Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-09
A FRANCO-GERMAN WAR.
BOTH COUNTRIES RATHER
EAGER FOR THE FRAY.

siOns.
Correspondence of the Morning Ne10s.
PARIS, Feb. 20.-Opinion here con-
tinues to be markedly reserved on the
present aspect Of Egyptian affairs. In
batting England, as it were, to make an
effort to restore order in the Soudan it was
never anticipated that such would 'neces.
state the PERMANENT occupation of Egypt
the issue now inevitable. If it be true
that Gordon Pasha sanctions the slave
trade as Oneof his remedial measures, an
cutlery will be raised. The French regard
the abolition Of the custom of mercantile
slavery as only Of secondary considera-
ton. Its extinction ought to be gradual,
they say; in a word, work of time. 1t Is
only by dividing the followers of the
False Prophet that the latter are eXtir-
pated.
There is rather an unpleasant number
OF brochures now appearing, having for
common text the coming war between
France and Germany. 1t is admitted
on all hands that the Prussians would
not in any future campaign have a walk
over, and that both nations are about eT
eqlO on the chances of invasion. A Dutch
| General, and accepted as good authority,
has just published a pamphlet on 1.-THE
French Army of 1884 and Gen. Galliffet.'
The writer ranks Galliffet as the coming
man; he sees no general superior to him
in France Now Galliffet is an excellent
cavalry tactician, nearly as brilliant as
| Baker Pasha. He has charmed life, and
is so backed with wounds that legend af-
! firms 1t is thanks to the surgeons that the
| fragments of his body are kept together.
However, it is to Gen. De Saussier, a
soldier of the st. Arnaud school, that
II
/ just been nominated Governor of the army
/ of Paris. The Dutch author pleads that
! the Republic ought to be very cautious
! how il deals with its Generals, and not
make them the sport of politics. Unfor-
tunately, Galliffet is for the masses, a po-
litical General, and there De Saussier sur
! passes him. The latter has also a higher
reputation for ability in conducting ar
mies-that which is considered of greater
| Importance than directing a combat.
Baron Won de GOltZ, of the superior staff
/ of the German army. in his brochure on
ARMED Nations lays down as the prin-
! ciple Of success in future cOmbats the eff
! ticient handling, morally and physically,
| of a small but well disciplined force.
| Masses of men, if not trained. are simply
! hordes-a hindrance more than help,
and that new Alexander would drive
before him "like a flock of timid shOp-
| keepers The Baron thinks the moment
has arrived for completing the invasion of
lS10-'1l: the French are now well cooked
( thanks to their political divisions, and
require to be taken off the spit and served
up. IfObligatOry military education, adds
the author, be good for a nation, it is not
for a people like the French, who have
become enervated by the love of
luxury, that has blunted their
sense of patriotic duty and sac
rlfce. The Baron is all wrong here; there
is no diminutiOn in the hate for the Ger
man in France; no Discrimination to try the
quarrel hilt to hIlt, when the time and the
man shall have come. The longer that
terrible issue is delayed the more the odds
viii be in favor Of France. The Baron
Won GOltz so well knows this that he would
like to try the question at once. He fur
Their deplores the ss-Of-peace-at-any
price doctrine.
NOW THAT WE ARE IN WIRE CONTNIUNI-
CATION
with Tonquin we have less news than
ever. 1t is considered prudent to have
more troops at TOnquin before the attack
on Bacninh be cOmmenced-tO be pre-
pared for eventualities, and the troops
are being shipped Oft as rapidly as trans
ports can be found. The French draw at
tentiOn to the enormous advantages Eng
land commands by her military posses
siOnS dotted over the whole surface of the
trate forces on any distant point without
having to wait for full supplies from the
mother country, like France.
The BOnapartistS have been 'Ecapriol-
ing" of late, but there is no evidence of
business in all this display. The country
does not at all respond to the piping. The
Napoleonic legend is simply played out;
the BOnapartists only attract by the dis
sensiOns between Prince Napoleon and
his son, Prince Victor, dissensions that
the latter unquestionably faYOrs, despite
all his pTOtestatiOns Of homage and re-
spect for his parent. The party is di-
yided into rOyalist and radical camps.
But that does not bring them a whit
nearer their solution for all that is not as
it should be, viz, a BOnapartisG%fO EN-
pefor. The mOiety of the party Is for the
election of a constituent assembly to re-
wise the constitution in the sense of get
ting rid of it, While the radicals desire
that assembly to solidify the Republic.
The English Chamber of Commerce has
just held its annual dinner and ball. 1t
improved the occasion by inviting that
youngest of young fellows, NJ. de Lesseps, /
the Orleanist deputy RIbOt and NJ ROu-
vier, whose name is identified with free
trade and treaties Of commerce. NJ. de
Lesseps has only two ballads, "Suez'' and
Panama" These he delivers as ever.
He felt only increased pride in having
because, having been handed down from
scrlptural times, he was only the s'prO-
mOter' of the SueZ canal; the original
idea of that great work came from an
Englishman, Mr.. Chesnay. NJ. de Les
seps admitted that in dealing with Eng
lishmen in reference to the canal he ever
met with straightfOrwardness and LOYALTY.
1t seems to be leaking out that the reason
De Lesseps cannot admit more of the
English element in the council OF the ad-
ministratiOn is due to the fact that he
would not be supported by the share
holders. Next month, when the general
meeting takes place, Will settle the point
The remainder of the mutual admira-
ton business was confined to declara-
lions of love, in favor of the resumption of
treaties OF commerce and the great sub
channel bore.
ALTHOUGH NOTHING OF PRACTICAL
CHARACTER
is expected from the Economic Commits
sion of Inquiry, the information gathered,
and the coordination of remedies pro-
posed, cannot but do good. NJ. Clemen-
ceau, about one of the most hard-headed
politicians in France, devoid of wind
bagIsm and claptrap, will undertake that
the condition of the English prOletGire
shall be made known to the commits
sion and to France. 1t is strange
but was to be expected, that
OF Ine intelligent WOrkmen of various
trades, examined before the commission,
none had more than parish cures for the
ills that reign. The carpenters lament
that ready-made door frames and window
sashes come from Scandinavia cure, place
on the imports a prOhibitOry tax, adopt
the same procrustean treatment towards
labOr-saVing machines from the United
States and England. Further, when
operatives strike for increased wages the
state ought to interfere and compel en-
ployers to ratify their scale, though the
tariff precludes the employer from COM
peting for orders.
theoretically, the French workman i S
humanitarian, cosmopolitan, and free
trader, but the moment he is brought in
contact with foreign competition he has
no other panacea than to exclude his
rivals from his market, while eXacting to
be admitted to theirs. He desires to have
his food and ralment cheap, but insists on
the products of his labor being artifcially |
bolstered up. There are no privileged in |
dustries in the world, and the problem of !
living cheaply and securing high wages |
is insOlvable. The squaring of the circle /
is child's play in comparison with this. |
Neither the government nor society can