The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-12-27


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stin No" gene '''' t.iot.Sn ne feactssd
his 84th birthday Yesterday. His fame
remains fresh also be cause the Franco
-@.erman var. row thirteen wears distant
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s.'n = seelu0 % ioeen , "o..u .l.'s
not YET grown accuseomea 20 tue ND
meHse changes caused by tue miiitar5
events of 187o-T. After Napoleon I.e
downfalI Frances credit "a soIdier-,,a-'
..o"'l.a.a {, FL. I'd.
t'oi, stoou un.l - ne. poS,sJs
could say; TOW many "ere souag
the dying eagle2' and another Wrote|
more than truth when he compared HI.
vanquished country to wounded lion
round which huntsmen gather
afraid and saying, III bouge: =
the last mighty struggle, which BEG
on the Rim and ended in Paris, ~
txo giant powers stood alone, hand tc
hand, With apparently equal chances AMI
the defeat OF France, the agressor, was.
swift Overwhelming and discreditable.
No such sudden collapse OF a great en-
pife could ever have been predicted; no
such wholesale leading into captivity OF
generals and legions was ever witnessed
the chief hero of the surprising war,
does not enjoy q reputation Ike that
which Wellington held after Waterloo,
ard it would be useless to pretend that
the German generals who shared bis
.1annphtare swell known as some OF
III Trench co1nmsnders whom tSEy
Dx1ted. M
6ae peop1e wQuIa be 80 70 8. Z zses-E
6cfi6e the achieveneNs 0f eian. so11
kameke, new Prus1i1q I1lnisteI
i1ha MaA chief epetQ4 ln the slege.
0peTations round a fh0se OF GfI-
sen Werser, Il ao, VIE a, 30D(3 men. rguf-
ed BourbakIs 40 Go alter q three days
battle, performsngwhstth the EnpeTef
William styled ':one of the greatest leafs
of arms in history" The French make
more noise in the world than other
people. and they have used their Tar
reaching voices to diminish the Veto
ries Of their enemies by making then,
apcear to have been won too easily, and
not over France, but over faction
whose nisrule betrayed France. But,
for all this, men who have studied the
that the triumpfs oftEon Moltksan
his Generals are not 5dimrnei hy ans
tales Of French weakness. The advance
Of the German armies over France was
like the impetus of a 1nanskatiDg-one
ealse stem wouId have brought q he Ivy
fatiNand Won Moltke Was not atmiraitf,.
only in having drafted and cxecut.
noint fcr MONT the most elaborate 1,ls
IF camna;gn ever Conceived. but infAY
mo accurately foreseen all the deuj ~
;z;nc effects which defeat would pnl
.mnon his foes Had he made an&~,
calcnlafio had the French shoyrsS.fs
when he exDected them to be cowed:
had they resisted stubborn
~ when he had reckenei
that thcy would vie,d-the end of tht,
var might have been very ditfereI3
from the beginning. More than oni,
tho silent commander must have 81.
any;ons in snirit: hut he let nothing OF
this1be seen. az foreigner who called
mon him at Versailles in tue midst 81.
o cre go. s6rtie vas sxneetsd. found ssiE
0nlpfIV reading an t-A04lSU mover. a
He il an extraordinary man. 4 diplot
matist Who met him in the Wilhei,nz
sfrasse of Berlin tile liay before he WeY
to the seat Of war would have tan
leave Of him in hurry surprising L..
he n1ust be busv: but Yor, Moftke saiA.
aT have notl,in. to do" and went
chott;no with his usunI composure, IN
This incident was reyeated- the Who'll
strenoth If the German military systel5
work As he can easily and effi;ientH
nerform. The formula of the whole sya
tom NAV he defined a. TIA
constant search after able meuf
and as ,he nrinsea of & the ruys|
hnuse Of Prussia have, steadily adhered
to the principle of letting merit be re
without favor or fear, they have beer.
contributors equally with the best OF
their generals towaros.tne eve9ts Rnifa
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