New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-09
FRANCE.
A Monarchy without a Mo

Monarchy without a Monarch. =.
PARIS, October SIT is reported that
when the Assembly is asked to vote on the
restoration of the monarchy spd the eleva-
ton of the Count de ChambOrd to the
throne as King Henry ", NJ. Rouher will
| propose as q substitnte that the monarch
ical principle be established, but that it be
LETT to the country to decide which mon.
archy is preferred. 49TI 5n9-9 19Yg3 @h
r., O. The Bazaine Csurtmarsial.f r4i1
PARIS, October THE second sitting Of
the courtmartial for the trial Of Bazaine be-
gan at noon today. There were few spec.
tatOrs present. owing to the uninteresting
character of the proceedings, which CON
sisted mainly of reading documents. 1t
was agreed between counsel that the depo-
sitions of dead and absent Witnesses should
be admitted. The president said measures
had been taken to secure the attendance Of
witnesses living in Alsace and Lorraine. {a1
The clerk resumed the reading of Rivieres
report, which is avery lengthy document.
Rlviere lays great stress on Bazaineis fail
ure to move from Metz when notified Of
MacMahon's advance and claims that there
is proof that the former personally received
the notification on the twenty-third of Au.
gust; The Marshal's friends have hitherto
allowed that it was not received until the
twentyninth, when it was too late. 4i3lE
-
ticient all efforts made from Metz to CO.
operate with Mac cMahon, and charges Ba!
zaine with purposely remaining in the city
to await political events, with endeav0ring
to shift the responsibility, with prop
agating unfavorable and Withholding
favorable. news and otherwise spread
ing encouragement among the be-
with PRINCE Frederick Charles before MAX
ing final effort to break his lines, which is
declared unprecedented in history; with
contiding the date at which he was willing
to surrender to Regnler, who was stranger
and at the time in relations with the enemy.
1t points to the contradictory dispatches Of
the twenty-sixth of August, in which
Bazaine informed MacMahon it was possi-
BILE and PalikaO impossible to break out.
Pending the reading Of the report the court
adjourned until tomorrow. 3Is5- 40 .lr,.u
PARIS, October Sin the Bazaine court
maj tial to-day the reading Of M. Riviere's
report was continued. N. Riyiere proceeds
to show that the means Of communication
between Metz and Paris were ample. Be-
zaine's refusal to combine his forces with
others in the field was criminal. The Mar.
policy, by which the enemy profted. There
is evidence that he even refused to assist
the effort made to provision Metz. ..-
Bazaine's inaction is attributed partially to
hesitancy, being confused by news from
Sedan and Paris, and partly to his secret
negotiations with the enemy. Whatever
movement there was in France, he should
have fought for it instead OF listening to |
ievertures OF the enemy, receiving their |
agent. Regnier, and plotting for the restOra- |
tion OF the empire. He only thought of |
main tanning the army in good condition to |
play the political part he designed. Had
Bazaine done his duty by taking his army |
into the Interior of France, leaving Metz to |
defend herself with the garrison, which |
could have subsisted on the resources Of |
the surrounding country, Metz would have
held out until the armistice, and Lorraine |
would never have been ceded. 4, s-... ...,. 80
I Riviere continued: IA foreign war was |
not enough; our unhappy country was con-
demned to the h0rr0rs Of . civil war. And
what did Marshal Bazaine do theni He
united with the enemy 70 overthrow the
government of Paris."f turr I'll 5fo{ ~ 1
The report condemns the Marshal for
failing to destroy the material of war left
1t Nets, while he Wss careful to destroy ali |
eorrespondence which might coppromise
himself; for frequently receiving in person
visits Of German OfRcers, aud generally for
msnifesting undue haste to sapitnlsts to
Tss report vas not sossludsd whs. |
eosrtg s1jsarnsd. The hearing of the 70
inainaer. tegethee With sshse deeumeats
eooshmg bAsainee nAaAgement Of the q