The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-11-23

If Germany consents 20 neip !taiy
furnish aud pro quo. So signor Ming
hetti has had to give way, and bid fareweu
to his projects of economy; the army ls 70
be kept up to figure which Will enable
300, 900 men to be put into the heid ana
efficient as French, Austrian, or German
troops-all which will cost money; " while nde
the deficit for next year will be los, ,9OO,oOo
lire, OF s4,3OO, 900. The anticipations OF
the Ital;e that this deficit will be reduced
by Al 900, 900 lire are, in the opinion OF the
Standard, illusory. We should think 30;
Italian deficits have not often turned out
to be less than the estimated figure.
THE BAZAINE TRIAL.
The trial of Marshal Bazaine has not yet
reached it's stage of greatest interest, and
az the evidence follows the Duo dAumale's
division of the case into nine neads, many
Of the witnesses who have already deposed
will have to be recalled more than once,
The military witnesses have been hitherto
the most important ones, though the mar
| ratives of the bearers of dispatches have
been full Of interest, and IN rs some oe.res In
I that the Marshal neglected to support
| General Frossard in the beginning OF the
campaign has been decidedly weakened by
the military evidence, and there is most most
regard to an incident in the battle of st.
Privat or, as the Germans call it, Grave
lotte. In that engagement Marshal Can
robert had, as he declares twice, lest 5,2oO
men, because he could not get the rem
forcements he had been asking for all the
morning. The reserves consisted OF the
Imperial Guard under General Bourbaki
and on Saturday Major de Beaumont, OF
} General de Bourbaki's staff, swore that on
; bis way to join his chief he came across
J Marshal Bazaine, who was attended by
) Captain de Mornay Sout, and that the
} Marshal ordered him to tell General
l Bourbaki to return" with the Imperial
, Guard, Major de Beaumont hesitated, and
5 Marshal Bazaine did repeat it, but did not
: have it put in writing; but he added, said
7 Major de Beaumont, that General Boufbaki
: was to come back, because the Prussians
had been merely throwing feeiers and it
:. was all over; there was nSsn,ng I'M oso seroo 10
J other officers who were subsequently
u stopped by the Marshal on their way TO re-
- Join Bourbaki, and it is in harmony WIN
a Marshal Canrobert's statement that bazaine
a a serious battle. He always spoke OF 1t as
d q the defence of the line of Amanvilliers: But
!. now comes the contradiction. Captain De
~ Mornay-Soult deposes that the Marsha, u
l. did not say that Bourbaki was to return" @ :"
3, himself, fearing that Major de Beaumont
20 might not have heard correctly an order
10 given in the din of artillery, repeated to
20 him several times that Bourbak1 was 20
~ ~ remain with the Imperial Guard" ihe
advantages of giving an order In wrlelng,
u u, even on the field, were never more fearfuily
" " illustrated. The other principal incident ol
40 the week has been the disappearance OF the
Nv Nv witness Regnier. He wrote to the Presi'
ct dent to say that he would not appear earl 1n, a
n ne honor, given to his daughterj that he
c to would not be arrested except under these
VT VT conditions: Q) that any statement IL
u' ss his pamphlet should be proved false
3d. 3d. (2) that he should be proved to hav
" u, given the enemy information which Mar
~ shal Bazaine had not authorized him q
~ give or t3) that his motives should b
,en proved to be base and vile: He did no
nf know what Government might be In powe
Nc. a few weeks hence, and he would not ru
. in the risk of being in prison when politica
III adversaries came into power. He has evl
dently no fancy for falling into the hand
of the men of the 4th September, and whe
ent the Duo d'Aumale replied by telegraphin
J, it to the frontiers an order for his arrest, n
ost Regnier was already safe in Germany,
OF THE AsHANTEE WAR.
red led Sir Garnet Wolseley has been holding
Its solemn palaver with the Fantee and otht
q neighboring chiefs. He has told them tbs
MID they must fight, for the war is theirs an
the not ours, and that we are going to wa
,re. not for conquest but for their protection
re. With their help he promises to make cue
1ri. an example of King Coffie Calcaii AZ wi
of prevent any future molestation from th.
ma quarter !; and he promises the chiefs 81
cen month for every 900 men they bring int
tod the field, with rations of beef and rice f
"a the men. They must, however, provid
his their own transport, and not use their Rgh
ON ing men as beasts of burden; morrow
the they must give up their unoivilized prac
! ice of killing prisoners and mutilating tt
in dead. Above all, they must submit to
strict discipline under pain of severe pul
ishment. All excellent advice, but Il
answer of the chiefs is not yet know
, Of They were to meet at midnight to cons
of DER IT, p9t IN Che meanWnile GaPEain VI.
ak is likely to be in fighting order long befo
, of the Fantees are ready to take the field.
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