, 1873-11-10
SCENES AT THE TRlANON.
Thiers, Nolahcr, and Canrobert on tho
EEitnCHb-StuM0.

Nhters, fSOnhCFs ami Canr0Dert on tho
NFitncss-Stunil.
Parfs Correspondence afthe London Tines.
All who follow BazaineB trial with attention
must be struck by tie caro- With which the most
determined ,t'1 a.! aavoraarios Of tho Msrahal
;saL avoid anything which might ta1niah tho
niyiore, In his report bud not so precisely CO.
ortlinatod faotB which public opinion oatnot
oxouso unless they arc oxtonuated II Dazalno
hmHolf lad not lot fall nprudont worda IL ho
declares rise do guerre, and in which ho
sponks Of capitulntion With thirty lays' supplies
boforo him II, In ona word, facts did not por-
plex public opinion, 1t is not tue dispositions Of
which would warrant public opinion in showing
Itself absolutely hostile to tho Marshal,
Nor do tho civilian Witnesses examined at yes
torday'a sittngs add to the seTority Of the judg-
former Prcs!dont OF tho Corps Logialatif, do
clarea that be cannot understand how Marshal
Bazhino, who at the worry ouaot considered tho
war disastrous, could hhvo boon tempted to solicit
the chief command Of the army when It's fato
Was alsoady compromised. That was aaid in
The ex-president rho, beBides boing poll
tician, ia groat iron-nlnstor, with gray hair, a
broad forehead, firm, lively eyo. bonoath thick
eyebrows, aB closely-shaven as priest, az tight
II bustened IN his black coat as an officer, with
bright complexion, tho rod roaotta In hIa but
ton-holo, advances eloct and firm, bows, takos
the oath: sits down without coromony,
delivers his noat little het speoch in a a
uniform tone. alds TINT no haa moth
ing else to state, rises, bowa again, and rotiroa
with the Same stop. like man who has Just dis-
discharged diaagaeeable but necessary duty.
Nothing comos out Of Lis deposition, neither sn
argument for the defeusa nor an attack for tho
prosecution. Ii. Nouher follows. The Contrasts
striking, h. Rouher Ia almost voxod at having to
appear merely to state that he haa nothing tosay.
When militant politics demand al ones attention
iar %Ht
of the Yrianon to bo tho observed Of all ohserv-
erB, and Say that you have nothing to say, He
scarcoly its down. You feel that his only Do
sire is to 60 away again, and he does SO after a
holding bic hoad higb, Ike man who has '. Lad
the destiny of hia country in his hand, and
who. strange to say, fnda that II was
much more firing to desosnd than it wss 10
mount. Els eydonco leaves no trace any moro
than II. schncitler's; but wo shall sec him again
whom the political part Of the trial comos OF, and
1t will be curious to hear him explain why I,e
was 10 great partisan Of tho march Of Mao
Mahon towards Baraine, and why he was 40
anxious to shut the gates Of Paris on tic EN-
pesor, before whom they were never to open
again.
It iH Mhrahal Oanrobert who next sppoarg. He
sways to mud fro, with Ills long hair, nov turnod
gray, thrown back upon hlH shoulders his
hip, bows solomnly, solenlnly takes tile oath,
sits down with solemnity, and with
solemnisy .ntates what la' knowp. You
feel that he does not like Dazaine. uo
speaking Of IL aenarai who should havo .y'd done nc
tnis aud not havo done that !" ho never lookH in
tho direction Of tho prisoner, and whom tho Int
te1 te;., ,hpeaka Marshal oanrebort liateps to him
bo amiablo: But in bis deposition a measured a.u ID
tone prevails throughout Nothing iaoxtenu~
The man has Disappeared r the i, addio: seidior
snd ~ La,ti the citizen remain. Az witness,
landscape In tho Trol. Theirs is hunor IN II tho
way he answors s'Marshal Of France" whom
asked his profession. He Is nll motion;
1,e he aota big deposition, 10 mmics, he decaima.
tho batto.feld; he might point out
many faulta, much nogligenc6; he scarcely IL
ludes to it. His anxiety not to be too hard on lis
adversary T. such tlst It somotles makes h
Rorny was OH the other sido OF tho Mose1Io
oil ut ouco tho Prussian artillery opened upo,t
Us aud covered us. with Bholls. Tiqgc had Ia
Besn g. hes e to dr lose So pss: men, IA. At
lery was extremely violent. I was exposed
gromont TO lose {, 200 men." However, Ma5shal
oanrobort is moved whilo spouking In such
.'that II on tho It'll tho Germans had been . at
lacked they would have been stopped 2" Horo
the Marshal reelected long tlme. "It is yory
ticklisls. Certainly, II Lobmuf, Bourbaki, Fross-
ard, ana canrobert had made an energetic moyo,
= and It they had driven thom into tic Moaollo
the Moaelio is river in which It is not easy to
get drowned," Hero tho audience laughed, to
the great aatonshmont OF the Marshal, Who WIS
speaking very seriously. It is evident that, il
ne docs not lay creator stress on what he Bays
IT is because Franco is present to his mind Ho
tells tho trutl-the whole truth but ho, a
Mafshal Of Franco, cannot admit that Marshal
OF Franco would hare neglected to support him
At vt: Privat, aud to sond him ammunition, II he
could hare douo otherwise.