feel high,
md tit for service, between tho ngoa Of 60 and
| I0, Oil tho auny-rolis us disciplined RolllicrB,
renly for offensive defensive operations. ,Tho
| fronch calculate that. in n tew years, they
will DO able to place in tho 1ield 1500, ,0U0 men
for Offensive action, aud llavo anotllor
1,d0U 900 uH rosoryeB. doing garriso1-tluty. aud
sta1,ding ready to I'LL UP tue CUPS mado in tho
Thought soeIns to auma:o tho entire population: !:
to
CONQUER nAoK ALeAoE AND LORRAINE,
the next tituo they 60 to war With dormauy, and
peratlyct'turo to recover tic Indemnity oxtortcd
from tl.cm, with interest thereon. It. Is doubt
fni il there ia u Frc,,ch man or womaut boy Or
girl. now living In France, hit expects and be-
liovcs that the lost provinces will eventually DO
recovered, ,--must be recovered 1T all hnZards.
They calculato Gil the continued lovo and afEec-
ton Of the pooplo Of those provinces for
Franco; aud they count OIL their active assist
| unco to throw oil tho German yoke' when tho
proper t1no oones. This il the n,nin lcason
for France enduring tho heavy cost Of support
ing 6UD, QUO men i'll nr,uB, aud submitting with
out n murnl,ir to tho inoxorabte military con-
Hcription system. Tho army has boen
ESTtaELY NEuaoAStzEp
since Tic conclusion Of tho war. The worthless
officers have beon woc,lcd out; q stricter d,sci-
pllno llas been lntroducod; and the ml,stor-rolls
tious soldiers, with official b,llnmers draw
ing pay and rations for those in,ng-
innry Warriors. as WINS the caHo Under lilo
lale Empire. The German system Of tactics
tho Light of their late disaatrous experience.
The National G1ard Of Paris il disbantod, and
| tho Whole population dtBarmed, 10 TINT there
may 10 no future tlro~in -the-rcar from tho uu-
ton, wllclsTllagol par1s and burnt r.rt OF it.
1u short, everything 10 being dono which seemB
possible to urn. discipline, aud prepare tie
nation for tho
NEXT STRUGGLE WITH THE GERMANS,
for ti!e recovery Of tho atkucnlbered provinces.
The F4onch say tllat Bismarck aud Moitke, and
other great lenders, will dio boforo long, as they
are oil men !; aud thnt Germany will on.or upon
tho noxt war inflated with vanity and prdo, huff
prepared and haI-marsl'alca, as Franco was III
hu1uliations. Tlismay or may not be the easo
but ono thing is cerlRi1, thu. tic fighting wit
messed during the late war was
olEiE cnILp's rLAY
compared with tho tlghl1ng that will be done In
the next war by France, who will entor upon it
AL that rage md hatred, addod to vaior
and discipline. eau accomplish, will
| 30 achieved: II Franco is boaten' next
tino. it will DO in despite Of the most
fi1I
uiiSltiost efforts ilayo been exhausted.
hRyo spoken OF the wonderful case with
which tho poople Of franco raised Tho money to
liquulato tue German "i'ldonntty." and given
some explanations thereof; lnt thore remains
oae reason not yot named, which should not DO
omitted. Tie bulk Of the nunoy was contribute
cd by tho French farmers, aud tloy were ablo to
subscribe 1t because
THEY OWNED THE LAND
they cultivate, alIu pay 10 rents to o landed
aristocracy, s,,ch as that which 1nonopolzes Tic
land Of Great Brituiu mud Ireland. lilo molluy
which tho British al,l Irish farmers have to pay
to tho landlords. tho Trench hold in their pos
session, and wero ub!o to loan 1t to the dovoru-
ment IN tho day OF need. Suppose tho Goilna,,s
haa invaded Great Britain aud conquered 1t, and
thon exaeted a ranRonl uf several hundred mill
ions Of pounds sterling in gold,-how much Of
tho money could tho English aud Irish tenaut-
farmers havo subscribed and paid to liborato the
island?
HCA1scELY A SOVEREIGN,
for tho simple reason tl,nt thoy have not got 1t
to give Tho merchants, manufacturers, aud
bankers would hayc boon obliged to rulso tic
money. Of alt tl1e dobtof England. but thomeress
fraction is hold by tho touant-farmcrs, and not
shilling OF 1t BY the iaborirg serfs; whoroas
III France tho farmers and summon people hold
nearly the whole OF the bonds representing tho
national debt. That shows the difference III the
etroet Of tho two ssstomy Of land tenure III n
Hight that requires no further comment or
calculation. Tho English System divides tho
people into three cluBBos first, m olgarchy Of
IL fow thousand bloatcd laud-monopoliBtB !;
second, 200.000 tenant-farlners, who 4uve harl
work to pay rents. taSes, and hire OF luborora !;
third, 100000
6EnF.FA3f1LlEH,
utterly without property, mouoy,. oallcation
knowledge. political rights, or anything eiHo not
enjoyed by l1oustB Of burden. Tic Fro,,ch sys-
tem producer 5,o0o,0 independent, prosperous
yeonleu, avery QUO owning the rarnl ho culti-
vatcs, who Gun take lis rost undor his own
ehaac-tree;; and eat tho grapes anl drink tho
vino of Ills own production aud, when his
country is iu trouble, ho hes son wiling to
fight for 1t, a1ul d bug Of gold which ho Gnu