The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-20
WHAT is GOING ON IN EUROPE.

cVllpr'u ln' IbdSlcTn war. lt WIS OIlRludllY De-
lieved that Fourtou and Buffet were the authors
OF the unaccountable and inexcusabo letter of
the President But 1t turns out that Fourtou
was out in the country up to Friday morning
and that Buffet had not been at the Eysce for
several weeks. The whole thing must accord
ingly be considered as the work of the Due de
Broglic. who got his reward by being appointed
chief of the new Cabinet.
The Due dc Broge is an irredecmable and
desperate royalist. He it was that overthrow
Theirs in May 1873. and put MacMahon into
power. He WIS then the leading member of the
Committee of Thirty. appointed for the purpose
Of defining the powers of the President. and he
was also the head OF the Conservative party
Tho venerable old soldier now prcsidinE> ver
the dcstinics Of France is actual the creature
of the Due de Brogie and the more Marshal
MacMahon is animated by feelings of gratitude
toward the man who brought him into power
the more dangerous the position Of France will
become, for the country won't stand the naughty.
dogmatc. and doctrinary Duke. full of the ira
ditons Of 1880. and Of the cut-and-dricd pre-
cepts OF his father and Of his grandmother.
Nine de Stael.
or imminent danger TO the peace OF France
there seems to be none at present. unless Gam
beta loses control over his party and suffers the
wOrkinRmens quarters To 20 out into the street.
In this case the arsha-Prcsdcnt, as he in
Inmates in his message. will endcavor TO restore
order and nobody can tell where he and the
nation may be led. But the mob in the large
cities of France have no arms now. and the fate
Of the Communists Is too fresh in their memory
to allow US to suppose that any outbreak Of
revolutionary movements Ia likely to take
place. The most probable issue OF the crisis
will be n dissolution Of the Chamber and new
general elections. concerning which GHmbetta
predicts that they will return n still more uni
formly Republican Assembly. He insists upon
hurrying on to the dissolution as the safest
way to get rid of the obnoxious Royalist Cabinet.
Meanwhile the Due de Brogie will govern
France for four or live months us an autocrat
To gain time ho will make the Marshal Presi-
dent. after the expiration Of month. prorogue
Parliament again and then dissolve it, He
wants some months to do the preparatory
work for new elections. He has to change the
projects aud other provincial authorities and to
work up the country TO the point likely to Sc
cure what he considers Qbe the proper electoral
result: n royalist majority. He will never get it,
One Of the most curious features Of this crisis
is that the thoroughly royalist Government OF
Italy and the ultra-conservative German Gov
eminent declare now that they are not afraid Of
republican France. but Of royalist and clerical
France. The German papers are unanimous in
asserting that should the Clerical and Royalist
parties came to power. the peace Of Europe will
be seriously endangered. The Strasburg OIL
cial ZerU0 says. for instance:
The turn affairs taking In France il calculated TO
inspire Germany. and her Gloss friend Italy. with the
in France occGrrin. simatsns cGsiS Win an Uiusmcn'
sas victory IN The Italian s,aeie Is fragshi Win sne
I'M W on neT to d',sS ,e ea.' IT, s!,h
ieci of war revenge aud It Is only through an ALI.
waeing war against Germany and Italy
Formerly France was feared and fought
agains, rs the nest Of rcpublicanism. Now it is
the reverse. Republicans are considered as
quiet and inoffcnsivc citizens. and the repre-
scntatvcs Of divine right are regarded rs male
iactors-and 10y whom BY Kaiser Wilhelm and
King Victor Emanuel. who are both thorough
believers in the theory Of divine right. and who
fight against certain features Of liberalism
solely because their Ministers have compelled
them 10 DO SO.
The war news continues still 10 consist Of
contradictory reports OF battles fought in Asia
Minor and Of the description Of preparations
nude 10y the two armies on the Danube. The
russians seem TO have completed their arrange
mcnts Their army consists Of seven corps
with several thousands OF Cossack cavalry.
Every one of these corps constituted up to the
Of four regiments Of infantry two of cavalry.
and four field batteries Of six guns each. A
regiment Of Infantry comprises on a peace foot
inE 500 men; one Of cavalry 600 men. The
mobilization transformed these divisions into
army corps by trebln. the number Of regiments.
and Increasing their strength from 500 To 5000
men in the infantry and from loo to 1900 in
the cavalry.
The whole army is under the command Of the
Grand Duke Nicholas. brother of the Car. with
Cen N"pokot-ohi1ky rs Chief OF stan. Gen.
Todtlcben az Chief Of Engineers. Prince Mas
sashy a. Chief Of Artillery. and Gen. Obroutchef
a. Quartermaster- General. The numbers OF
the seven corps run from the seventh TO the
Fourteenth. For outpost duties there is a
special division composed Of Caucasian Cos
sacks commanded 10y Gen. Skobelci. The van
guard cons lists Of the + lhth Army Corps under
Gen. Radetzky. The Ninth. Eleventh. and
Twelfth Corps. under Baron Krhdner, Prince
Sehahoiskoy. and Gen. Nannovsky respectively.
constitute the main body OF the army The
Seventh Corps. under Prince Weinlarn- Bark lay
de-TOlly. and the Tenth. under Gen. Semeka.
are assigned for the defence OF the Black sea
coast from Odessa to the Crmea. Tho Thir-
tecnth and Fourteenth Corps. under the com
maud Of Prince Sviatopolk -Mirsky. Jr.. const-
tutc the reserve stationed in Bcssarabn The
eldest brother of the last named General COM
mands corps in the Caucasian army now
operating in Asia Minor Another corps ~ this
army, and the one which has as yet suffered
most. IL under the command of Gen. Loris-
Mohkhof and another still is commanded 10y
Gen. ONlouio. All these three corps have for
Commander in Chief the Grand Duke Michael.
the youngest brother of the Cur and his Lord
Lieutenant of the Caucasus.
Gen. Count Kotzcbuc. Lieutenant Of
Poland, Is the Commander-in-Chiel of tine
troops stationed in that kingdom. as we'll as of
those ccheoned along the German and Austrian
frontiers.
Only such Americans as are endowed with
particularly strong heads can he expected To
remember all these names. The rest Of the
public will have To refer to the files OF THE SUN.
The composition of the Sultan's army. and the
list Of his commanding officers have not reached
us But there If n report that the old Srrdar l.
Ekrem tor gencralissmo), Abdul kerim pasha,
has already been recalled. and that Ahmed
FIub pasha has taken his place The authority
for this report is the Kustchuk correspondent
of the ihgGaene /cRuO. The cause OF tho re-
call Is said To- be that Abdul Kcrim pasha is too